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About Me

(This is Gary Sullivan's bewdy video for "You're Only Leaving Hurt"...)Dimmer eventually arose from the ashes of Straitjacket Fits -oh god i dunno - some time last century. Our first release was a buzzy little bee called "Crystalator" which Sub Pop put out as a seven inch. It had a cool label and a big dj hole in the middle altho' I don't think djs were too interested at the time. Shortly afterwards - well a long time afterwards actually - we put out another single "Don't Make Me Buy Out Your Silence" on Flying Nun. It had a cool b-side called "Pacer" which is probably the second cousin of "Crystalator". We'll have to play that one live again sometime cos it pretty much blistered. I then retired to my shed and engaged in all manner of Pro Tools tom foolery for what seemed like, and in fact was , an eternity. That resulted in the first Dimmer album "I Believe You Are A Star" released in 2001. It was an attempt to marry the organic with the inorganic which seemed like a new idea at the time. The then Dimmer drummer, Gary Sullivan, carved out these wooden letters G-O-N-E which we propped up behind the speakers as an on going reminder of what we were going for (we couldn't think of any anagrams) - but that probably accounts for that record's woozy vibe. The New Zealand Herald made that their album of the year don't you know ? But I still like that record a lot. We put out our second album - "You've Got To Hear The Music" in 2004.With that album we wanted to make a record you could clap your hands to, kinda like campfire music for warped little scouts. They even gave us some NZ music awards for that one tho' i think the first album's probably better. Last year I toured with my old band Straitjacket Fits in a one off reunion thing. It transcended the tired old fuckerys that usually surround such events and served as a reminder of how direct and pure a four piece can be - especially after years of pushing musical splinters around a screen. Which brings us to the third album "There My Dear" which has just been released . It's pretty good...

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Member Since: 4/10/2006
Band Website: dimmer.co.nz
Band Members:Shayne Carter guitar vocals Dino Karlis drums James Duncan guitar Kelly Steven bass
Influences: wooziness, space, shredding stuff and spooky stuff. good tunes. what to sound like. what not to sound like.
Sounds Like: a whole lot of shaking going on with rests inbetween
Record Label: warners nz longtime listener/inertia aus
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SPECTRUM/DIMMER Aust. & NZ tour

We're very happy to announce that we're finalising the dates for an Australasian tour featuring Spectrum and Dimmer in March and April.Spectrum is of course the baby of Sonic Boom ex Spacemen 3 etc.We...
Posted by Dimmer on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:08:00 PST

NEW ALBUM

We have our new album written. If we can find our drummer we will hopefully begin recording sometime soon.Meantime here are some images from the Tremonton City website. Tremonton you may remember was ...
Posted by Dimmer on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:01:00 PST

NATIONAL RADIO this Saturday...

shayne will be playing some of his favourite tunes on the 'mixtape' programme on national radio this saturday (Jan 19) between 1 and 2. could be a snoozer, could be a groover. let's wait and see...
Posted by Dimmer on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:35:00 PST

Touring The U.S With BJM And Other Stuff

...well we did this thru September galivanting all about the West Coast...L.A, San Fran, Seattle, Portland, San Diego, Salt Lake City...we even got in some camping in Idaho. What a wide, immense and s...
Posted by Dimmer on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:11:00 PST

fun and games with die! die! die!

shayne is currently in upstate new york producing the new die! die! die! album. he reckons it's gonna be a corker. for those of you who've yet to witness die! die! die! yet all we/he/shayne can mutter...
Posted by Dimmer on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:00:00 PST

DIMMER ON ITUNES & U.S TOUR

Dimmer albums 1 and 3 - "I Believe You Are A Star" and "There My Dear" - are available now world wide through Itunes.There is another outfit from the States called Dimmer too apparently but we ain't b...
Posted by Dimmer on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:26:00 PST

NEWS FLASH

Late breaking news from the forthcoming "Under The Illusion' video..
Posted by Dimmer on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:11:00 PST

B NET AWARDS - VOTE DIMMER!

er yes...as the poster says..dimmer have been nominated for a few awards at this years b-nets. i like the b net awards. the room is generally full of cooller people than you find at that other one and...
Posted by Dimmer on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:01:00 PST

OUR TOUR JUST COMPLETED

what an excellent rocking tour we had.hey - this dimmer band is really onto something! dunedin was freezing, tuesday night anyway, but the hometown crowd was warm. it was great to see george in such t...
Posted by Dimmer on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:24:00 PST

BUY OUR RECORD....PLEASE.

"There My Dear" was released this week. The initial response has been very good." 5 Stars...genius.." (Dominion Post)" 5 Stars...as strong lyrically as it is in addictive melodies..an unstoppable jour...
Posted by Dimmer on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:39:00 PST