- Under the Influence - 21 Years of Flying Nun Records
Infobox Album | Name = Under the Influence - 21 Years of Flying Nun Records
Type =Album
Artist =Various Artists
Code = FNCD021
Released =May 16 2002 flagicon|New Zealand
Recorded =22 March 2002
Producer =Malcolm Welsford
Genre =Indie rock
|"Under the Influence — 21 Years of Flying Nun Records" is a
double album including tracks by various bands signed or related to theFlying Nun Records label.The
album was planned as a celebration of the 21st anniverasary of Flying Nun Records. Bands invited to be part of the album were asked to record one or two songs. If two songs then one should be a cover of a Flying Nun song that influenced or inspired them and the other song should be a new and unreleased song of their own. These were all to be recorded on a single day at York Street Studios on22 March 2002 .Track listing
CD1
# "Crazy I Know" -
Gerling
# "Japanese Girls" -PanAm
# "Outer Space" -Betchadupa
# "Gentle Hour" -The Clean
# "Heavenly Pop Hit" -Garageland
# "Unnecessary Evil" -The Hasselhoff Experiment
# "Joe 90" -The D4
# "Death and the Maiden" -Stephen Malkmus
# "If I Were You" -Tall Dwarfs
# "Inner Silenced" -HDU withShayne Carter CD2
# "Friday in the Ground" -
Chris Knox
# "Get Loose" -The D4
# "Saskatchewan" -PanAm
# "Graduation of Frustration" -Garageland
# "Bad Food and Long Drives" -Betchadupa
# "Brain That Wouldn't Die" -The Hasselhoff Experiment
# "Man on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" -HDU withShayne Carter
# "Same Old New World" -Graeme Downes
# "Corridor" -The Clean Photography and film
The recording session also resulted in a number of spin-off works:
* A photographic exhibition by photographerFraser Harding [http://www.origindesign.co.nz/originart/fraser_harding2/index.html]
* A feature-length documentary "Heavenly Pop Hits" [http://nzmusic.org.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/252]
* A music video ofStephen Malkmus ' rendition ofThe Verlaines ' "Death and the Maiden" [http://flyingnun.co.nz/viewartist.cfm?artistID=539]External links
* [http://www.flyingnun.co.nz www.flyingnun.co.nz] Flying Nun Records official website
* [http://www.nzmusic.com/gallery.cfm?show=collection www.nzmusic.com/gallery] Gallery of official recording session photos
* [http://www.fraserharding.com www.fraserharding.com] Official website of recording session and cover artwork photographer Fraser Harding
* [http://www.yorkstreet.co.nz www.yorkstreet.co. nz] York Street Studios offial website
* [http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/fnr/5 www.radionz.co.nz]Radio New Zealand interview about the Flying Nun Records' 21st Anniversary
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