The Scavengers

Along with the Suburban Reptiles, the Scavengers were the first punk band to explode onto the New Zealand music scene. Formed in Auckland in 1977, the group evolved from the 1B Darlings, a contentious and underwhelming unit best known for frequent on-stage fisticuffs; inspired by an NME cover story on the Sex Pistols and armed with an import copy of "Anarchy in the U.K.," they soon refashioned themselves as a punk outfit, dubbing themselves the Scavengers and adopting suitable stage names -- frontman Mike Simmons became Mike Lesbian, guitarist Paul Cooke adopted the moniker Jo...