In 1978, The Cleanwere the seeds of New Zealand punk. In the years since, they have carved out a big sandbox for everyone to play in, andtheir influence resonates not only in NZ but around the world. A groupthat thrives when free of expectations, The Cleans Robert Scott, Hamish Kilgour, and David Kilgour are, as Tape Op described, a casually wonderful band.

David Kilgour onMister Pop:
Mister Pop began in Brooklyn, NY, at Gary Olsons Marlborough Farms studio and was completed in the basement hall of First Church Dunedin. There is more synthesizer on this album than the others, mainly an old Juno synth. I do remember having a bath in Brooklyn while Robert was downstairs singing and writing. I thought he was singing hes a factory man, so I dried off a