The Clean's Boodle Boodle Boodle

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In this critical appraisal of The Clean's landmark release, Boodle Boodle Boodle, Geoff Stahl explores how the album impacted the emergence of a new DIY scene alongside a retrospective on the role The Clean played in shaping New Zealands independent music industry. The Cleans 1981 album was a catalyst for independent music in Aotearoa/New Zealand and served as an anchor for the Dunedin Sound phenomenon. Willingly or not, The Clean became ambassadors for a burgeoning independent music culture, drawing upon the DIY spirit of punk and post-punk that was centred around Dunedin, on New Zealands South Island. Geoff Stahl considers the influence and impact of the EP and band on the music industry as seen through local and international musicians, with a focus on Flying Nun Record. He also examines of how their legendary appeal has more recently informed various archival initiatives that aim to preserve its legacy.

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Geoff Stahl is Senior Lecturer in Media & Communication at Te Herenga Waka/Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand. He has edited and contributed to The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music, Space and Place (Bloomsbury, 2022), Nocturnes: Popular Music and the Night and Made in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. He has served on editorial boards for IASPM@Journal, Popular Music and Dancecult. He has also been Chair of IASPM-International and remains an active member.