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The King Bee (Stage Door) — recognised as the antipodean Cavern Club
Beginning life in 1964 as The King Bee (under the auspices of John O'Brien and Paul McGarry), the establishment was sold in 1965 and renamed The Stage Door. The first resident group at the new nitespot was The Chants — with Mike Rudd on lead vocals, guitar and harp, Trevor Courtney on drums, Peter Hansen on bass guitar and Jim Tomlin on lead guitar. The Chants had won Christchurch's Battle of the Bands in 1964, and went on the attain local stardom. Around the emergance of The Stage Door as an identity, the group changed its name and became Chants R&B ..... The venue was later to become The Ram Jam ..... |
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