I would­n’t wan­na put mon­ey on it or any­thing, but I’m pret­ty sure that the last time leg­endary NZ noise-rock­ers The Dead C (wikipedia) played in Welling­ton was when they sup­port­ed Son­ic Youth on their Dirty tour in 1993. And to be frank, with an utter­ly tran­scen­dant per­for­mance in the face of much tribu­la­tion, mopped the floor with them.

Now they’re play­ing at the City Gallery on Sat­ur­day night. It’s free. What the hell else do you need to know?

City Gallery Welling­ton is proud to present The Dead C. These noise/rock heroes who have most recent­ly played in the UK at Thurston Moore’s All Tomor­row’s Par­ties fes­ti­val will per­form in the Gallery. Sup­port from local band Thought Crea­ture. Gallery opens at 7. Music starts 8. Be sure to make it to this unique per­for­mance.

Here’s a (rea­son­ably famous) video of The Dead C on now-defunct Fri­day-nite music show Ground Zero in 1999, play­ing Sky (off what some claim to be their great­est album, Harsh 70s Real­i­ty) and talk­ing about Sui­cide with the hosts:

I think Dead C mem­ber Michael Mor­ley also has some work in the Gallery’s cur­rent Prospect show.