Human Instinct - legendary New Zealand band

[MrTraumata]

ese guitarrista es muy bueno. facil de comparar con otros grandes guitarristas: jimy hendrix, page, malmsteen,blackmore de la epoca

[readerwriter]

em suck big

[BoysKeepSwingin2]

Are there any video's with Zaine (Glenn) Mikkelson (aka Zaine Griff) who joined on The Hustler and Pegleg?

[BoysKeepSwingin2]

Are there any video's with Zaine (Glenn) Mikkelson (aka Zaine Griff) who joined on The Hustler and Pegleg?

[molerox123]

nice song!!1 love it !!!

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[marhope]

Good one Maurice!

I will always have great memories of those times

Grannies,Crofts, Tabla and others

I remember the Scene in Ch Ch

Playing there with a previous band

M

[robinsgirl51]

I remember them playing at the Scene...local dance in Chch in 1968? Only about 30 of us there one Sunday afternoon.

[vIIIthnote]

I lived in Auckland in the mid 70's and the drums you see Maurice Greer playing I actually bought from him in 1972 or 1973. The Bass Drums were heavier than most kits, had been extended and had projection like they were miked twice. Would have loved to have had Glenny Pigg from Space Farm and the UnderDogs play on them. He had the most powerful kick abilities I had ever seen on a drummer at that young age. Both he and Maurice were major NZ Legends.

[kitazan]

You are right about these guys I think Rick Ball was a great drummer too with Ticket then Hello Sailor nice guy as well

[vIIIthnote]

Forgot about Rick, he was a really good drummer as well...and the buy with the 15$ Thai sticks was hanging with the wrong crowd...paid way too much lol

[kitazan]

Yeah you're right about hanging out with the wrong crowd what is your background if you don't mind my asking you seem to know heaps about the scene back then.

[fuckenmike]

man they're awesome!!!!!!!

never heard of them.

usually the stuff we never hear is some of the best.

[fireslayer651]

I remember seeing Maurice & Billy TK at Granny's Night Club in the 60s?? Black Sally if I can remember rightly was "Sally" who we used to hang about with and smuggle in drinks. Remember them before their trip to London at the Platter Rack in Durham St, Auck? (as the Four Fours/)

[kitazan]

Does anyone remember them playing at Bo Beep nightclub in Auckland memory might be a little hazy here how about Levis nightclub near the Britomart carpark,Ticket were resident band Dragon also played there

[vIIIthnote]

Sure do man, I remember Ticket laying at Levi's, Dragon, Space Farm...we were al of 15 or 16 and living large at the best music clubs in Auckland.

[sonofsilence]

I first got introduced to Human Instinct a month or two ago. I wish I had heard them years ago. Funny how they are hardly mentioned in the circles of kiwi music. I had a hard time getting hold of the Stoned Guitar album. I found it eventually in Wellington.The weird thing was it was sold as a Dutch import!!

anyway. what a great band.

[fearandconsumption]

I could probably do it with my video camera shooting the disc spinning around but the sound quality would not be great in comparison to a direct transfer of vinyl to cd then mp3. Do you want me to try it that way?

[fearandconsumption]

Definitely not just a remix. It sounds very different too and why shouldn't it. The album it was on "stoned guitar" was released on Allied International in 1970. The single was on the Pye label and rel in 1971, so that should clear up any doubt or arguments about it and no, the single definitley has only 1 solo on there as I said before but the solo is longer than any on the lp and more crazy/out there IMO making it a better version, also, in my humble opinion.

Cheers!

[leonardoboy2]

Cheers! Thanks for that info! Much appreciated. Any chance of you putting the PYE single version on youtube, so I can hear it again.

[leonardoboy2]

Hey Maurice Greer; were there two recorded versions of "Black Sally" I remember buying the single and then buying the album Stoned Guitar. I f my senses serve me well, then I noticed a distinct difference in the both tracks. I actually thought the single sounded better. Correct me if I'm wrong. I was only 15 yrs old then, 38 yrs ago.

[fearandconsumption]

You're correct. The single is 2 minutes shorter. It has 1 guitar solo, not 2 like the lp version. The solos are different to each other and I like the 7 inch version better.

Hope that helps.

[leonardoboy2]

Cheers! I must have had a good ear for music back then huh to have picked that out. That's interesting that you like the 7 inch version better. I always thought the bass on the single had a better tone. Either way both dynamic tracks. Mr fearandconsumption are you Mr Greer? Railway and Gunn.

[fearandconsumption]

You had a good ear to pick it out, yes! I am not Mr. Greer. I am a record collector who lives in Australia. I have the single in question in my possession. It has a cool looking picture sleeve too.

[leonardoboy2]

Is the single version of "Black Sally" and the album version two separate studio recordings of the song or is the single just a remix of the album track? From memory I think the single had a second guitar part in there.

[timephoenixnz]

When are the Human Instinct going to play a gig in Melbourne? (their new hometown, yes?)

Cool to see them playing that big festival in Korea. What was it exactly?

[kevintherockfan]

cool, have been looking on the net for bands like H.I., Brown Street, the In Betweens etc for ages, I used to go to Shantytown under the civic theatre (owned by John Tabla I think) in the 70's to see these guys most weekends, Maurice always took the time to say hello even though he didn't know us. Times were different then, hot licks, hot chicks and buddha sticks yee haa

[kitazan]

Oh i remember them Buddha Sticks thick as, on a kebab stick about $15 bucks .I posted a comment on NZ music 60's & 70's about Shanty Town and Mainstreet no one replied it was like nobody went there.The Inbetweens were a great band then i remember getting kicked out for falling asleep on the table heck it was 4 in the morning.

[bry3500]

Played at Shantytown and Gatsbys with a band called Alexis....became good friends with The inbetweens and ended up playing in Australia with Inbetweens singer Tony Rabbett.....Great days - anyone know what happened to johnny Tabla?

[charliestuvwxy]

I need the album "Stoned Guitar" on cd. I just love this album. Were there two different versions of "Black Sally"? The one on the 45 sounded different than the version on album.

[vanaka5]

@charliestuvwxy I have Stoned Guitar and Burning Up Years on CD for auction on Trade Me at present ..Auction finishes next Thursday (16th Dec.)

[howlinblues]

Oh yes remeber them well in 1968 the Place one of the Top night clubs n Auckland The Galaxie with other top Artists to like the Underdogs...Action...Leo DeCastro...The La De Das...Le Frame Larrys Rebels .Wellingtons. Pleasures n also Larrys Rebels...other night clubs in the vicinty of auckland were ...The Top 20 ...The Platter Rack ...MoJo,s...other Bands by memorie to were Blues Band...Silvester Winch Style...Martin Winch on vocals

Man that Cat could sing in dance side ways on Stage.

[taumara]

I remember some great clubs like Embers,Hatchets,Tabla.Man those were  the days.Great kiwi muso's.World class especially the Bro's.

[craptuff]

First band to turn me on in my young days...

Stoned Guitar was played every day after school as loud as possible!... till Pink Floyd hit me...

Where is a clip of Stoned Guitar? hell man I'll make one meself outa my old scratched record and add some hippy and kiwi pics a la hendrix style....

Someone with the CD do it PLEASE....

[maharaja9ster]

Good stuff!!

[johnclout69]

hell takes me back -- long live the galaxie

[edenonline]

"forced"! what forced? you needed a new kit - well a replacement one, since an extremely mandied stripper fell offa a platform onto yer old kit (see thru plastic)shatterin it at some free festival gig.

I didn't know the damn bass drums were made outta pipe or some-such. Everything was painted matt black n u couldn't see it was a bit daggy at night in a dimly lit club.

what's with the names veryTony? Am I gonna be the only person denied a nom ge guerre when discussing the 70's.

[vIIIthnote]

Sinclair you dog, I forgot I even posted this much less you were going to have an attack of nostaglia...I can blame most of my youthful indicretions directly at you....especially that picture in the paper of you, me and Jan celebrating our latest business venture at the BullRing Restaurant.

[VeryTony]

Amazing! The opening sequence shows a double bass drumset with Maurice playing them standing up...I bought those drums from Maurice at Cook Street Market back in 1971...my Auckland U. buddy Phil Sinclair turned me on to Human Instinct and Billy TK and forced me to buy those monster drums!

;)

verytony

[vIIIthnote]

Phil, forgot my log in... viiithnote now. Check out my latest celebrity drums when we opened for David Allen Coe. Search viithnote

[MisterX]

How about the bass player Pete from Ratana? I work with him.

[humaninstinct]

Peter Barton?

[humaninstinct]

Hi, sorry unfortunately no video footage of Glenn (aka Zaine Griff) has surfaced to date.

[scaasi]

Billy T.K...

Learnt a lot from playing along to Stoned Guitar

Good stuff indeed!

[MisterX]

Bro has u got stoned guitar? I been eyeing up a LP for $95 on Trademe..

[zacmadison]

turn in up

[zacmadison]

come play in melbourne

[zacmadison]

good stuff guys.rok on