The Bird Nest Roys were a rock group born in the hills west of Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, who released one self-titled album on Flying Nun Records

Flying Nun Records

Flying Nun Records is an independent record label formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1981 by music-store proprietor Roger Shepherd.-History:The label was formed in the flurry of new punk rock-inspired labels forming in the early 1980s...

. Despite being from Auckland, they are frequently cited as one of the bands that played the Dunedin Sound

Dunedin Sound

The Dunedin sound was a style of indie pop music created in the southern New Zealand university city of Dunedin in the early 1980s.-Characteristics:...

, named after the city of Dunedin on the South Island

South Island

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 of New Zealand. A light guitar sound that the bands played in the local pub scene.

A six-piece, the band was fronted by members Big Ross and Little Ross and featured future Snapper (band)

Snapper (band)

Snapper was a New Zealand indie/alternative band formed by Peter Gutteridge, previously in The Clean, The Chills and The Great Unwashed.The band evolved from the line-up of another Gutteridge-led band, the Dunedin-based Phromes...

 and The 3Ds

The 3Ds

The 3Ds were an alternative pop/rock band based from Dunedin, New Zealand, together from 1988 to 1997. The band was formed in May 1988 by* Dominic Stones — drums,* Denise Roughan — bass, keyboards, tambourine, vocals...

 member Dominic Stones on guitar.

The group attracted an odd ensemble of characters with their own coded language and a combination of Westie and early Grey Lynn culture. They frequently practised on an old 50 acres (20.2 ha) farm called Nosnaws in the foothills of the Waitakere Ranges. Being part of the Flying Nun label enabled the band to play numerous gigs up and down New Zealand.

The band recently reformed for a one off gig at the old Rising Sun Hotel in Karangahape Road in early January 2008.

Personnel

• Big Ross (Ross Williams) - guitar & vocals
• Little Ross (Ross Hollands) - guitar & vocals
• Deberly Roy (Deborah Shadbolt) - bass
• Warwick Wakefield - vocals, dance
• Dominic Stones - guitar
• Peter Moerenhout - drums

Discography

• 1985"Whack It All Down" 12" EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
   (Flying Nun FN044)
• 1986 "Jaffa Boy/Bus Stop" 7" single (Flying Nun FN067)
• 1987 Bird Nest Roys album (Flying Nun FN065)
• "I Need Your Love" 7" single (Flying Nun FN087)