Children's Hour

Children's Hour are a Post-Punk band that formed circa 1983. They released the "Flesh 12inch" with 5 songs including the legendary caroline's dream. This was followed by a 7 inch single, Washed Away/Stuck Pig, and a the song 'Creeping Flesh' on a 'Freak The Sheep' compilation. The band morphed into the international Headless Chickens in 1985 later shortening their name to The Headless Chickens and topping the NZ music Charts. The Chickens finally disbanded in 2000. In 2005 Failsafe Records compiled and released the looking for the sun album featuring 14 live tracks from the bands catalogue many previously unreleased. http://www.failsaferecords.com Failsafe and the band had intended to release all the bands studio material but were thwarted at the last minute by the new owners of the legendary flying nun records who refused to hand over the bands master tapes. In April 2005 the band reformed for a series of shows to celebrate the release of the album and pay tribute to original bassist Johnny Pierce who had committed suicide in 1986. A series of new recordings were made at the time but remain unfinished. http://www.myspace.com/childrenshournz Lead singer songwriter Chris Matthews is writing and performing under the name Robot Monkey Orchestra. http://www.myspace.com/robotmonkeyorchestra Children's Hour are not to be confused with "The Children's Hour" a folk-rock duoformed in mid-2002