As media interest in punk swelled, the Scavengers found themselves the subject of considerable media attention, and they reacted in true anarchic fashion, hurling abuse at audiences and pelting fans with garbage. (Only bassist Marlon Hart retained his real name.) The group soon took refuge in an abandoned warehouse, practicing regularly over the course of the weeks and months to follow soon, a small band of teenagers began assembling outside of the rehearsal space each day, and a buzz began to build - clearly, something was afoot.Īlong with a handful of originals, the early Scavengers repertoire was littered with covers of the band's primary influences - Iggy Pop, the New York Dolls, Kiss, and the like - as well as early punk classics soon they recorded a 12-song demo, which resulted in their first live date in June of 1977. Formed in Auckland in 1977, the group evolved from the 1B Darlings, a contentious and underwhelming unit best known for frequent on-stage fisticuffs inspired by an NME cover story on the Sex Pistols and armed with an import copy of "Anarchy in the U.K.," they soon refashioned themselves as a punk outfit, dubbing themselves the Scavengers and adopting suitable stage names - frontman Mike Simmons became Mike Lesbian, guitarist Paul Cooke adopted the moniker Johnny Volume, and drummer Simon Monroe rechristened himself Des Truction. Along with the Suburban Reptiles, the Scavengers were the first punk band to explode onto the New Zealand music scene.
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