Fran's punk past ...

Watching Fran Walsh sheepishly accept her award for Best Song in last night's Golden Globes, I couldn't help remembering her not so illustrious musical pedigree.



For Ms Walsh, alias Mrs Peter Jackson, was last heard in the early 80s 'playing bass' in The Wallsockets, one of Wellington's arty Terrace punk set, who lived in various hovels near Victoria University.



Other bands of a similar ilk included Naked Spots Dance, Life in the Fridge Exists, and Beat Rhythm Fashion (who went on to make some great Cure-ish singles). Sadly, I don't think there is any recorded evidence of Fran's punk roots - apart from a track perhaps on the 1980 Sausage Records "****" compilation, which I'm pretty sure never made it to CD ... it was hard enough to get on vinyl!