Alternative Rock / Post-punk / Noise Rock
Palmerston North, New Zealand / Wellington, New Zealand

Dave White, Phil Williscroft, and Brent Gemmill were previously in a band called The Clear. They decided to change names to Lung. Dave White was also in Thin Red Line before The Clear. The band toured New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and Europe extensively, opening for bands like Pavement, Babes in Toyland, and Nirvana. Their debut album Cactii was distributed through Ajax Records in the United States, Hyacinth in France, Embryo Arts in Belguim, and Plankton Records in the UK. European MTV showed their “Full Moon Again” video.

In 1993, the band released their second full-length Three Heads on a Plate. Their relentless touring and underground success of their songs led to a five album record deal with Los Angeles label Restless Records. The first release was a new version of Three Heads on a Plate with three songs dropped (“Mary's Mother,” “Venus,” and “Exit”) and two songs from Cactii added (“Full Moon” and “Sleep”). Unhappy with diminishing label support, the band intentionally got themselves dropped from Restless Records.

Lung disbanded around 1994 or 1995. White recorded a solo album Bad Acid Soundtracks in 1999 which was later re-released digitally under the Lung banner. Lung then reformed in 2019 with Dave White, original bassist Phil Williscroft, and Dave White's son Zak White on drums.

White has also been in other bands such as Tractor, Claire's Un-Natural Twin, K-Tel Dancers, and Surplus Sons of a Factory Nation.

1991 Yellow Bike Records (003)

Dave White - Guitar, vocals
Phil Williscroft - Bass
Brent Gemmill - Drums

1. Full Moon Again (3:24)
2. She's Got a Gun (3:53)
3. Sarah (3:33)
4. Sleep (3:19)
5. Sub (2:23)
6. Lurch (2:46)
7. Hardwired (6:13)
8. Numb (3:51)
9. Eat the Poor (3:46)
10. Ride (2:31)

1992 Yellow Bike Records (007)

Dave White - Guitar, vocals
Phil Williscroft - Bass
Brent Gemmill - Drums

1. Paralysis
2. Elvis Arsehole
3. Mary's Mother
4. Slaughterhouse

1993 Yellow Bike Records (Bike 008)
1994 Survival (SUR 535)

Dave White - Guitar, vocals
Phil Williscroft - Bass
Brent Gemmill - Drums, sampler

1. Paralysis (3:08)
2. Elvis Arsehole (3:16)
3. Splinter (4:29)
4. Mary's Mother (2:34)
5. Swing (4:07)
6. Cot Death Baby (3:57)
7. Slaughterhouse (4:40)
8. Resuscitate (2:53)
9. Johnny Favourite (3:34)
10. Venus (3:42)
11. Car Crash (3:08)
12. Exit (2:45)
13. Compellor (4:30)
14. Melonoma (2:36)

1994 Survival (SUR 715)

Dave White - Guitar, vocals
Phil Williscroft - Bass
Brent Gemmill - Drums

1. Swing (4:07)
2. Sub/Sleep (live) (6:18)

1994 Restless Records (7 72901-2)

Dave White - Guitar, vocals
Phil Williscroft - Bass
Brent Gemmill - Drums, sampler

1. Swing (4:07)
2. Full Moon (3:24)
3. Splinter (4:29)
4. Car Crash (3:08)
5. Paralysis (3:08)
6. Slaughterhouse (4:40)
7. Cot Death Baby (3:57)
8. Johnny Favourite (3:34)
9. Elvis Asshole (3:16)
10. Resuscitate (2:52)
11. Compellor (4:30)
12. Sleep (3:47)
13. Melonoma (2:39)

(…to be continued…)

• Lung and Dave White on BandCamp
• History of Yellow Bike, Lung, The Stomach, and the Creative Sounds Society