1990: "Diamond Shine", The Clean

The Clean were the second band to record for NZ's Flying Nun (the first being the otherwise undistinguished Pin Group) and the label's first breakout hit, "Tally Ho" reaching #19 on the NZ pop charts in 1981. By 1990 the Clean had been around long enough to have broken up for several years, and Vehicle would be their first reunion album (the band have continued unabated ever since). Primarily a singles group in their early years, the Clean - even more so than most of their label mates - would remain an obscurity outside of New Zealand until prominent indie rock bands of the 90s (Pavement, Yo La Tengo, etc) began acknowledging them as an influence.