The first signing of the legendary New Zealand label Flying Nun, Christchurch-based noise pop trio
the Pin Group, teamed singer/guitarist
Roy Montgomery, bassist
Ross Humphrey, and drummer Peter Stapleton. Their 1981 debut single, the
Joy Division-influenced "Ambivalence," was the first release on Flying Nun, issued in an edition of 300 copies; the follow-up, "Coat," appeared later that same year. After a 1982 EP, The Pin Group Go to Town, the band dissolved when
Montgomery traveled to London for a year-long study program; he and
Stapleton later renewed their collaboration as members of drone merchants Dadamah, with the complete
Pin Group lineup reuniting in 1992 to record a one-off single, "Eleven Years After." ~ Jason Ankeny