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Graeme Jefferies (vocals, guitar, piano, viola) is a cult icon in New Zealand, and his band
Cakekitchen helped to solidify his high-ranking status in the country's underground scene. After the breakup of
This Kind of Punishment,
Jefferies formed
Cakekitchen in the late '80s. Taking their name from
Jefferies' 1988 solo LP
Messages for the Cakekitchen,
Cakekitchen is basically a revolving set of musicians, all of whom are led by
Jefferies. Expressing the similarly gloomy
Velvet Underground-styled narratives and post-punk raggedness of
Jefferies' previous groups,
Cakekitchen released their first album,
Time Flowing Backwards, in 1991. The band was a trio back then featuring
Jefferies, Rachael King (bass), and Robert Key (drums). By 1993's Far From the Sun, King and Key were gone, replaced by bassist Keith McLean and drummer Huw Dainow. On 1995's Stompin' Thru the Boneyard,
Cakekitchen became a duo consisting of
Jefferies (playing a multitude of instruments) and drummer Jean-Yves Douet. ~ Michael Sutton