Kiwi rock decadents
Dragon's third album appeared in 1977 produced by
Peter Dawkins, who tamed the verbose progressive rock sound of earlier efforts into an equally lurid pub rock sound. While their new approach took them chartwards and created one of the more extreme biographical histories in rock, the albums remain timepieces of a dark and decadent era for New Zealand rock probably best kept under the carpet. Their later band, Hunter, put out an '80s album
Dreams of Ordinary Men that was produced by
Todd Rundgren, and surviving members went on to play in
Street Talk,
XTC,
Citizen Band , Sharon O'Neill Band, Hello Sailor, Pink Flamingos, Australian Crawl, Kevin Borich Express, Headhunters the Black Sorrows, and Men at Work.