Hunting Man – Plastic Coated Dream Land

Hunting Man
Plastic Coated Dream Land
1991 (no label)
Auckland, New Zealand

Dean McQuoid – Lead vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, BGV
Thom Cochrane – Keyboards
Dean Rush – Drums
Nick Davies – Electric guitar

Side 1:

1. Flower Child
2. Chains
3. A Town Called Money

Side 2:

1. Homeland
2. Generation
3. Solitary Man

For some reason, I used to think the name of this band was “Plastic Coated Dream Land” and the tape was called “Hunting Man.” This was because I got some mp3s of this demo that had it reversed, and listed as a 1987 release. I can see why they got it backwards – the cover certainly makes it seem that way, but the liner notes refers to the band as “Hunting Man.” They also appear on the ACM Journal: 3rd Anniversary Compilation CD as Hunting Man as well. The sound is a bit familiar, but hard to pin down. Imagine a Sunset Strip commercial band that was more influenced by The Cult than Motley Crue, but had some distinct slight influence of bands like Enuff Z’Nuff. But some songs, like “Homeland,” sound more like a mix between U2 musically and Midnight Oil (lyrically). It’s actually a really interesting combination that could have gone somewhere, but I don’t think they did, sadly.