In this remarkable tale of creativity and chaos doityourself innovation and extraordinary attempts at world domination Needles and Plastic tells the inside story of one of New Zealand and the worlds ampampamp8211 great independent music labels. Hundreds of full color ampampampamp black and white photos illustrate the storyampampamp10ampampamp10ampampamp10ampampamp10ampampamp10Founded in 1981 by Roger Shepherd in Christchurch New Zealand Flying Nun Records unleashed an extraordinary wave of music that had an impact around the world.Needles and Plastic is the first comprehensive history of the early years of the label and its bands covering the critical period from 1981ampampamp82111988 when many of the most influential and critically acclaimed artists emerged on Flying Nun bands like ampampamp8211 from The Clean The Chills The Verlaines Straitjacket Fits and Bailter Space. The influence of the obscure label became apparent in the 1990s when bigtime indie acts like Pavement Cat Power or Yo La Tengo started covering Flying Nun bands.