Effective period / Period of releases: 1970 - 1971

Members: Dave Luther (2), Alec Wishart

Originally formed in 1969 as Hogsnort Rupert's Original Flagon Band, New Zealand band Hogsnort Rupert combined skiffle style with humourous lyrics to create great, unique songs such as "Pretty Girl" and "Aunty Alice (Brought Us This). "Theirs were humble origins. The first line-up of Luther, Alec Wishart, Ian Terry, Frankie Boardman and Bill Such were a group of English immigrants in the mid-1960s.