side and Pendergrast and Salter on the other, with Zero in the middle. Drug issues also exacerbated tensions which self-managed high-adrenaline highly-creative youth bands are ill-equipped to self-manage. The band were intending to record "Mamba" as the next single but Judd decided to re-write, play all guitars and produce his old mate's song. Planet left them all to it, did not attend any further recording sessions and effectively left the band. The resultant single, "Saturday Night Stay at Home", with Judd's soaring guitar and little else audible or recognisable of the Suburban Reptiles, was an instant classic, selling hundreds of copies. A Student Radio survey in the early 2000s named it the greatest New Zealand single of all time. However, New Zealand was denied the recording of what could have been the country's definitive punk album. It was too late for the Suburban Reptiles however and, at the premiere of Angel Mine in October 1978, two bands both played under that name. The Hough / Judd led band re-emerged some months later as the Swingers. Discography Singles Tracks on compilations "Saturday Night Stay At Home" on Hits and Myths (1982) "Saturday Night Stay At Home", "Megaton", and "Coup d'État" on AK79 Reissue (1992) "Saturday Night Stay At Home" on Hate Your Neighbours Vol.1 (1997) "45 Single" on Move To Riot (2002) "Saturday Night Stay At Home" on Give It a Whirl (2003) References Davey, T. & Puschmann, H. (1996) Kiwi rock. Dunedin: Kiwi Rock Publications. Eggleton, D. (2003) Ready to Fly. Nelson, NZ: Craig Potton Publishing. External links Official Page AudioCulture profile NZ Music link MusicMatch Guide 1976 establishments in New Zealand 1978 disestablishments in New Zealand New Zealand punk rock groups Musical groups from Auckland Musical groups established in 1976 Musical groups disestablished in 1978