Able Tasmans New Zealand
Biography
The Able Tasmans were an indie band from Auckland, New Zealand. At various times, the band consisted of Leslie Jonkers, Peter Keen, Graeme Humphreys, Craig Mason, Jane Dodd (previously of The Verlaines), and Ronald Young. They formed in 1984, and named themselves after the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. They released four albums and two EP's on Flying Nun Records. The band split up in 1996.[1] Ten years later Graeme Humphreys and Peter Keen regrouped to record an album, The Overflow, under the name of Humphreys & Keen.[2]
