Peter Jefferies is a New Zealand musician. He is known for his co-founding (with his brother Graeme Jefferies) the bands Nocturnal Projections and This Kind Of Punishment as well as his extensive solo and collaborative work. Peter Jefferies has been a towering personality of New Zealand's music scene. With his brother Graeme Jefferies, he grew up in Stratford, a service town for the local dairy farming area in the verdant Taranaki. They were encouraged in their musical endeavours by their family. Graeme was given a guitar and Peter a drum kit. By 1981, they had formed Nocturnal Projections. Jefferies described them as being relentless. Admittedly, they did have an early 80's sound about them but were certainly much better than many of their contemporaries. They borrowed much of their sound from British punk. Comparisons were made to bands like Joy Division. The band broke up after a couple of years, having released a handful of tapes, singles and EP's. Out of the ashes of Nocturnal Projections arose This Kind Of Punishment. The main nucleus was Peter and Graeme. There were other notables that came and did a stint with the band like Shayne Carter (Straitjacket Fits, Dimmer) and Chris Matthews (The Headless Chickens) The project was based mainly on recording. This freed them from trying reproduce TKP’s music live. They did occasionally take their material out on the road. Musically, This Kind of Punishment was a much more adventurous affair than Nocturnal Projections. They