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Greedy (album)
''Greedy'' is the final album released in 1997 by New Zealand band Headless Chickens. Track listing #"Dark Angel" (Chris Matthews (musician), Chris Matthews, Grant Fell, Bevan Sweeney, Angus McNaughton) – 4:03 #"Stalk of a Cherry" (Matthews, Fell) – 3:17 #"Secondtime Virgin" (Matthews, Bevan Larsen, Sweeney) – 4:54 #"Cipher" (Matthews, Larsen) – 3:05 #"Magnet" (Matthews, Larsen) – 4:32 #"Fire" (Matthews, Michael Lawry) – 4:35 #"Electricity" (Matthews, Larsen) – 4:35 #"Chicken Little" (Matthews, Larsen) – 5:51 #"Smoking Big Ted" (Matthews, Fell, Lawry) – 2:39 #"Black Water Rising" (Matthews, Fell, McNaughton) – 4:30 #"Escalator" (Matthews, Fell, Sweeney, McNaughton, Fiona McDonald) – 4:53 #"Day of the Locust" – 5:39 #"George (song), George" – 4:11 Personnel *Chris Matthews (musician), Chris Matthews – vocals, guitars, samples, loops, keyboards *Bevan Larsen – bass guitar *Bevan Sweeney – drums *Grant Fell – bass ("Chicken Little", "Smoking Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona McDonald
Fiona Maude McDonald (born 1965) is a New Zealand pop singer and television personality. Singer McDonald's first involvement with music came through singing jingles for Auckland student radio station bFM. From that work she was asked to join Auckland band Diatribe which also included musician Greg Johnson. In the early '90s she teamed up with former bFM producers Mark Tierney and Paul Casserly who were looking for a singer for their new studio-only group, Strawpeople. McDonald also briefly sang live with NRA, and provided guest vocals on the Headless Chickens on "Cruise Control". Reaching #6 in the charts, "Cruise Control" proved to be so popular that she was asked to join the band full-time. Three successful years of recording and touring followed, including number one single "George", but McDonald eventually left the band in 1995. In the mid-'90s, McDonald continued to work with the Strawpeople and at the same time worked on songs for her solo album. ''A Different Hunge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headless Chickens
The Headless Chickens was a New Zealand band. Going against the grain of the Dunedin sound that dominated the Flying Nun Records roster at the time, the Headless Chickens made extensive use of electronic instruments in their music. History The Headless Chickens recorded three albums, ''Stunt Clown'' (1988), ''Body Blow'' (1991), and ''Greedy'' (1997), plus various EPs for Flying Nun Records in the 1980s and 1990s. The band first became known in New Zealand when they won the 1987 Rheineck Beer Rock award. The prize money from the award went into the funding for their innovative (for its use of sampling) 1988 debut album ''Stunt Clown''. The 1988 CD release of ''Stunt Clown'' compiled the vinyl release of this name with the 1986 ''Headless Chickens'' EP. A second album, ''Body Blow'', appeared in 1991 which featured singer Fiona McDonald. It was during this time with McDonald that the Headless Chickens would attract their widest audience. Two versions of ''Body Blow'' were re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records is a New Zealand independent record label formed in Christchurch in 1981 by music store manager Roger Shepherd. Described by ''The Guardian'' as "one of the world's great independent labels", Flying Nun is notable for bringing global attention to the Dunedin sound, a cultural and musical movement in early 1980s Dunedin, which gave rise to modern indie rock. History The label formed in the wake of a flurry of new post-punk-inspired labels appearing in New Zealand in the early 1980s, in particular Propeller Records in Auckland. Shepherd had intended to record the original local music of Christchurch, but soon the label rose to national prominence by championing the emerging music of Dunedin. "Ambivalence" by The Pin Group (the first band of Roy Montgomery) was the first release from Flying Nun, although "Tally Ho" by The Clean was the first release to draw public attention to the label, as it unexpectedly reached number nineteen in the New Zealand charts, br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Body Blow
''Body Blow'' is the second studio album by New Zealand rock band the Headless Chickens. It was originally released in 1991, then rereleased for Australia in 1993 with a substantially reworked track list, losing "Crash Hot" and "Road Train" but gaining "Mr. Moon", "Juice", "Choppers" and some remixes. Another Australian version followed in 1994 with the addition of a bonus disc containing six remixes. ''Body Blow'' is Headless Chickens' most successful album, including three top-10 singles and achieving double platinum sales. The album includes a cover of "Inside Track", originally recorded as "The Inside Track" by New Zealand new wave band Stridulators. Reviewed in Rolling Stone Australia, the first single, "Gaskrankinstation", was noted for its inability to be categorised. It was described as a "tragic saga of a callous fool trapped in a dumb job and a loveless marriage. The tempo builds inexorably with the sense of an impending catastrophe." On 29 March 2019, an extended versi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ChickensHits
''ChickensHits'' is a "greatest hits album" released in 2002 by the New Zealand band, Headless Chickens. Track listing Disc 1 #"Cruise Control" #"George" #"Gaskrankinstation" #"Choppers" (Helibator Mix) #"Expecting to Fly" #"Donde esta la pollo" #"Juice" #"Mr Moon" #"Slice" #"Monkey Jar" #"Do the Headless Chicken" (original) #"Magnet" (single version) #"Dark Angel" #"Second Time Virgin" #"Smoking Big Ted" #"Donka" (original) #"Fish Song" Disc 2 #"Expecting To Fly (Magik's Back To The 80's Mix)" - remixed by Dick Johnson #"Gaskrankinstation (Der Keine Kopf Remixen)" - remixed by Greg Churchill & Peter van der Fluit #"George (Magik's Electric Mix)" - remixed by Dick Johnson #"Cruise Control (Will & Jean Disco Mix)" - remixed by Roger Perry & Joost Langevild #"Juice (P&G Tips Mix)" #"Chicken Little (Player One Remix)" - remixed by Paul & Justin Brother #"Inside Track (1993 'Sushi Mix)" - remixed by David Harrow David Harrow (born 29 June London) is a record producer, DJ, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Matthews (musician)
Chris Matthews is a New Zealand rock musician. He has been a member of numerous bands, notably Children's Hour, This Kind of Punishment and The Headless Chickens for whom he was guitarist and lead vocalist, as well as writer or co-writer of many of their songs. Among these was the 1991 single "Cruise Control", co-written by Matthews and Michael Lawry, which was voted by APRA's members as the 76th greatest New Zealand song of all time. In 2008, he formed Chris Matthews and Robot Monkey Orchestra and released the album ''The Map of love'', a cycle of songs based on the poems of Dylan Thomas. Discography With Children's Hour * ''Flesh'' (1983) Flying Nun Records * ''Ya! Ya! Ya!'' (1984) Flying Nun Records * ''Looking For the Sun'' (2005) Failsafe Records With Headless Chickens * ''Stunt Clown'' (1988) Flying Nun Records * ''Body Blow ''Body Blow'' is the second studio album by New Zealand rock band the Headless Chickens. It was originally released in 1991, then rereleased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lawry
Michael Lawry is a New Zealand rock musician. He is a member of numerous bands, notably The Headless Chickens (founder member) for whom he played the keyboards and experimented with sampling, as well as writer or co-writer of many of their songs. Among these was the 1991 single "Cruise Control", co-written by Chris Matthews and Michael Lawry, which was voted by APRA's members as the 76th greatest New Zealand song of all time. Michael took part in the reformation of The Headless Chickens in late 2008 / early 2009. Michael Lawry is a conservationist and environmental activist, and since 2012 has been the managing director of Sea Shepherd The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of water, body of saline water, salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote List of seas, second-order sections of ... New Zealand. References APRA Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George (song)
"George" is a song by New Zealand rock band Headless Chickens, released as the lead single from their third studio album, '' Greedy'', in 1994. Charting as a double A-side with the Eskimos in Egypt mix of their 1991 song "Cruise Control", the single reached number one in the band's native New Zealand for four weeks in 1994 and 1995 and received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). "George" was nominated for Single of the Year at the 1995 New Zealand Music Awards, losing to Purest Form's "Message to My Girl". In 1997, the song was released in Australia, where it peaked at number 67 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Music video The music video for "George" was directed by Stephen McGlashan and Marcus Ringrose. It features the band performing the song in black-and-white while various coloured, ominous clips are show, including one of a tattooed man crawling across concrete. NZ On Screen called the video "strong", noting how the tone matches t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headless Chickens Albums
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