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Rua (band)
This is a list of New Zealand musicians of any genre. See also the categories: * New Zealand musical groups * New Zealand musicians * New Zealand songwriters 0-9 *1814 * 3 The Hard Way – hip-hop band; "Hip Hop Holiday" (1994) reached #1 *The 3Ds * 48May * 8 Foot Sativa A *Aaradhna * Able Tasmans * Chris Abrahams * Richard Adams *Adeaze * Rudy Adrian *Age Pryor * The Fan Club * Bruce Aitken * Alien Weaponry *Steve Allen * Anderson and Wise * Annah Mac *Antagonist A.D. * Ardijah *Atlas * Autozamm * Avalanche City B * Bailter Space *Bang Bang Eche *Christopher Banks * The Bats * Beastwars *Daniel Bedingfield * Benee * Betchadupa * The Beths *Carly Binding * Birchville Cat Motel *Bird Nest Roys * Black River Drive * The Black Seeds * Blacklistt *Ginny Blackmore – singer, songwriter *Blam Blam Blam * Bleeders * Blerta * Blindspott * Jack Body – composer * Kevin Borich * Boyband * John Christopher Bradshaw * Graham Brazier * Breaks Co-Op * Breathe *Jonathan Bree *Bres ... [...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] |
Aishah And The Fan Club
Aishah and The Fan Club, better known as The Fan Club or just Fan Club, were a New Zealand-based singing group in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The group released their first album ''Sensation'' in 1988, which spawned three top-20 singles in the New Zealand and Malaysian charts, "Sensation", "Paradise" and "Call Me" – the latter being a remake of a Spagna song of the same name. Their second album, titled ''Respect the Beat'', also produced three hit singles, including "I Feel Love" and "I Never Gave Up on You", and the band's only single to make the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Charts – "Don't Let Me Fall Alone". The remixes for this song were among the most played dance tunes in clubs at the time. The group was formed while Aishah was in New Zealand studying in the late 1980s. She was spotted by the other members of the group, and asked to join the band. Besides Aishah who sang lead vocals, the other members included Paul Moss on guitar and programming, Dave Larsen on drums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Banks
Christopher Banks (born Christopher Rainbow in 1977) is a New Zealand journalist, musician, record producer, songwriter and film-maker. Music Deep Obsession Banks was responsible for eight top 30 New Zealand hits (including three #1's) for three different acts between 1998 and 2002. In 1997, he and producer Michael Lloyd formed what would become one of New Zealand's most successful pop groups, Deep Obsession, with singer/songwriter Zara Clark and Vanessa Kelly. A year later, they were the first New Zealand act to be signed direct to Universal Music and their debut single " Lost in Love" was a number 1 hit. The next two singles, "Cold" and " One & Only", were also chart-toppers – making Deep Obsession part of local chart history. Two more singles – " You Got The Feeling" and " I Surrender" – were top 25, spending five months on the chart between them. All four were written by Banks in collaboration with Clark or Kelly. International releases soon followed, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Bang Eche
Bang! Bang! Eche! were an alternative rock band from Christchurch, New Zealand, active between 2007 and 2013. History The band started playing shows in early 2007. Towards the end of 2007, the band wrote and recorded a self-titled demo EP. The EP placed in the Top 5 Most Added Albums on US College Radio. It also gained rotation on US radio station KEXP, with single "4 To The Floor" played widely. The band were also played heavily on Australian network Triple J, and had two number one songs ("4 To The Floor" and "Nikee") on the alternative New Zealand b.net radio network. The songs "4 To The Floor" and "Time Mismanagement" charted on the NZ Industry Radioscope chart for 21 weeks in 2008, peaking at #3 and #2 respectively. In late 2008, the band toured the United States and Europe, while 2009 saw the band tour Australia, Europe and the United States extensively. This included slots at festivals including Rhythm and Vines, Big Day Out, Homegrown Music Festival, South By Southwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bailter Space
Bailter Space (a.k.a. Bailterspace) is a New Zealand shoegaze and noise rock band that formed in Christchurch, in 1987 as Nelsh Bailter Space; they had previously recorded as The Gordons. Its members are Alister Parker (guitar, bass), John Halvorsen (bass, guitar), Brent McLachlan (drums/percussion, samples). After releasing seven studio albums, numerous EPs/singles and a career retrospective compilation, Bailter Space went on an extended hiatus in 2004. They returned in August 2008 to play the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan. History Halvorsen, Parker, and McLachlan were in a band called The Gordons formed by John Halvorsen in 1980.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 211 The Gordons released the three-song ''Future Shock (EP), Future Shock'' EP in 1981, along with a video for the song "Adults and Children". Their debut self-titled LP The Gordons (album), The Gordons came out later that year. The band then released the ''Volume 2 (The Gordons al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avalanche City
Avalanche City is the stage name of indie folk musician Dave Baxter from Auckland, New Zealand. He is best known for his 2011 New Zealand No. 1 single " Love, Love, Love" and his 2015 single Inside Out, which also charted at No. 1. In 2011, Dave Baxter was awarded the APRA Silver Scroll and nominated for three New Zealand Music Awards, including ''Breakthrough Artist of the Year'', ''Song of the Year'' and ''Album of the Year''. History Early life Baxter began playing guitar at age nine and during his teens he performed in the bands One Must Fall and The Chase. He studied at Waikato Institute of Technology in Hamilton, graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Media Arts (Commercial Music). ''2011–2014 Our New Life Above the Ground'' In late 2009 Baxter left his job as a music writer and began recording bands in his own studio. He also began to write songs, practice singing, and create his own melodies. After performing his songs for friends, Baxter started Avalanche City a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autozamm
Autozamm is a New Zealand rock band from Auckland, that has supported international acts such as the Black Crowes, INXS and Silverchair. The band has appeared at events such as the Big Day Out, Homegrown and Southern Amp. Band members *Ollie Gordon ( bass) *Nick Major (lead vocals, guitar) *Mike Carpinter (guitar, vocals) *Stephen Small (keyboards, vocals) *Richard Orr (drums) "The Review" controversy In 2010, amateur music blogger Simon Sweetman hit out at Autozamm in a blog post on NZ On Air NZ On Air (NZOA; mi, Irirangi te Motu), formally the Broadcasting Commission, is an autonomous Crown entity and commission of the New Zealand Government responsible for funding support for broadcasting and creative works. The commission oper ... music funding, describing the group "terrible" and saying "they certainly do little to reflect any distinctly New Zealand culture." In response to this, Autozamm released the single "The Review" in 2012, which hit out at Sweetman and oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlas (band)
Atlas were a New Zealand rock band which was formed in 2005 and disbanded in late 2008. Founding In April 2005, in Hollywood, California, producer Hank Linderman (The Beach Boys, Eagles) introduced New Zealand rocker Ben Campbell (a former member of the band Zed) and his sister Beth Campbell (a backing vocalist for the band Chicago), to 19-year-old American solo artist Sean Cunningham. Together with Joe McCallum, the group decided to form the band Atlas. Located in Auckland, New Zealand, Atlas released their second single "Crawl" in March, 2007, and on 5 March, "Crawl" debuted at #9 before moving up to claim the top spot of the Official New Zealand Music Chart the next week, where it stayed for a total of seven weeks. Their next single was "Magic 8". Atlas released their debut album ''Reasons for Voyaging ''Reasons for Voyaging'' is the debut album by New Zealand-based rock band Atlas, released on 19 November 2007. The album was recorded with David Nicholas ( Pulp, Ash, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardijah
''Ardijah'' is a music group from Auckland, New Zealand that formed in 1979. History Ardijah formed in 1979 and spent the early part of the eighties playing the Auckland pub and club scene honing their skills as a covers band. They released their first single in 1986, " Give Me Your Number" which was followed in 1987 with " Your Love Is Blind". This was Ardijah's introduction into the music industry where in New Zealand, their popularity was well received. In 1987, Ardijah was able to record their debut self-titled album after winning the Rheineck Rock Award ($30,000 towards recording cost) which was released by WEA. From this album came the singles "That's the Way", "Give Me Time", "Time Makes a Wine" and "Jammin'". The style of the band's sound was funk rock/reggae, which was to change the music climate of the New Zealand music industry, launching the band's profile as one of New Zealand's first R&B acts. A re-vamp of the 1st album came out in late 1988 titled '' Take a Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antagonist A
An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the chief foe of the protagonist. Etymology The English word antagonist comes from the Greek ἀνταγωνιστής – ''antagonistēs'', "opponent, competitor, villain, enemy, rival," which is derived from ''anti-'' ("against") and ''agonizesthai'' ("to contend for a prize"). Types Heroes and villains The antagonist is commonly positioned against the protagonist and their world order. While most narratives will often portray the protagonist as a hero and the antagonist as a villain, like Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort in ''Harry Potter'', the antagonist does not always appear as the villain. In some narratives, like Light Yagami and L in ''Death Note'', the protagonist is a villain and the antagonist is an opposing hero. Antagonists are conventionally presented as making moral choices less savory than those of protagonists. This condition is often used by an author to create conflict within a story. This is mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annah Mac
Annah Mac is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, producer and musician. Her debut album, '' Little Stranger'' was released on the 5 September 2011, it was listed for seven weeks on the New Zealand Albums Top 40 Chart. The most successful single off the album was " Girl in Stilettos". The single was certified double platinum in New Zealand and was listed for 23 weeks on the New Zealand Top 40. Musical career Mac moved to Auckland at the age of 17 and signed a deal with Sony Music New Zealand in November 2009. In November 2011, Mac's single "Girl In Stilettos" was released and certified double platinum. The music video was funded by NZ On Air. In March 2012, Mac opened for One Direction on the NZ Leg of their world tour. In April 2012, Mac won an International Songwriting Award for original "Celia". She was nominated for a New Zealand Silver Scroll Award for "Girl In Stilettos" and also for two categories in the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, Breakthrough Artist and Best Single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anderson And Wise (musical Duo)
Anderson and Wise was a performing duo from New Zealand. They were also composers, whose songs were recorded by Nash Chase, The Rumour, Quincy Conserve, and Kamahl. Background Originally from Wellington, they were a duo consisting of Ted Taptiklis and Tony Kaye. In November 1972, after six weeks of semi-finals, along with Andy Waretini, Steve Gilpin, and Shona Laing, they were among the seven contestants selected for the finals. In 1973, their single "Quiet song" bw "Quiet Song" was released on the Ode label. In July 1973, they were the winners in the second songwriting section with their composition " The Boy From Dundee". Later years Around the mid-1980s, Kaye recorded some material with a group called Jonahs. In later years Taptiklis formed Storymaker Partners in the United Kingdom. He is also the author of ''Unmanaging: Opening up the Organization to its Own Unspoken Knowledge'' , which was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2008. Other artists covering " Anderson And Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
