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Stellar (New Zealand Band)
Stellar (stylised stellar*) is a New Zealand pop/rock band led by vocalist Boh Runga, sister of acclaimed recording artist Bic Runga. They have had four RIANZ top 10 singles (the highest being " Every Girl" at #3) and two No. 1 albums. The band's signature song is "Violent", which at the 2000 New Zealand Music Awards won the Single of the Year award, as well as winning Runga an award for best Songwriter. The band won seven awards, among them the Best Album award for their debut, '' Mix''. This was followed up by 2001's '' Magic Line'' and 2006's '' Something Like Strangers''. The band officially disbanded in 2010 after releasing their greatest hits compilation, and reformed in 2017. Formation In 1992, musicians Boh Runga and Andrew Maclaren moved to Auckland from Christchurch and recorded the single "Ride" with guitarist Joel Haines. The song featured in the short film ''Headlong'' by Simon Raby, but the collaboration with Joel Haines did not last. 1994 to 1995 saw Runga and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by population, fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of . While European New Zealanders, Europeans continue to make up the plurality of Auckland's population, the city became multicultural and Cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan in the late-20th century, with Asian New Zealanders, Asians accounting for 31% of the city's population in 2018. Auckland has the fourth largest Foreign born, foreign-born population in the world, with 39% of its residents born overseas. With its large population of Pasifika New Zealanders, the city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson Twins
Thompson Twins were a British Pop music, pop band formed in 1977 in Sheffield. Initially a New wave music, new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity during the mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the world. In 1993, they changed their name to Babble (band), Babble, to reflect their change in music from pop to Dub music, dub-influenced Chill-out music, chill-out. They continued as Babble until 1996, at which point the group permanently broke up. The band's name was based on the two bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson (who are close doubles not twins) in the English language version of Hergé's comic strip ''The Adventures of Tintin''. At various stages they had up to seven members, but their best known line-up was as a trio between 1982 and 1986. The band became a prominent act in the US during the Second British Invasion, and in 1985 performed at Live Aid in Philade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undone (Stellar Song)
"Undone" is a song by New Zealand band Stellar*, released in November 2000 as the fourth single from their debut album, ''Mix'' (1999). The single includes the international version of "Violent"'s music video, directed by Jonathan King, as an extra element. "Undone" reached number 13 on New Zealand's RIANZ Singles Chart chart in January 2000 and charted for 12 weeks. Background According to bass player Kurt Shanks, "Undone" was the last song recorded for ''Mix''. Before then, the band had never played the song together, and they tracked their instruments separately. Stellar* debuted the song in July 1999 at Queenstown's Winterfest. Track listing New Zealand CD single # "Undone" # "Undone" (Tapper's Delite mix) # "Violent" ( Filthy Lucre mix) # "Violent" (video—international version) Credits and personnel Credits are lifted from the Stellar* website. Studios * Recorded at Revolver (Auckland, New Zealand) * Mixed at Airforce (Auckland, New Zealand) * Mastered at York Street ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Part Of Me (Stellar Song)
"Part of Me" is a song by New Zealand band Stellar*, released as the second single from their debut album, ''Mix'' (1999), in April 1999. This song was the group's first top 10 single on New Zealand's RIANZ Singles Chart, spending two weeks at four before dropping out of the top 10. The single includes two B-sides: "Sorry" and "Trepanning (Out with the Sun)". Background Stellar* have said that "Part of Me" is their favourite track on ''Mix'' despite the fact it was the album's only track not mixed at a professional studio. On 16 June 199, ''Christchurch Star'' writer Chris Mooar gave the song a five-star review, praising the composition and Boh Runga Boh Runga (born 1969/1970) is a New Zealand recording artist and was the lead singer and guitarist in New Zealand rock band Stellar. Boh is the older sister of Bic Runga and Pearl Runga who are also musicians. Early life Boh grew up in Chris ...'s vocals while calling it "pop music at its most intelligent". Track listing New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Gun
"Happy Gun" is New Zealand band Stellar*'s first single, and their indies release. Though Chris Van de Geer Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name * Chris Abani (born 1966), N ... was not a part of the band at this point he mixed the title track. This indies release sees the band in a completely different genre than what their standard releases are like, featuring a heavy grunge rock arrangement for the first two tracks and an acoustic rock sound for the third. The B-side "Ride" appears in a short film called ''Headlong'' by Simon Raby. Track listing References * Stellar (New Zealand band) songs 1996 singles 1996 songs Songs written by Boh Runga {{1990s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Industry Association Of New Zealand
Recorded Music NZ (formerly the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ)) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell recorded music in New Zealand. Membership of Recorded Music NZ is open to any owner of recorded music rights operating in New Zealand, inclusive of major labels (such as Sony, Universal and Warner Music Group), independent labels and self-released artists. Recorded Music NZ has over 2000 rights-holders. Prior to June 2013 the association called itself the "Recording Industry Association of New Zealand" (RIANZ). RIANZ and PPNZ Music Licensing merged and renamed themselves "Recorded Music NZ". Recorded Music NZ functions in three areas: * member services (the New Zealand Music Awards, the Official New Zealand Music Charts, music grants and direct services to artists and labels) * music licensing (undertaken independently or, in most cases, via OneMusic, a joint licensing venture between Record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine (Sharon O'Neill Song)
"Maxine" is a song by New Zealand singer and songwriter Sharon O'Neill. The song was released in May 1983 as the second single from her fourth studio album, ''Foreign Affairs'' (1983). The song peaked at number 16 in Australia and New Zealand. It remain's O'Neill's highest charting single in Australia. Background and release Late in 1981, O'Neill moved from New Zealand to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to pursue her music career. It was here that she wrote "Maxine", a song that chronicled the life of a Kings Cross prostitute Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penet .... In a 2016 interview, O'Neill said; "I was living in a hotel in Kings Cross when I got the inspiration to write "Maxine". She was always out there working at 3am when we'd get home bleary-eyed from a gig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon O'Neill
Sharon Lea O'Neill (born 23 November 1952) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and pianist, who had an Australasian hit single in 1983 with " Maxine" which reached No. 16 on both the Australian Kent Music Report and Recording Industry Association of New Zealand charts. Note: n-lineversion established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.Australian chart peaks: *Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988. *Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: *"Satin Sheets" (ARIA Chart) peak: *''The Very Best of Collette and Sharon O'Neill'': New Zealand chart peaks: *All except "Don't Let Love Go": *"Don't Let Love Go": Career 1960s–1977: Career beginnings Sharon O'Neill is a self taught musician who learned to play guitar by ear and started composing at an early age, by putting chords to her poetry. She began playing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of Stellar*
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For A While (song)
''Something Like Strangers'' is the third studio album by New Zealand Pop rock band Stellar*, released by Sony BMG on August 28, 2006 in New Zealand. The album was released after a period of hiatus after the release of their second album in 2001. Unlike the band's first two albums, Something Like Strangers did not reach the #1 position. It stayed at #9 on the RIANZ albums charts for two weeks before slipping down out of the top 10. The album's lead single was Whiplash, released in March 2006, and followed by the July single For a While (which featured a collaboration with Andy Lovegrove of fellow New Zealand band Breaks Co-Op). The album was first announced by Boh Runga at the official Stellar* message board in April 2005, with "Take a Girl" (then titled "Take a Girl (Living It Up)") being the prospective first single. Track listing Singles The album has featured two singles so far. Neither have had physical single releases, only being released through digital and airplay m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiplash (Stellar Song)
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