Gareth Hal Shute (born 1 September 1973) is a non-fiction author, musician and journalist from

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 count ...

Career

Shute's first book, ''Hip Hop Music In Aotearoa'' was published in 2004, and won an award at the NZ book awards in 2005. He went on to write four more books: ''Making Music In New Zealand'', ''Insights: New Zealand Artists Talk About Creativity'', ''NZ Rock: 1987-2007'' and ''Concept Albums''. Shute has also been a music columnist for New Zealand Music Magazine and continues to write for the music history website, ''Audioculture''. Over this time, he was also a member of a number of local bands including:

The Tokey Tones The Tokey Tones are a band led by Scott Mannion, formerly of Auckland indie pop bands Polaar and Plasticene. The Tokey Tones are primarily a studio-based band, the other long-time key member being Li Ming Hu, who is more widely known for her role ...

, The Ruby Suns,

The Brunettes The Brunettes were an indie pop or twee pop group from New Zealand formed in 1998 to 2009. The band consists of core members Jonathan Bree and Heather Mansfield, with additional contributions from part-time members such as Ryan McPhun and Chel ...

, The Cosbys, The Conjurors, Dictaphone Blues, and The Broken Heartbreakers. He currently plays in garage rock two-piece Fever Party and all-star quartet Thee Golden Geese "Premiere: Thee Golden Geese"
By Chris Cudby. ''Under the Radar'', 20 January 2020

References

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