Mark Petersen is a New Zealand rock guitarist from

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. He replaced guitarist

Andrew Brough Andrew Mark Brough (7 May 1963 – 2 February 2020) was a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Dunedin, New Zealand. Best known for his work with the Straitjacket Fits, he later led the band Bike. In 1996 he was shortlisted for the APRA Silver ...

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in 1991. Petersen played on their ''Done'' EP and final album ''

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'' and toured with the band until they broke up in February 1994. Petersen continued on playing guitar and singing with his 'Cabbage Bomber' but is best remembered for his bass and guitar work in Bob Cardy's Shaft' He played guitar and sang on the

2005 reunion tour of New Zealand. He had previously been a member of Dunedin Band Working With Walt. In 2008 he was inducted into the

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with the rest of

. He now records and performs under the pseudonym 'Seeds Of Orbit'.

Awards

Aotearoa Music Awards

The

Aotearoa Music Awards The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously called the New Zealand Music Awards), conferred annually by Recorded Music NZ, honour outstanding artistic and technical achievements in the recording industry. The awards are among the most significant tha ...

(previously known as ''New Zealand Music Awards'' (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in

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and have been presented annually since 1965. ! , - , 2008 , , Mark Petersen (as part of Straitjacket Fits) , ,

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References

New Zealand rock musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Dunedin Sound musicians Straitjacket Fits members Musicians from Auckland {{NewZealand-musician-stub