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Blast from the past: Michael Franti and the Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Thirty years ago GARY STEEL sat down at an Auckland city sidewalk café to chat with Michael Franti ahead of their performance in Auckland. U2 love ‘em to death. They rap and funk and rock and jazz in...
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UB40 – Militant and hot as. An interview with Astro
When GARY STEEL spoke to UB40’s Astro 40 years ago the hitmaking band still described themselves as anarchists. UB40 know it. The music industry is full of ruthless executives keen to skim off the...
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Forty years ago – This act ends with a bang
GARY STEEL loves interviewing obscure and entertaining NZ bands. Back in 1983 Moving Targets had big plans. Where are they now? Moving Targets have a rather explosive show. To cap off an evening’s...
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Forty years ago – Philbo keeps a low profile
To celebrate New Zealand Music Month GARY STEEL reaches far back into his archives for a piece he wrote on musician Phil Bowering. I was in pain. My interview subject was across the other side of town,...
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Forty years ago: the slow-cooked post-punk of Unrestful Movements
For NZ Music Month GARY STEEL dips once again into his archive of interviews. From May 1983, here are Unrestful Movements. Unrestful Movements are punk like it’s supposed to be. They dare to be...
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40 years ago – The Kiwi Animal
It’s New Zealand Music Month, so GARY STEEL digs up a 40-year-old story he wrote about NZ musical duo The Kiwi Animal. Julie is an ex-cadet journalist with a passion for acting. Roles were played in...
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The Gordons: Free birds with massive tweet
To celebrate NZ Music Month GARY STEEL excavates a 1983 interview – 40 years ago! – with legendary noisemakers The Gordons. The Gordons liken their extraordinary sound to a little bird escaping the big...
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The chilli whisperer – Carol Wheeler interviewed
In the second part of his very hot trilogy PAT PILCHER interviews chilli expert Carol Wheeler the questions you want answered. I caught up with NZ’s chilli expert Carol Wheeler – who has been...
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Far Out – tripping the light fantastic
Twenty years ago GARY STEEL interviewed Trevor Reekie and Tom Ludvigson of Trip about their Pretty Cool album. They rehearse in a garage, and piece together their albums in a garage, but Trip –...
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Horny hip-hop
GARY STEEL asks big band maestro Rodger Fox some questions about his album/tour collaboration with conscious hip-hopper King Kapisi. Gary Steel – You’re celebrating 50 years of the Rodger Fox Big Band....
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