1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear #82: Chevy Chase
MATT KELLY rues the day they inflicted the self-titled Chevy Chase album on the populace. It really is a shocker!
The Steroids and White Light Records
In 1980 In Touch magazine got all excited about Wellington post-punk band The Steroids and the launching of their independent record label.
Live shows from long ago… The Crocodiles/The Whizz Kids
By late 1980 The Crocodiles lineup had splintered. GARY STEEL wrote this review of their Wellington gig at shortlived venue Billy D'Club.
Live shows from long ago… Wolfgang/Coup D’Etat
GARY STEEL's 1980 review of a gig by the Red Mole theatre troupe splinter band that was soon to become the hitmaking Coup D'Etat.
Live shows from long ago… Mangaweka Viaduct Blues Band/The Gen
GARY STEEL wrote this gig up for In Touch magazine way back in May 1980. It wasn't his (or their) finest hour.
Flight X7 – An NZ Music Month 1980 archive special
GARY STEEL had great expectations of NZ new wave band Flight X7 in this 1980 feature on the band. History had other plans… If
Live shows from long ago… Split Enz 1980 (Second Coming)
GARY STEEL wrote this review of the homecoming heroes' second 1980 Welly gig in the first edition of In Touch magazine.
Live shows from long ago… Racey
In one of his first live review assignments, GARY STEEL was surprised to find that novelty act Racey wasn’t as cack as he’d thought
Sharon O’Neill & Jon Stevens, Wellington Town Hall, 1980
GARY STEEL wrote this review for the Evening Post back in March 1980. It's not something he's proud of.
Live shows from long ago… The Whizz Kids/The Steroids
The Whizz Kids/The Steroids, Last Resort, Wellington, New Zealand In Touch, March 1980
Live shows from long ago… Dave Brubeck Quartet
GARY STEEL was a complete novice when he reviewed Brubeck way back in 1980. He apologises profusely.
Live shows from long ago… Split Enz
In one of his first live reviewing assignments, in 1980 GARY STEEL was sent to check out the triumphant return of "the Enz".
Interviews From Hell: Bob Geldof
GARY STEEL is celebrating 40 years of writing about music. In a life crammed with interviews, there are bound to have been a few
FROM THE ARCHIVES – The Gordons
Gary Steel digs out possibly the first two articles ever written about NZ's seminal group, The Gordons.
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