What Is Music, Exactly?
Just what is music anyway, and what is it for? GARY STEEL certainly has an opinon or two about these cosmic vibrations that decorate
What’s so New Zealand about New Zealand music?
To mark New Zealand Music Month GARY STEEL regurgitates a piece he wrote on the subject long ago.
The Wall, Berlin, 1990 REVIEW
Berliners were busy tearing their wall down when musician Roger Waters arrived and built an even bigger one. His massive rock extravaganza The Wall
Bill Rieflin’s Ministry Of Sound
Sometime in the early 1990s GARY STEEL picked up the phone expecting to chat to Ministry’s Paul Barker, and found himself talking to drummer
Public Broadcaster Makes Inconceivably Stupid Decision
It's official: Our public radio broadcaster is effectively killing off RNZ Concert to compete in the "youth" market. PAT PILCHER and GARY STEEL are
1980 – What A Year For Music!
GARY STEEL has a rule about nostalgia. The rule is never to indulge in it. Let it be known that in this story he
Shayne Carter – Dead People I Have Known (Victoria University Press) BOOK REVIEW
Shayne Carter’s incredible memoir gives GARY STEEL a complex.
The Day I Met Elton John
In this 1980 piece, GARY STEEL gets an unexpected interview with Elton ‘Rocketman’ John, and attends the formal press conference.
The Mike & Micky Show REVIEW
GARY STEEL made his pilgrimage to see the Mike & Micky show based on a lifelong fandom, but left with a sour taste in
The Last Train To Chartsville
The two living members of The Monkees play their last ever dates this week in NZ. Ahead of this three-date tour of the so-called
The Great Witchdoctor Blindfold Test – SJD
In Witchdoctor’s famous BLINDFOLD TEST, we invite a musician into an audiophile sound lounge and play them a provocative record selection. This time, revered
Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds Remaster
GARY STEEL is celebrating 40 years of music journalism by disintering and re-animating interviews and reviews from his fat archive. In this piece, he
The Gordons/Fetus Productions Album Reviews
BLAST FROM THE ARSE – 1982: Fetus Productions/The Gordons Originally printed in IT magazine, April 1982: Fetus Productions – Fetus Productions (no label) This
Blast From The Arse: THE CROCODILES 1980
GARY STEEL turns red in the presence of a Crocodile, Jenny Morris. Later, another Crocodile joins the conversation…
Fun foremost for First Fifteen four
To celebrate NZ Music Month, GARY STEEL digs up a story he wrote about the very fabulous (but sadly neglected) First 15.
From The Archives – the wit and wisdom of Chris Knox
GARY STEEL celebrates New Zealand Music Month by selecting some choice quotes by Chris Knox, many of them previously unpublished.
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