GARY STEEL listened to the good, the bad and the ugly in an ‘alternative’ battle of the bands, 1984-style.
Concerts
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Graham Nash – Just a song before he goes (to Christchurch)
GARY STEEL joined a venue full of grey power in a two-hour journey through 60 years of music history.
Graham Nash’s 60 Years Of Songs & Stories
GARY STEEL chats with GRAHAM NASH about his halcyon 60 years in rock and his first-ever solo dates in New Zealand.
Diving Off The Deep End – NZ music from 40 years ago
Forty years ago Wellington had its second Off The Deep End festival of experimental music. GARY STEEL and a few chums wrote about it.
Horny hip-hop
GARY STEEL asks big band maestro Rodger Fox some questions about his album/tour collaboration with conscious hip-hopper King Kapisi.
Dire Straits 40 years ago
GARY STEEL interviewed two members of Dire Straits both before and after their 1983 gig in a dangerously windy Wellington.
Pussycats in leather: Skid Row land in Auckland
Vulgar and abusive on stage, wild metal animals Skid Row purr in the presence of tabby-tamer GARY STEEL in this 1990 interview.
The Witchdoctor Q&A – Sandy Mill
Sandy Mill is one of Aotearoa’s finest singers. To mark a rare performance in Auckland this weekend, we ask her some leading questions.