Albums·Interviews·Music·Recordings From The Archives: Sly Dunbar talks December 5, 2024 Gary Steel That time GARY STEEL chatted with drummer Sly Dunbar of the famed Jamaican rhythm section, Sly & Robbie. First, the story. After, the unexpurgated Read More
Books·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings Wellington in the ’80s through the lens of an outsider music group November 7, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL reviews a new book thatโs not only the story of an extraordinary band, label and scene, but an alternative history of Wellington Read More
Interviews·Music Shriekback: Making the brain dance September 19, 2024 Gary Steel Way back in 1986 GARY STEEL chatted with Shriekback main man Barry Andrews prior to the groupโs NZ tour. Here's that interview. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music Teremoana Rapley: Back in time to โ97 for the Lifetime Achievement award-winner August 19, 2024 Gary Steel To celebrate her Lifetime Achievement honour at the forthcoming Pacific Music Awards hereโs GARY STEELโs previously unpublished 1997 interview with Teremoana Rapley. Read More
Interviews·Music Steve Vai talks Zappa, guitar wizardry and life on the road July 12, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL enters the mouldering vault of past interviews and digs out his never-before-published 1997 chat with guitarist extraordinaire, Steve Vai. Read More
Albums·Concerts·Interviews·Music·NZ music Perfect Pitch May 30, 2024 Gary Steel Twenty-five years ago GARY STEEL met up with wayward Kiwi electronic duo Pitch Black for a nice chat. A NZ Music Month special. Read More
Albums·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings Jayrem โ The โnot Flying Nunโ 1980s Kiwi record label May 24, 2024 Gary Steel To celebrate NZ Music Month GARY STEEL digs up a rare 1986 interview with Wellington record label owner Jim Moss. Read More
Albums·Concerts·Interviews·Music·Recordings Mike Oldfield with bells on May 20, 2024 Gary Steel Mike Oldfieldโs Tubular Bells is over 50 years old but still sounds fresh. GARY STEEL chats with the man behind the upcoming Auckland performance Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music Long lost stories: The Mockers 41 years ago May 14, 2024 Helen Collett HELEN COLLETT interviewed The Mockersโ main man Andrew Fagan as the band perched on the edge of chart success. A NZ Music Month special. Read More
Albums·Concerts·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings Aldous Harding: The lost interview May 2, 2024 Gary Steel Especially for New Zealand Music Month GARY STEEL disinters a 10-year-old interview with Aldous Harding conducted at the time of her debut album. Read More
Albums·Interviews·Music 30 Years Ago: Michael Nyman’s unexpected chart success April 15, 2024 Gary Steel Michael Nyman is not a pop star. Yet his soundtrack to The Piano has landed him in the commercial marketplace, writes GARY STEEL Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music 40 Years Ago: Hammond Gamble March 23, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL chats with Hammond Gamble about his Allstars Sing The Blues with Beaver. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music 40 Years Ago: Working With Walt March 15, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL digs up a story about a Dunedin band from way back in 1984 in which he interviews Jan Hellriegelโs bro, Rob. Read More
Albums·Concerts·Interviews·Music·Recordings Graham Nash’s 60 Years Of Songs & Stories February 15, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL chats with GRAHAM NASH about his halcyon 60 years in rock and his first-ever solo dates in New Zealand. Read More
Interviews·Music The Shadows: Interviewed 40 years ago February 2, 2024 Gary Steel Way back in 1984 GARY STEEL had a natter with The Shadows during their New Zealand tour and extracted their exasperation. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music Beat Rhythm Fashion โ two ancient interviews November 8, 2023 Gary Steel To honour recent interest in Wellingtonโs post-punk era GARY STEEL digs up two interview transcripts with Beat Rhythm Fashion. Read More
Albums·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings The Great Witchdoctor Q&A โ Phil Bowering November 6, 2023 Gary Steel Low Profileโs Elephunkinโ is one of the most fondly remembered Kiwi songs of the 1980s, but what has Phil Bowering been up to since Read More
Concerts·Interviews·Music·NZ music Horny hip-hop September 12, 2023 Gary Steel GARY STEEL asks big band maestro Rodger Fox some questions about his album/tour collaboration with conscious hip-hopper King Kapisi. Read More
Albums·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings Far Out โ tripping the light fantastic July 27, 2023 Gary Steel Twenty years ago GARY STEEL interviewed Trevor Reekie and Tom Ludvigson of Trip about their Pretty Cool album. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music Forty years ago: Wellingtonโs legendary Primitive Art Group June 2, 2023 Gary Steel Anthony and Stuart of Primitive Art Group explain the complex simplicity of their groupโs explorative terrain to GARY STEEL. Read More