Gareth Hal Shute (born 1 September 1973) is a non-fiction author,
musician and journalist from
New Zealand
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.
Career
Shute's first book, ''Hip Hop Music In Aotearoa'' was published in 2004,
and won an award at the NZ book awards in 2005. He went on to write four more books: ''Making Music In New Zealand'', ''Insights: New Zealand Artists Talk About Creativity'', ''NZ Rock: 1987-2007'' and ''Concept Albums''.
Shute has also been a music columnist for New Zealand Music Magazine and continues to write for the music history website, ''Audioculture''.
Over this time, he was also a member of a number of local bands including:
The Tokey Tones,
The Ruby Suns,
The Brunettes
The Brunettes were an indie pop group from New Zealand formed in 1998 and lasting until 2009. The group consisted of core members Jonathan Bree and Heather Mansfield, with additional contributions from part-time members such as Ryan McPhun and ...
, The Cosbys, The Conjurors, Dictaphone Blues, and The Broken Heartbreakers. He currently plays in garage rock two-piece Fever Party and all-star quartet Thee Golden Geese
"Premiere: Thee Golden Geese"
By Chris Cudby. ''Under the Radar'', 20 January 2020
References
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1973 births
Living people
New Zealand journalists