Tim Mahon is a

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who played in

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the Whizz Kids The Whizz Kids was a New Zealand rock band featuring Andrew Snoid, Mark Bell, Tim Mahon, and Ian Gilroy, who had previously played together in The Plague. They released a 7" single called "Occupational Hazard" on Ripper Records in 1980, with ...

and

Blam Blam Blam Blam Blam Blam were a New Zealand pop/rock/alternative band. Tim Mahon (bass) and Mark Bell (guitar, vocals) had been members of The Plague and The Whizz Kids. After losing their drummer Ian Gilroy to The Swingers in 1980, Tim and Mark joi ...

. He was seriously injured in a road accident while on tour with Blam Blam Blam, leading to the band breaking up. In 1983 he played bass and sang with Avant Garage and wrote an album track, "Breakin-it-up", which is on both the LP and cassette. Other musicians involved in Avant Garage included

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and Peter Scholes. His solo album, ''Music From a Lightbulb'' (2003) for which he used the name The Moth, was written with Peter Van Gent. Musicians playing on the album included Mark Bell,

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. Tim was associated with the Otara Music Arts Centre as a council liaison. He was instrumental in forming bands such as Sistermatic (featuring Sina) and most notably the Otara Millionaires Club, e.g. on the Proud compilation created together with producer Alan Jansson. A later incarnation of the Otara Millionaires Club now named OMC had a worldwide hit with their song '' How Bizarre''. In the 1990s he managed New Zealand girl group

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'' described Mahon's role in enabling this music as being a 'white midwife for this new black music.'. He now sells real estate in Auckland. He currently plays bass in the band the Soul Agents, who include Blam Blam Blam member Mark Bell, he raises money for the Starship Foundation. This is a charity which supports

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in Auckland.

Discography

Albums

With The Whizz Kids

* "Occupational Hazard" 7" (1980) Ripper Records

With Blam Blam Blam

* ''Luxury Length'' (1982) Propeller/Festival Records

With Avant Garage

*''Garage To Gallery'', 1983. Cassette, Avant Garage o cat no.*''Avant Garage music'', 1983. LP, Unsung Music (UN11)

With Dead Sea Scrolls

*''Dead Sea Scrolls'', 1986, EP 12", Jayrem, JAY 136

Notes

References

* Dix, John, ''Stranded in Paradise'', Paradise Publications, 1988.

External links

Blam Blam Blam
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Short Interview with Tim Mahon (youtube)
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