Rock music in New Zealand: Difference between revisions

Formed in 1988, hard rock band [[Shihad]] released several albums in the 1990s with great success in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shihad|url=http://apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/silver-scroll-awards/new-zealand-music-hall-of-fame/shihad/|website=APRA AMCOS|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> Also successful locally in the 1990s were bands [[The Feelers]], [[Zed (band)|Zed]], [[HLAH|Head Like A Hole]] and [[Evermore (band)|Evermore]]. [[Auckland]] singer/songwriter [[Darcy Clay]] was critically lauded in 1997 for his Number 5<ref>{{cite web |url= https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Darcy+Clay&titel=Jesus+I+Was+Evil&cat=s |title=NZ Charts |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=2013-01-19}}</ref> hit "[[Jesus I Was Evil]]" in which he recorded all instruments in his bedroom on a [[4-track (multitrack)|4-track]] recorder. He was signed to [[Antenna Records]] and was Antenna's first mainstream success. Additionally, a band called <ref>Waterside</ref> released their album Mirrors and Sinners in 1997. The band did not shoot any videos that can be found to go with their songs and had a connection with Hawkes Bay, as noted in track 1 off the album, 'SummerSummertime', ( Te Awanga and Ocean Beach waves a pumping )