Peter Gutteridge
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1961|05|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Dunedin, New Zealand
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| death_date = {{Death_date_and_age|2014|09|15|1961|05|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand
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| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| instrument = Guitar, keyboards
| years_active = 1978–2014
| label = Flying Nun Records
| past_member_of = The Clean, Snapper, The Chills
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Peter Gutteridge (19 May 1961 – 15 September 2014) was a New Zealand musician, credited with pioneering the Dunedin sound with The Clean and The Chills.Joyce, Colin. [http://www.spin.com/2014/09/peter-gutteridge-clean-chills-flying-nun-new-zealand-dies/ "New Zealand Indie Rock Icon Peter Gutteridge Dies"].SPIN. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
Life and career
Gutteridge was a founding member of The Clean in 1978,Davey & Putschmann (1996), p. 34 alongside Hamish and David Kilgour, whom Gutteridge had known from his schooldays.Eggleton (2003), p. 100 He was a founding member of The Chills in 1980, staying with the band for only a few months.Davey & Putschmann (1996), pp. 24–25 He left because he found the environment "too controlling."
In 1982–83 he was a member of The Cartilage Family, alongside Shayne Carter.,Dix (1988), p. 286 for their two performances.Colbert, Roi. [http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/the-cartilage-family "The Cartilage Family – Profile"]. Retrieved 7 August 2016. After leaving the band, he rejoined The Clean's Kilgour brothers to form The Great Unwashed in 1983, bringing four songs he had written for The Cartilage Family. The band later performed on the John Peel Show.Hann, Michael. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/sep/15/rip-peter-gutteridge-new-zealand-the-clean-snapper "RIP Peter Gutteridge, one of New Zealand music's spiky heroes."] The Guardian Music Blog. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
Gutteridge later formed the band Snapper, with whom he performed from 1986.Davey & Putschmann (1996), pp. 82–83 Other bands in which Gutteridge has been involved have included the Alpaca Brothers and The Puddle.
Gutteridge released one solo album, Pure, on Xpressway Records in 1989.Davey & Putschmann (1996), p. 155.
Peter Gutteridge died on 15 September 2014, in Auckland, New Zealand.
Legacy
SPIN Magazine noted, "the lilting looseness of bands like Yo La Tengo, Ducktails, Beach Fossils, and Twerps owes a fair debt to the sound that Gutteridge helped craft."
Yo La Tengo covered "Gentle Hour" and Wooden Shjips often covered "Buddy" in concert.Holland, Wes. [http://messandnoise.com/features/4575411 "Gentle Hour: Snapper's Peter Gutteridge."] 14 April 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
Gutteridge did not particularly like being associated with the Dunedin sound. He stated, "People didn't think about the sound of things, people put on guitars and then clanged out stuff. I just got tired of a guitar sound that wasn't thought about. I had my own personal style. I mean, I wrote [The Clean's] Point That Thing [Somewhere Else]' at 17."[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11324984 "Death of underground music legend Peter Gutteridge".] The New Zealand Herald. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
Michael Hann, writing in The Guardian music blog, indicated that he derived some of his fame from his label: "Whatever Gutteridge's feelings about his peers, he did not exist in a vacuum: part of what drew people to his work was the knowledge of the other Flying Nun bands" but that he was different and influential in his own right.
Discography
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See also
Awards
=Aotearoa Music Awards=
The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965.
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References
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Sources
- Davey, T. & Puschmann, H. (1996) Kiwi rock. Dunedin: Kiwi Rock Publications. {{ISBN|0-473-03718-1}}.
- Dix, J. (1988) Stranded in paradise: New Zealand rock'n'roll 1955–1988. Wellington: Paradise Publications. {{ISBN|0-473-00638-3}}.
- Eggleton, D. (2003) Ready to fly: The story of New Zealand rock music. Nelson, NZ: Craig Potton Publishing. {{ISBN|1-877333-06-9}}.
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Category:New Zealand singer-songwriters
Category:New Zealand guitarists
Category:New Zealand male guitarists
Category:Dunedin Sound musicians