Tim Mahon

{{Short description|New Zealand musician}}

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Tim Mahon is a New Zealand musician who played in the Plague, the Whizz Kids and Blam Blam Blam. 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 Ivan Zagni and Peter Scholes.[http://nlnzcat.natlib.govt.nz/ National Library of New Zealand Catalogue] Record numbers: 174664 and 555735

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, Ivan Zagni and Don McGlashan.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=3503513|title=Don't fight the old favourites|last=Baillie|first=Russell|date=22 May 2003|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=2017-08-17|language=en-NZ}}

Tim was associated with the Otara Music Arts Centre as a council liaison. He was instrumental in forming bands such as Sistermatic (featuring Sina){{Cite web|url=http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/sina|title=Sina - AudioCulture|website=audioculture.co.nz|language=en|access-date=2017-08-17}} and most notably the Otara Millionaires Club, e.g. on the Proud compilation created together with producer Alan Jansson.{{Cite web|url=http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/alan-jansson|title=Alan Jansson - AudioCulture|website=audioculture.co.nz|language=en|access-date=2017-08-17}} A later incarnation of the Otara Millionaires Club now named OMC had a worldwide hit with their song How Bizarre.{{Cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/video/how-bizzare|title=How Bizarre: New Zealand's Most Successful Music Single}} In the 1990s he managed New Zealand girl group Ma-V-Elle. Rolling Stone described Mahon's role in enabling this music as being a 'white midwife for this new black music.'.{{Cite journal|last=Walker|first=Clinton|date=June 1995|title=Pacific Pride|url=http://www.clintonwalker.com.au/uploads/2/3/9/8/23988894/nuipacifican_soul.pdf|journal=Rolling Stone|pages=27–28, 94}}

He now sells real estate in Auckland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.barfoot.co.nz/t.mahon|title=Tim Mahon - Barfoot & Thompson|website=barfoot.co.nz|language=en|access-date=16 August 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://archive.channelmag.co.nz//channel-interviews-mainmenu-82/webpage-575/tim-mahon|title=Tim Mahon|work=North Shore's Monthly Magazine {{!}} Channel|access-date=2017-08-17}}

He currently plays bass in the band the Soul Agents, who include Blam Blam Blam member Mark Bell,{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/9240077/Kiwi-rock-acts-raise-Starship-funds|title=Kiwi rock acts raise Starship funds|website=Stuff|access-date=2017-08-16}} he raises money for the Starship Foundation. This is a charity which supports Starship Children's Health in Auckland.