Tim Mahon

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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.[1]

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.

In the 1990s he managed New Zealand girl group Ma-V-Elle.

He now sells real estate in Auckland.

Discography


Albums

Year Title Details Peak chart
positions
NZ
2003 Music From a Lightbulb
  • Released as The Moth
  • Label: Birthday Music
  • Catalogue: FP038
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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 [no cat no.]
  • Avant Garage music, 1983. LP, Unsung Music (UN11)

With Dead Sea Scrolls

  • Dead Sea Scrolls, 1986, EP 12", Jayrem, JAY 136

Notes

  1. National Library of New Zealand Catalogue Record numbers: 174664 and 555735

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