Peter Gutteridge

Peter Gutteridge
Born (1961-05-19)19 May 1961
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died 15 September 2014(2014-09-15) (aged 53)
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Guitar, keyboards
Years active 1978–2014
Labels Flying Nun Records
Associated acts The Clean, Snapper, The Chills
Notable instruments
Bass, guitar and keyboard

Peter Gutteridge (19 May 1961 – 15 September 2014) was a musician from Dunedin, New Zealand, credited with pioneering the "Dunedin Sound" with The Clean and The Chills.[1]

Life and career

Gutteridge was a founding member of The Clean in 1978,[2] alongside Hamish and David Kilgour, whom Gutteridge had known from his schooldays.[3] He was a founding member of The Chills in 1980, staying with the band for only a few months.[4] He left because he found the environment "too controlling."[5]

In 1982–83 he was a member of The Cartilage Family, alongside Shayne Carter.,[6] for their two performances.[7] After leaving the band, he rejoined with The Clean's Kilgour brothers to form The Great Unwashed in 1983, bringing four songs he had written for The Cartilage Family.[7] The band later performed on the John Peel Show.[8]

Gutteridge later formed the band Snapper, with whom he performed from 1986.[9] 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.[10]

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."[1]

Yo La Tengo covered "Gentle Hour" and Wooden Shjips often covered "Buddy" in concert.[5]

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."[5][11]

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.[8]

Discography

Solo

with Snapper

re-released 1992, Flying Nun Records (FN216)

Extended plays

Singles

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Colin. "New Zealand Indie Rock Icon Peter Gutteridge Dies".SPIN. 15 September 2014. Accessed 7 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Davey & Putschmann (1996), p. 34
  3. ↑ Eggleton (2003), p. 100
  4. ↑ Davey & Putschmann (1996), pp. 24–25
  5. 1 2 3 Holland, Wes. "Gentle Hour: Snapper's Peter Gutteridge." 14 April 2013. Accessed 7 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Dix (1988), p. 286
  7. 1 2 Colbert, Roi. "The Cartilage Family - Profile". Accessed 7 August 2016.
  8. 1 2 Hann, Michael. "RIP Peter Gutteridge, one of New Zealand music's spiky heroes." The Guardian Music Blog. 15 September 2014. Accessed 7 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Davey & Putschmann (1996), pp. 82–83
  10. ↑ Davey & Putschmann (1996), p. 155.
  11. ↑ "Death of underground music legend Peter Gutteridge". New Zealand Herald. 14 September 2014. Accessed 7 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "18/12/1988 Singles Chart".Hung Medien. Accessed 7 August 2016.

Sources

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