Artist
Don McGlashan
18 releases · 55 collaborators · 14 labels
- Date active
- 1979 – 2023
- Relevance
- Extremely Low, very weak ties with the core dub techno cluster (here through one or more shared credits and labels)
Bio
Auckland, New Zealand
Born 1959 in Auckland, Don studied English and Music at Auckland University and played French Horn and percussion in the Auckland Sinfonia from 1979-82.
He was a member of the percussion ensemble From Scratch from 1979-86, and was drummer and singer with Auckland agit-punk band Blam Blam Blam from 1980-82. Together with Harry Sinclair he formed the innovative music/theatre/film act The Front Lawn in 1985. They performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1988 and 1989, as well as in Europe, the USA, Australia and New Zealand until disbanding in 1990.
Don was singer and primary songwriter in The Mutton Birds from 1991 to 2002. The group signed to Virgin Records UK in 1995, and were based in London from then until 1999, touring world-wide.
Don returned to NZ in 2000, and lives in Auckland with his wife, dancer/writer Marianne Schultz, and their two children, Louis and Pearl.
His most recent work includes completing the score for Toa Fraser's debut feature film "No 2", and the score for TV series "Orange Roughies". He is currrently recording with his new band The Seven Sisters - SJD on Bass, John Segovia on pedal steel guitar, and Chis O'Connor on drums.
Born 1959 in Auckland, Don studied English and Music at Auckland University and played French Horn and percussion in the Auckland Sinfonia from 1979-82.
He was a member of the percussion ensemble From Scratch from 1979-86, and was drummer and singer with Auckland agit-punk band Blam Blam Blam from 1980-82. Together with Harry Sinclair he formed the innovative music/theatre/film act The Front Lawn in 1985. They performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1988 and 1989, as well as in Europe, the USA, Australia and New Zealand until disbanding in 1990.
Don was singer and primary songwriter in The Mutton Birds from 1991 to 2002. The group signed to Virgin Records UK in 1995, and were based in London from then until 1999, touring world-wide.
Don returned to NZ in 2000, and lives in Auckland with his wife, dancer/writer Marianne Schultz, and their two children, Louis and Pearl.
His most recent work includes completing the score for Toa Fraser's debut feature film "No 2", and the score for TV series "Orange Roughies". He is currrently recording with his new band The Seven Sisters - SJD on Bass, John Segovia on pedal steel guitar, and Chis O'Connor on drums.
Also known as
Hank Tudor
Member of
From Scratch
19
Blam Blam Blam
The Mutton Birds
The Front Lawn
Right Left And Centre
Zolo And The Bantams
7 Worlds Collide
The Eric Glandy Memorial Big Band
Don McGlashan and The Seven Sisters
Don McGlashan & The Others
Don McGlashan (Artist)
Label
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Releases
Active
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2023
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 2005
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2006 – 2009
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 1985 – 1988
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2001
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2003
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2022
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1983
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2007
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1999
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2006
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2003
- Releases: 1 Relevance: extremely low Active: 1999
- Releases: 1 Relevance: extremely low Active: 2009