{"product_id":"split-enz-by-noel-crombie-and-michael-dwyer","title":"Split Enz by Noel Crombie and Michael Dwyer","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs1EF720B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs1EFB4FB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .cs982313B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e'My favourite band. Ever! And certainly the best dressed.' Sam Neill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSplit Enz were never designed to fit. Emerging from art school mischief in early-1970s New Zealand, they turned pop into surreal theatre: costume, character and melody colliding in a rock band that refused to behave like one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the centre of that vision was Noel Crombie-percussionist, performer and the band's in-house visual architect. Noel shaped Split Enz's look from the inside: the angular suits, the hand-painted faces, the restless, theatrical sense that anything might happen next. Split Enz didn't just sound different, they looked like nothing else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYears of cult acclaim, shifting line-ups and near misses gave way at last to an unlikely global breakthrough with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eTrue Colours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1980, a record that carried their eccentric vision into the mainstream. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreated with the full participation of the band, this book gathers photographs, costumes, designs and memorabilia alongside new interviews spanning every era of the group by music journalist Michael Dwyer. It traces the songs, the imagery and the peculiar chemistry that made Split Enz singular, and still impossible to imitate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Split Enz rejected all of the iconography and mythology of rock'n'roll. They were really a reaction against it.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eNeil Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'We would be in the dressing room an hour beforehand, getting dressed, doing make-up ... It was a completely indivisible unit, ready to go out there together.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eTim Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This wasn't just a band that made music. This was a movement.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJenny Morris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book details the Split Enz journey from cult status to global success with their 1980 album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eTrue Colours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e, providing an insider look at their uncompromising visual and musical legacy.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eAustralian Community Media \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68033710686296,"sku":"9781761473944","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9781761473944_1.jpg?v=1793255044","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/split-enz-by-noel-crombie-and-michael-dwyer","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}