![]() ![]() Martin has maintained this difficult ideal through nearly all of the band's twenty incarnations and when it has been missing he has acted and changed the line-up. Martin's requirement of band members over the years has been to meet a standard of musicianship which is necessary to deliver The Chills songs with essential consistent energy in the live arena. His departure was to be the first of nearly forty other band members who in the last 24 years have played in The Chills. Peter Gutteridge soon left to follow his own musical path. Martin had then (and still does today) a single-minded determination to take quality, original N.Z.-sounding, melodic rock music to the world. Martin's songs began to outstrip the very rudimentary capabilities of The Same and he formed a new group with Chills co-founder Peter Gutteridge (who had recently been fired from fellow-Dunedin band The Clean). Now in 2014 Martin Phillipps and co are once again launching the Chills internationally having signed to Fire Records (Guided by Voices/Spaceman 3/Bailterspace) and releasing a critically acclaimed live album in 2013 a brand new single in May and a forthcoming album in 2014. ![]() Such albums as Submarine Bells, Kaleidoscope World and Brave Words are landmark albums of the alternative 80's and 90's. his knack for writing fantastic pop songs led to chart hits in New Zealand and a cult following around the world. Originally formed in 1980, The Chills had a revolving cast of band members with Martin Phillipps remaining the only constant. The Chills were formed in Dunedin 1980 from the remains of a two year old High School "punk" band named The Same. ![]()
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