Hi there to Bruce and Jim. established tradition of talkback radio, knows nothing about anything. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. The Dead C had been busy as well. I always want to keep having surprises happen for myself by if you like not mastering my instrument and periodically, just starting to use different instruments. With that pressing concern aired, the remaining items are discussed. Its hard not to feel vindicated. He passed away shortly before he was due on air to host Newstalk ZB's overnight show. My favorite newstalk an host for many many years Bruce Russell has died unexpectedly in a single day. Shouldnt the raised arms be free like the co-operative and the creative instinct? he asks. Tom Laxs new Philadelphia indie Siltbreeze Records became The Dead Cs primary label for the next six years and helped gain them a foothold in the United States. . Whether reading the news or playing the persona Freddy on Timarus Radio Caroline in the 1980s, he was known for his wicked sense of humor, vast general knowledge, and storytelling. Robbie Yeats and Michael Morley head back to the motel for a shower and a break, but Bruce is happy to stay and talk. Loving seeing these keep em coming. Xpressways prime mover headed to the United States in 1991 for a six-week fact finding mission during which he visited the half a dozen east coast record shops that would be central to the label and its bands future. Russell, who was in his early 70s, worked as a host and newsreader for the station right up until his death. Bruce Russell of Newstalk ZB passed away in April 2022. Just how busy the Lyttelton one-man industry had become was even more apparent in a full page Corpus Hermeticum ad on the back page of the now glossy covered Opprobrium in December 1997. "His inimitable personality in the newsroom and in the studio would always entertain his colleagues too. and K Group CDs followed in 1997. Required fields are marked *. It rarely ever spoke a bad word of its contributor Russell and The Dead C in all its issues. Guitar, tapes and a good line in speed-poet lyrics are the essentials which when they gel are worth several listens.. Theres a lot more interaction with the recording process and a lot more use of live backing tapes, Bruce Russell explained in Poi$on + lie$ = money + death from John Nixon and Marco Fusinatos Axe: a specialised rock journal, no.19, 1999 in an essay reprinted in Left Handed Blows. Newstalk ZB's Bruce Russell was in his early 70s; however, his exact age is yet to be revealed. I love listening to Deano he's always so positive and has an interesting lifestyle and family I think I would like to have a partner that loved creating something from nothing like he does. YET MORE MARXIST-LENINIST DISTORTIONS OF REAL EVENTS. " Even if you dont like Limbaugh, give a listen. The rhetoric and the racism that comes from that joker isappalling! NooooooooooooMy friend Bruce Russell passed away last night He was my #1 go-to for tips and advice during my tenure at ZB. Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away suddenly but peacefully last night, the station stated in a statement on its website. Therein lay four previous releases plus two new pieces recorded at The Wharf Hotel and Empire Tavern in Dunedin between January 1994 and February 1995. "What I loved about what he did on the radio was the companionship for the listeners. His on-air interactions earned him loyalty from young and old listeners throughout the night and on his Saturday night show. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. He read philosophy for fun and for a while researched Renaissance magic, the Kabbala and Rosicrucianism. MALE CALLER: They have all this Treaty money, Bruce! View the profiles of people named Bruce Russell. A July 23, 1994 show at Dunedins Super 8 helped make up The Dead Cs seventh album The Operation of The Sonne. Photo / Tim Roxborogh. I dont care how it happens. According to the group, the artists inimitable character in the newsroom and in the studio would always engage his associates too. It was a broad and geographically diverse strand of small-scale indie music-related activity hed soon find a ready use for. Theres already a Dead C album (DR503) in the works barely four months after Michael Morley recruits Bruce Russell and flatmate drummer Robbie Yeats for a trio, who feel and hear an immediate chemistry. The broadcaster, who was in his early 70s, died abruptly on Sunday night while working as an overnight presenter, newsreader, and host of the famous In My Day show. Its the warrior gene, says Richie. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Little Brucie of Little Wanganui with a fan. Immediately [afterward] we heard from Siltbreeze Records [a new US indie label].. Redbaiter and Berend de Boer often claim, preposterously, that. At the time we were just another fringe group of cult nutters outside the mainstream of New Zealand music. Travel & Music. He was pestering us. He made guitar noises, alternately curdling and abrasive over which he declaimed long written works in a monotone that rose to a shout, Galbraith wrote of those days in the preface to Bruce Russells 2009 collection of critical, theoretical and documentary writing Left Handed Blows. McCURRY: I think he also needs to demonstrate some gravitas, too. That CD presented a piece each from live performances at Ima Hitt Records in New Plymouth, The Stomach in New Plymouth and Bar Bodega in Wellington, with music from a night at Dux De Lux in Christchurch on August 17, 1995. Then sleeves the size of traditional singles or LPs appealed. It feels like living in the moment, and like transcending that moment, and like leaping into the sea.. According to NewstalkZBs own website Bruce Russell likes to bringhis sense of humour to his overnight talk show, but the serious issuesare also tackled. It also claims that Russell is widely read, andcan talk with people on just about any subject they raisehttp://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/featdetailnew.asp?recnumber=2&menu=3&menuitem=2. L to R: Bruce Russell, Peter Jefferies, Peter Gutteridge, and Alastair Galbraith outside Peter's house, Opoho, early 1989, Bruce Russell on his current projects, 2008, Bruce Russellmanipulates the input jack, University of Canterbury, 2007. Never one to let a live performance go unacknowledged or a previous single, cassette or compilation song go uncollected, A Handful of Dust hooked up with US indie and magazine Crank Automotive for Spiritual Libertines. Look Blue Go Purple, The Verlaines, The Alpaca Brothers and The Puddle and many of the citys rising and established bands graced its low, flat stage. These cookies do not store any personal information. Another Brucie longtime ZB host Bruce Russell is also included, so too photos of my co-host on The Two Tim Wilson, fill-in co-host Mark Dye and original co-host Pam Corkery. One of Newstalk ZB's longest-serving and most-loved broadcasters, Bruce Russell died unexpectedly. Russell worked up and down New Zealand during his broadcasting career. In Timaru, Russell created a young character he played Freddy, who lived with a mother who went off to work with make-up and fishnet stockings, taxi drivers were picking him up and he had lots of new fathers. Noisy - Olive Russell on her Dad, Erewhon Calling: Experimental Sound in New Zealand at The Sound Foundation, Bruce Russell at PerfectSoundForever, 2000, Bruce Russell interviewed at The Volcanic Tongue, 21st Century Field Hollers and Prison Songs, Bruce Russell at the Wunderbar, Lyttelton 1997, Bruce Russell - Doctors Blues for Philip Samartzis. There was Bruce, front and centre. The conversations he had on-air brought him loyalty from listeners young and old both throughout the night and on his Saturday night show. A lot of people had a character Peter Mac was the breakfast host and I was the character, a little boy called Freddy. I had come in for my news shift at 4am and he was on overnight talk. Join Facebook to connect with Bruce Russell and others you may know. Dont like that, its so cold. I shall miss him as will his audience. "Our thoughts and love are with Bruce's family at this sad time.". Great friend no doubt but maybe write a book Pam. KERREY: Ive gotta strengthen it in some fashion. Ah well, happens some time.Dave. The double LP Harsh 70s Reality and Clyma Est Mort followed in 1992. Bruce Russell of Newstalk ZB spent a career as a buddy to his devoted listeners. The Bruce Russell centred and run Corpus Hermeticums head was in a different place to Xpressways. The Dead C continue to be an in demand group in New Zealand and internationally for specialist music festivals and events. The letters and music that Bruce and the label sent out to the newly interested revived the sense of inclusion that Flying Nun Records was losing (especially for those outside Auckland) and began the knitting together of a new indie community in New Zealand and overseas. He passed away. Even after his death, his family has yet to come out in the media; they may be having some quiet time at this challenging time. Such namby-pamby liberal claptrapinfuriates this widely read host. 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He returned in number six documenting The Bats' first trip to Great Britain and Europe and cocking a discerning ear over fine records by rising British and US indie acts The Weather Prophets, Shop Assistants and Opal. I argued just that with my good friend Bucyrus Err B knowing full well that it was The Dead C who had pointed the way for my small town friends interest in Witcyst and the Corpus Hermeticum-released Omit. I miss Mark Dye he's a good host too! I just DON'T believe that's Mikey, either..come on, Mikey..show us what you REALLY look like! Listen: Tim Dower announces Bruce Russell's death. He knew every customer by their name. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. It's just Latin. He would spend two or three minutes talking to the listeners. The Dead Sea features current Verlaine Robbie Yeats on drums with Bruce Russell manipulating sound from one guitar through an amp that looks like an old TV turned backwards and Michael Morley singing faintly and playing another guitar. ROBERTS: Hes had health problems, uh, hes worked for a Big Oil company, but he has the gravitas. He also has his. By New Zealand broadcaster & writer Tim Roxborogh. Lilburn, who died in 1990, had showed The Dead C they were part of an already established NZ tradition in electro acoustic music. Press Esc to cancel. Bruce Russell's 2012 Flying Nun compilation Time To Go: The SouthernPsychedelic Moment, 1981-1986 was hailed as a landmark collection of early 1980s independent music from the South Island. Sports broadcaster Miles Davis also paid tribute to his one of a kind former colleague. Lps appealed inimitable character in the newsroom and in the studio would always entertain his too... 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