Pacific Islanders dont bash theirkids. DON'T bring back Pam! Samoansare a very bad violent race as well. L to R: Bruce Russell, Peter Jefferies, Peter Gutteridge, and Alastair Galbraith outside Peter's house, Opoho, early 1989 One more of the early morning hosts on that station is a porky. Last year, a former colleague called Russells ZB show and reminisced about his portrayal of a young character he played Freddy on Radio Caroline in Timaru. Rest in peace legend Bruce. Go Away ---> " Radio Transcripts Ltd. " Your Comintern Cover Has Been Blown ! "Radio Transcripts Ltd." Has Already Shown Himself To Favour That Rare Term: " Gravitas ". " The key track is a near freeform Krautrocker that ebbs and flows with spaced sound and percussion and captures their live sound well. What songs there are Morley keeps going with a simple open chord riff under and over which Russell shows his faith in drone, discord and looping repetition. Ensconced in his back shed on the lip of a ruptured and partly immersed volcanic crater in Lyttelton, Bruce Russell, now working an archivist with Radio New Zealand Sound Archives in Christchurch (a job hed previously done for the Presbyterian Church in Dunedin) had Corpus Hermeticum picking up pace. Why not create a page of photos of the characters both callers and staff of New Zealands #1 rated station? The limit of my orthodox guitar playing happens after about 30 seconds.. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. By Sujina Karanjit April 24, 2022 09:03 PM; Bruce Russell of Newstalk ZB died unexpectedly, but his cause of death has yet to be revealed. Love them both!!! Newstalk ZB's Bruce Russell was in his early 70s; on the other hand, his precise age is but to be revealed. He died just as he was about to go on the air to host Newstalk ZBs overnight show. April 25, 2022 by Alice Danquah. Watching the show in Paeroa, I was in two minds about the live performances impact. Loving seeing these keep em coming. Head of content and Editor-at-large at Ghanafuo.com Dickson Ofori Siaw is a blunt writer who loves to make his readers see "the other perspectives of a news story". Hewishes he was a Fijian! The veteran radio presenter passed away suddenly on Sunday evening while at work before he was due to start his on-air shift. It wasnt always a comfortable situation, as Russell explained to Fitzgibbon. With Xpressway Records already licensing releases to American and European labels, the collective called it a day in 1993. He was in love with his work. *As of January 18 we also now have photos of Ron From Christchurch the Singing Taxi Driver, Pete the Urban Maori, Request Sue, Co-op Taxis Mikey, Adrienne & Her Mouldy Pizza and Hans the Dutch Baker. Required fields are marked *. According to his ZB bio, he began composing advertisements and started doing some announcing and was posted to numerous community stations, doing every shift under the sun. Copyright 2016 The Roxborogh Report. You can sum it up in one word: stature. After working at Apple Radio in Hastings, Russell moved to Timaru's Radio Caroline in 1982 where he became a lifelong friend with breakfast host Peter Mac. It started with a video of regular Newstalk ZB caller Sue (known as Housing New Zealand Sue because of her devotion to topics related to state housing) and now with a photo of fellow talkback stalwart Little Brucie of Little Wanganui, an idea has cemented itself. Newstalk ZB's Bruce Russell, in his early 70s, was working right up until his death - as an overnight host, newsreader and host of the popular In My Day show on Saturday night. What it feels like to perform live with no idea at all of what you are about to do, or what your fellow band member will do? The Port Chalmers-based indie usually did a deal with record companies where they usually got twenty percent of the released records and imported them back to NZ for sale to generate a royalty for the bands. While Dunedin had been an active indie centre for most of the 1980s, many of its more established and accessible groups had split with musicians regrouping or shifted focus to overseas markets as Flying Nun Records licensed product offshore and the United States opened up as a market as the UK and Europe had done before. Russel was survived by his wife, Lorna, and son Andrew. 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. The kids didnt see Freddy, only his hand waving out of the jalopy. Take your Radio, Podcasts and Music with you. 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. Please God NOOOOOOOO!! My favorite newstalk an host for many many years Bruce Russell has died unexpectedly in a single day. KERREY: He does not need anybody to give him gravitas! There was Bruce, front and centre. Bruce Russell's 2012 Flying Nun compilation Time To Go: The Southern Psychedelic Moment, 1981-1986 was hailed as a landmark collection of early 1980s independent music from the South Island. I can't believe that I "know" all the callers tha you have listed. Russell leaves behind his wife Lorna and son Andrew. The future lay on emerging overseas imprints such as Siltbreeeze, Tim Adams Ajax Records in San Francisco, Drag City Records in Chicago, Majora Records in Seattle and Belgiums Turbulence Records. So it is no surprise that we have grown in stature, while others have withered away.. His distinctive personality in the newsroom and the studio never failed to amuse his coworkers. 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. "Bruce was one of a kind and a colleague for over 20 years. "Bruce Russell, one of the long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away suddenly but peacefully last night," the station stated on its website. Cheers, Nanster. I dont care whether they all got together and decided, or one person used it and they all decided to mimic. These cookies do not store any personal information. Totally devastated! Russell, who was in his early 70s, worked as a host and newsreader for the station right up until his death. ROBERTS: Hes had health problems, uh, hes worked for a Big Oil company, but he has the gravitas. Photo by Moira Crossman. He always wanted to give it the very best he could, he was an absolute professional. M.P. 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. Do you have a story tip? Russell died . His on-air interactions earned him loyalty from young and old listeners throughout the night and on his Saturday night show. Bruce Russell of Newstalk ZB spent a career as a buddy to his devoted listeners. 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. Bruce Russell, an overnight radio host, has died suddenly. Its a central clearing house.. I first heard Bruces music and words when A Handful of Dusts Breaks Unaware was included in 1986 on the Robert Scott compiled Whistle Up A Wind Dunedin compilation tape. In 1986 the poet/ guitarist left for England. Its late March 1987 in Dunedins co-operative arts venue Chippendale House, where a rough circle of the citys indie musicians has gathered in the middle of the vast open warehouse hall. Siltbreeze Records made available the Trapdoor Fucking Exit cassette (also released on CD) and Hell Is Now Love b/w Bone single in 1990. I think now when Gore is trying to make the case of lack of gravitas against George W. The traditional plastic CD jewel case had been immediately discarded for aesthetic and practical reasons. I would love to see Alan from Timaru! Adrienne from Nelson with the pizza Mark Dye sent her in the post a little mouldy unfortunately. FEMALE CALLER: Theyre violent, and they wont work! A July 23, 1994 show at Dunedins Super 8 helped make up The Dead Cs seventh album The Operation of The Sonne. Little Brucie of Little Wanganui with a fan. You come to the conclusion that somepeople should not be allowed to have children. iHeartRadio app. Following the news of his shocking death on Sunday night, New Zealand radio host, Bruce Russell is being remembered as a "talented host and newsreader". I was a bridesmaid for my friend many moons ago and he was the officiating minister and yes as far as I know he is still with us. GREENFIELD: If the question about Governor Bush was one of the weight, or to use the favorite phrase of the moment, gravitas. "Rest easy Bruce, you'll never be forgotten.". Subscribe to theUS day News newsletterinbox to receive celebrities daily news. The Eightness of Adam Qadmon cassette and The Seventhness single arrived in 1994 as did the Three Dances In Honour of Sabbatai Sevi, the Apostate Messiah 7 in 1995. He died last night, just as he was about to go on air to host Newstalk ZB's overnight broadcast. One of the most important and interesting in phases in New Zealands independent music history had now begun. In the same issue those long pieces appeared, Ha Ha Ha featured a review of The Dead Cs Helen Said That, a newly available 12 EP on Siltbreeze. We currently await photos of Netball & Movies Kelvin, Dear Helen, Dave the Security Guard, Sweet Alan Of Timaru, Deano the Dairy Farmer, Jeanetta the Hermaphrodite, Ah Yes Hello Mark who has a Hannah Montana duvet and other entrenched regulars. The only time they ever played a greatest hits set. Bruce Russell death cause has been reported as a peaceful death at his workplace in Newstalk ZB central Auckland office. Theres a $10,000 sound system paid for by the establishing grant and accommodation for visiting musicians with secure storage available on the premises. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Whether it was reading the news or creating the character Freddy on Timaru's Radio Caroline in the 1980s, he was loved for his devilish sense of humour, gargantuan general knowledge and storytelling. The rhetoric and the racism that comes from that joker isappalling! He always wanted to give it the very best he could, he was an absolute professional. The broadcaster, in his early 70s, died suddenly on Sunday night, working right up until his death as an overnight host, newsreader and host of the popular In My Day show. In November 1994, Bruce Russell moved his family north to the port town of Lyttelton near Christchurch, the South Islands largest city, where he has lived ever since. "His inimitable personality in the newsroom and in the studio would always entertain his colleagues too. Please bring back Pam. 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. Thanks Tim again. Learn how your comment data is processed. When it was his birthday the radio station was besieged by kids lining up for miles screaming for Freddy, chuckled Russell. "In an example of complete professionalism, his head lurched up, his finger went out on the mic and the words "Newstalk ZB back shortly" and fired off the ad.". Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment. This fellow, in the firly. So here they are, Little Brucie and Housing New Zealand Sue. It was as if he was not even a real person, just the voice that commanded the room's attention and the signature at the end 'I am Bruce Russell'," said Knight. Well, lets have a look how Russell performed last Tuesday night fromeight till midnight. The Dead Sea Perform Max Harris was captured at the trios first live outing in March 1987 and swam around in a single sized Morley lino-cut printed sleeve. On top of that A Handful of Dust managed a live show in Christchurch in August as a duo. Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel. Bruce Russell Collection, Bruce Russellin Sydney at the What is Music? 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"What I loved about what he did on the radio was the companionship for the listeners. Saturday nights and midnight to dawn will NEVER be the same. Russel had a net worth of 3 to 6 million as of 2022. Why do I have to be careful with statistics? It surprises me though that most of the callers are male, and some cant string a sentence together, (just saying).Thats my only bugbearI really miss Brucie as he had such an interesting life. CLIFT: Well, Dick Cheney brings congeniality and he brings gravitas. The page will be updated as worthy photos come in. 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You know I'm a VERY regular listener and sometimes caller. Despite being in the media, Bruce Russell has never revealed anything about his wife. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter and download the Yahoo News app from the App Store or Google Play. Hed been resident in Dunedin for most of the previous 15 years, having shifted south for university in 1979. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Russell was in his early 70s at the time of his death. Newstalk ZB's Bruce Russell was in his early 70s; however, his exact age is yet to be revealed. Ken Knight, a former radio host at Nga Iwi FM in Paeroa in the early 2000s, said the station would take the ZB news feed and 99 per cent of the time it was Bruce reading the news. From there on out, improvisation would be the centre. After a short stint, he moved to Taumarunui to manage a radio station before joining Newstalk ZB in Auckland in about 2000. In the late 1980s and early 1990s NZ groups wanting to issue music on vinyl records faced very real challenges in locating pressing plants overseas. With Peter Jefferies handling the sound side, Bruce Russell was free to mould the labels image and ethos. The city councils representative is holding up the organisations generic membership card. "Always made me laugh with his dry sense of humour and helped me a lot with his advice. Ireland Hendry-Tennent. By Dickson Ofori Siaw April 25, 2022. WOODRUFF: You certainly have gravitas tonight. Radio host Bruce Russell is being remembered as a talented newsreader with an "inimitable personality". Its hard not to feel vindicated. He started out writing commercials and during that time he began doing some on-air announcing and was posted to various community stations, "doing every shift under the sun", according to his ZB bio. He passed away shortly before he was due on air to host Newstalk ZB's overnight show. "Our thoughts and love are with Bruce's family at this sad time.". Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. "Bruce Russell, one of the long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away suddenly but peacefully last night," the station stated on its website. A Chris Knox review of an A Handful of Dust tape A Fortnight Dead (available from 154 Forth Street in Dunedin for $3.50) had Russell as the long lost missing link between Sam Hunt and Fetus Productions. There he found the traces of indie networks in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and France. "He would turn a dull day into the most enjoyable time with his quick wit and personality. They are who they are, and that montage is a good illustration. Tim you are the best Host ZB has!!!!! Doramaars Copula and Le Non Jazz, an Opprobrium connected NZ free noise compilation, Dust/ Omits Deformed, The Shadow Rings Wax-Work Echoes and Flying Saucer Attacks In Search of Spaces arrived in 1996. The new imprints name was taken from Sonic Youths Expressway to Yr Skull on 1986s Evol, a song Russell saw the band perform in London. He even starred in a movie at the end of last year! Good on ya Brucie! 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Much more in fact. They were onstage at the prestigious All Tomorrows Parties in March 2002, December 2006, December 2010, and 2013, having toured the United States again in October 2008. It would later be covered by Yo La Tengo and was still in their set as an encore in May 2000 at Irving Plaza in New York. He is a founder member and guitarist for the noise rock trio The Dead C, as well as the free noise ensemble A Handful of Dust. Thanks for doing that for I also appreciate putting faces to names. At the time we were just another fringe group of cult nutters outside the mainstream of New Zealand music. Im pretty sure a lot of folk would remember him. He passed away shortly before he was due on air to host Newstalk ZB's overnight show. The tragic news happened just a day after costume designer, actress, and singer WIth The Tubes, Re Styles passed away at the age of 72 on April 17, 2022. Theyre pretty interesting.And entertaining. May he rest in peace. His inimitable personality in the newsroom and in the studio would always entertain his colleagues too.Our thoughts and love are with Bruce's family at this sad time. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Its got that import cachet, the hard to find, real gold, collector scum mentality, Russell told Philip Matthews in The Wire, June 1999. Russell worked up and down New Zealand during his broadcasting career. The heartbreaking news was confirmed in a statement released on Newstalk ZBs website, reading, Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last night., The statement added, Bruce was a wonderful team member and a talented host and newsreader who brought joy to our audiences for many years. It was a broad and geographically diverse strand of small-scale indie music-related activity hed soon find a ready use for. The esoteric art and titles Bruce Russell used for the CDs and singles reflected his interest in the occult. Alastair Galbraith and Bruce Russell, Upper Stuart St, Dunedin, 1984, outside the flat where The Verlaines' Death And The Maiden video was shot a year earlier. He used looped analogue samples from A Handful of Dusts Anabase LP to back those pieces. 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. The Dead C had been busy as well. Harsh 70s Reality being the recording where The Dead C would fully escape the strictures of the song for the first time. Bruce was a wonderful team member and a talented host and newsreader who brought joy to our audiences for many years. Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last night, the statement said. According to the Newstalk ZB, Mr Russell who was in his early 70s passed away at the station's offices in central Auckland. Another long-time colleague at ZB, Tim Roxborogh, said he had never worked with someone as eccentric, as enigmatic and hilarious as Russell. Stream unlimited music, thousands of radio stations and podcasts all In another film clip from May 2014, just prior to The Dead Cs appearance in Sydneys Opera House for the Vivid Festival, Bruce Russell in an old pulled at the neck T-shirt has been cornered by a fan with a camera. "senator" Mikaere Mc Carty Is Back ! My own stuff, what distinguishes that, apart from the fact its generally only me playing is that I tend to tamper more with the recordings afterwards, in that I might edit them or record something, then turn it around, or maybe play something else over the top. Then sleeves the size of traditional singles or LPs appealed. Another friend, Ray, soon snags a copy of The Dead Seas (as they are briefly named) first tape (one of only 21 made) released on Diabolic Root from Roy Colberts Records Records on Stuart Street up above the central city Octagon. We recorded the album in March 1989, and by September, Roger [Shepherd] had come around to a position of wanting to do it. However, details regarding his cause of death has not been released. The Bruce Russell centred and run Corpus Hermeticums head was in a different place to Xpressways. A twenty to thirty thousand word thesis for his PhD in fine art at RMIT in Melbourne is apparently underway there as well. He also anchors the Saturday night show In My Day and reads the news on weekends. Radio host Bruce Russell is being remembered as a talented newsreader with an inimitable personality. So many memories, a wealth of information, and always quick to find wicked fun in everything. 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