Mother Goose (band)

Mother Goose (band)
Mother Goose
Background information
Origin Dunedin, New Zealand
Genres Rock
Years active 1975–1984, 2007
Labels Mushroom Records
Past members
Craig Johnston
Justin McCarthy
Marcel Rodeka
Pete Dickson
Kevin Collings
Steve Young
Denis Gibbins

Mother Goose was a 1970s New Zealand band formed in Dunedin, in 1975.

Only eighteen months after forming, Mother Goose had smashed attendance records for gigs in every city in Australia and New Zealand (many of these house records still stand today). Stuffed, their debut album became Mushroom Records fastest selling album, and "Baked Beans" was a hit single across Australia; and their self-directed film clip for "Baked Beans" was so popular it was played on television stations between prime time programmes (in addition to dominating every Aussie TV rock show).[citation needed]

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History

In late 1975, six Dunedin musicians wanted to play rock music, but came up with a name they considered low-brow, Mother Goose, and part of their gimmick was dressing in unusual costumes.

Moving across the Tasman Sea

After a successful concert in Albert Park, Auckland, Mother Goose decided to move to Australia and started playing at Cloudland in Brisbane and at the Playroom on the Gold Coast, Queensland in late 1976. Their promoter, Ivan Dayman, contacted top Australian manager, Garry Spry, who flew up from Melbourne to see them and agreed to become their manager. He showcased the band at his Babes nightclub, and Mushroom Records offered them a recording contract, and their debut album, Stuffed, was released in 1977.

Bands such as Cold Chisel, Men at Work, The Angels, Midnight Oil, all started by opening for Mother Goose. In 1977, Mother Goose embarked on their first national tour with Supercharge.

United States

By June 1978, Mother Goose and had moved to the United States and were living in Hollywood, California, with their own recording studio and signed to Scotti Brothers Records. However after five months of songwriting and recording demos, they left the Scotti Brothers and moved to New York. There they signed with the entertainment agents, Mecca Artists, and with help of Sid Bernstein they started playing residencies at The Other End, Trax and The Great Gildersleeves. Contractual battles with the Scotti Brothers, coupled with Mother Goose’s refusal to conform prevented the band securing another major recording contract. Lead guitarist Peter Dickson left the band in February 1979, and returned to Australia and was replaced by the New York based guitarist, Justin McCarthy. He remained with the band until they broke up in 1984.

Late career

The band returned to Australia in 1979 after almost twelve months in the United States and undertook their 'Catch Me If You Can Tour'. They recorded two more albums, Don't Believe In Fairytales (1979) and This is the Life (1982). Mother Goose continued touring Australia and Canada until they broke up in 1984. Johnston and Rodeka joined The Incredible Penguins in 1985, which recorded a cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", a charity project with numerous guest musicians for research on Fairy penguins, which peaked at #10 on the Australian Kent Music Report in December.[1][2]

Mother Goose reformed on 23 March 2007 as part of a 30 year celebration of the Dunedin Sound. The concert was called Re:Sound. The other main acts were; The Chills, Sneaky Feelings, and The Clean.

Members

  • Craig Johnston (vocals)
  • Marcel Rodeka (drums)
  • Pete Dickson (lead guitar)
  • Kevin Collings (rhythm guitar)
  • Steve Young (keyboards)
  • Denis Gibbins (bass guitar)
  • Justin McCarthy (lead guitar) - replaced Dickson in 1979
  • Neil Shilkin (Noah Shilkin) (keyboards) - replaced Young in 1981

Discography

Release date Title Label Chart
position
Country Catalog number
1977 Stuffed Mushroom Records 23 Australia
1979 Don't Believe In Fairytales 62 Australia
1980 "I Can't Sing Very Well" (single) -
1982 This Is the Life -

References

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.  NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  2. ^ Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. "Incredible Penguins". The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=103300. Retrieved 2 January 2010.  Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

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