I am devastated, Miles wrote on Twitter. "He brought a particularly sharp sense of humour to his work and to his workplace. "Bruce Russell, one of the long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away suddenly but peacefully last night," the station stated on its website. Learn how your comment data is processed. When DR503 finally drops on Flying Nun Records in April 1988, it is a wilful anarchistic record like no other the label has released. Ive tried to keep it like that because I want to keep it fresh and interesting for me, and that seems to have worked. It rarely ever spoke a bad word of its contributor Russell and The Dead C in all its issues. "Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away . The being-far-enough-ahead-to-surprise-and-delight-but-still-close-enough-to-the-time-that-the-light-of-recognition-flashes-on-and-illuminates-the moment, I felt had already happened. The busy label picked up pace in 1988 and 1989 with startling and enduring singles from Peter Jefferies with Robbie Muir and Alastair Galbraith with Graeme Jefferies, and tapes from Victor Dimisich Band and Sferic Experiment. All of which made Corpus Hermeticums releases oddly compelling. Russell was in his early 70s at the time of his death. RUSSELL: See, I dont agree with that disadvantage thing! Russell went on to work as a weekend newsreader and also hosted the Saturday night show In My Day. His cause of death was not revealed. They were lovely days.. His death has left a hole in many people's lives, including his treasured listeners, for whom he was not just a talkback host, but also a friend, counsellor and companion.". There were few things we wanted to do less than release it through Flying Nun. The second grab was inspired by Xpressways exciting emergence although we looked back with interest at New Zealands punk pioneers and indie labels, and Flying Nuns early years as well. 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. Effectively reviving what had become a moribund NZ indie music format, the labels tapes exhibited a care and flair in design and presentation and mastering not heard or seen consistently since Paul Lukers Industrial Tapes in the first half of the decade. So many memories, a wealth of information, and always quick to find wicked fun in everything. It was a broad and geographically diverse strand of small-scale indie music-related activity hed soon find a ready use for. Oh I forgot! Travel & Music. His inimitable personality in the newsroom and in the studio would always entertain his colleagues too. 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. Mon, 25 Apr 2022, 7:42AM Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last night. 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. With Peter Jefferies handling the sound side, Bruce Russell was free to mould the labels image and ethos and establish contacts with fanzines, like minded bands and labels, promoters and distributors in NZ and overseas through international phone calls and letters. Please God NOOOOOOOO!! May he rest in power. I miss Mark Dye he's a good host too! Awesome to see these people so enjoy talkback would like the calender lol, Mikey does NOT look like his voice at alllolJans the baker does. Details will be published soon on Ghanafuo. Then sleeves the size of traditional singles or LPs appealed. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Sincere condolences to Lorna and Andrew. You can sum it up in one word: stature. He would spend two or three minutes talking to the listeners. Get more of the radio, music and podcasts you love with the FREE Russell leaves behind his wife Lorna and son Andrew. Ill remember Bruce for his cheeky banter, his distinctive voice, his unmatchable work ethic. You know I'm a VERY regular listener and sometimes caller. "Always made me laugh with his dry sense of humour and helped me a lot with his advice. Lets check out that vaunted sense of humour,see how he tackles a very serious issue, and how his wide readingelevates the tone of his show. My thoughts with family. Bruce Russell, an overnight radio host, has died suddenly. Discovery) - All Rights Reserved, By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Access and Privacy Policy. The 1980 University Challenge the winning Otago team. I honestly dont believe that because your land wastaken off you, that you bash your kids. The packaging itself was distinct and deliberate and constantly evolving. Soon afterwards, The Dead Cs Michael Morley, whom I know from the Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos tapes that Id been ordering up north, spots Peter and I near one of the old stone block churches that dot the inner city. In 1986 the poet/ guitarist left for England. His on-air interactions earned him loyalty from young and old listeners throughout the night and on his Saturday night show. RUSH: This goes back to the year 2000. Thats a large slice of the relevant indie label groups in Great Britain right there most of whose records were available in New Zealand on import. One of Newstalk ZB's longest-serving and most-loved broadcasters, Bruce Russell died unexpectedly. "Rest easy Bruce, you'll never be forgotten.". Russell worked up and down New Zealand during his broadcasting career. I vote for The Three!! "It was pretty lewd stuff, especially for Timaru in 1984," said Mac. Xpressway people. "Bruce was a magnificent team member, very talented host and newsreader who brought joy to ZB audiences for many many years. He bundled up live recordings from two solo shows in May 1999 in Melbourne at The Public Bar and Punters Club for 2000s Painting The Passports Brown. We and our partners share information on your use of this website to help improve your experience. He knew where every item was, was always smiling and passing time of day. Also read:Mark Kesslers Cause of Sudden Death at 74 Due to a DiseaseWrong Turn Director Declan OBrien Passed Away at 56. In 1985 the University of Otago student newspapers Audience Guide to Dunedin Bands pointed fans towards Pink Plastic Gods one of several names for a grouping whose repertoire include the poetry of Bruce Russell, the songs of Michael Morley and Robert Scott and the bass playing talents of Richard Ram. View the profiles of people named Bruce Russell. "Bruce was a wonderful team member and a talented host and newsreader who brought joy to our audiences for many years. 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. Totally devastated! Several coworkers have paid tribute to Russell including colleague Tim Dower who announced the news of his death on air this morning. The Lyttelton writer and thinker also held his own on National Radio, explaining the Time To Go: The Southern Psychedelic Moment 1981 1986 compilation to Kim Hill. Early Carvings has Mike Stoodley, wholl become an in-demand sound engineer and latter day Verlaines bassist. Rest in peace legend Bruce. May god his family and loved ones have enough strength to deal with the great loss. Last Glass then showcased improvisational work from Kim Pieters, Peter Stapleton and Bruce Russell. 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". BREAKING! The first one reads: Culture schmulture. Thankyou Jackie. RUSSELL: Ive got quite a few e-mails here, all about the topic underdiscussion tonight. For many years, Bruce was a lovely team member and a talented host and newsreader who gave joy to our viewers. He also anchors the Saturday night show In My Day and reads the news on weekends. ______________________________________________________, You do not have permission to delete messages in this group, Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/featdetailnew.asp?recnumber=2&menu=3&menuitem=2, http://www.exorcist.org.nz/bounty_dog_ugly_longpig, http://www.exorcist.org.nz/deep_roots_music_2011_1.wav. 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. Come back Pam PLEASE. Relocating reinvigorated Russell and The Dead C, the new jazz and free noise centred New Zealand fanzine Opprobrium believed. Bruce Russell Cause Of Death? The definitive scene fanzines final issue appeared in the summer of 1990 and kept readers abreast of Xpressways overseas plans with records mooted (and delivered) through new Chicago label Feel Good All Over and the label attached to prominent US fanzine Forced Exposure, who planned a Dead C single. His distinctive personality in the newsroom and the studio never failed to amuse his coworkers. One of Russell's long-time colleagues at ZB, Tim Dower, announced the news on air this morning of the passing of his "great mate". "Our thoughts and love are with Bruce's family at this sad time.". He served up and down New Zealand through his broadcasting career. The label and groups wanted to stay below the radar to avoid the attention of the IRD and Social Welfare departments. Its the warrior gene, says Richie. Noresponsibility. Youd find Bruce Russell examining a wide variety of sound, both local and overseas in Dunedins Garage fanzine. Tapes from The Dead C (Live Dead C), Galbraith (Hurray On Down), This King of Punishment (Live 85), Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos (A Childs Guide to) and Gutteridge (Pure) arrived in 1988 and 1989. Russell turned in an assured full-page piece on new Dunedin group, In A Circle and reviews of Scorched Earth Policy and Say Yes To Apes live at Christchurchs Zetland alongside evaluations of records by future collaborators Roy Montgomery (The Shallows) and Peter Jefferies (This Kind of Punishment) for the next issue of Garage. According to the Newstalk ZB, Mr Russell who was in his early 70s. 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. I have coffee with him every now and then! Russells writing and thought was often published in the new millennium. 2023 Ghanafuo.com & DM Network. Always made me laugh with his dry sense of humour and helped me a lot with his advice. Siltbreeze Records made available the Trapdoor Fucking Exit cassette (also released on CD) and Hell Is Now Love b/w Bone single in 1990. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Thanks for doing that for I also appreciate putting faces to names. With some others, they make up Pink Plastic Gods and Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos. In other words two thirds of The Dead C were already creating together. Bruce was a wonderful team member and a talented host and newsreader who brought joy to our audiences for many years. In 1993 Alastair Galbraith joined Bruce Russell as the second member of A Handful of Dust for the Twisted Village released album Concord, beginning a run of albums and singles on Russells recently established Corpus Hermeticum imprint for the pair. "He would turn a dull day into the most enjoyable time with his quick wit and personality. What was the name of an older man who did talk back radio he had lots of medical remedies and is he still alive? Newstalk ZB's Bruce Russell was in his early 70s; on the other hand, his precise age is but to be revealed. 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. On his return to Christchurch later that year, he joined Flying Nun Records in Christchurch as a volunteer publicist and intern. 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. Thereby Proving To Everyone That Senator Joe Mc Carthy's Assertion That A Whole Network Of Fellow Travelers To The Comintern Soviet Block Of Marxist Communist Propagandists In The U.S. And World, Is Well Established, Through Literal Transmission Belts ! Newstalk ZB, that bed of ignorant right wing hatred, is "leftist". 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. They have loadsof money! Busy seems too inadequate a word to describe Bruce Russells late 1990s and 2000s. From there on out, improvisation would be the centre. Great to see pics but of 'Mikey"??? 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. The veteran radio presenter died suddenly on Sunday evening while at work before he was due to go . "I didn't want to give him a fright so crept in, and gently touched his arm. By Dickson Ofori Siaw April 25, 2022. 1: BRUCE RUSSELL According to NewstalkZB's own website Bruce Russell "likes to bring his sense of humour to his overnight talk show, but the serious issues are also tackled." It also. I can't believe that I "know" all the callers tha you have listed. 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. 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. Another long-time colleague at ZB, Tim Roxborogh, said he had never worked with someone as eccentric, as enigmatic and hilarious as Russell. Tim you are the best Host ZB has!!!!! Cheers, Nanster. My friends and I are no strangers to the large co-op arts venue up the sharp rising Stafford Street south of the Octagon, having been regulars there at musical events in mid-1986. Winding down Corpus Hermeticum in 2004 (after a diverse run of releases from Sandoz Lab Technicians, Matt De Gennaro with Alastair Galbraith, RST, Lovely Midget, Marchetti/ Noetinger/ Werchowski, Kjetil D. Brandsdal, Birchville Cat Motel, Greg Malcolm, Ralf Wehowsky and Tetuzi Akiyama), Bruce Russell again left the release of his sound to overseas record labels. Russell worked all over New Zealand throughout his broadcasting career. Rest easy my old friend. There are many rumors about New Zealands longest-serving and beloved broadcasters Bruce Russells cause of death after he suddenly passed away last night (April 24, 2022) in his early 70s. ", Shocked and deeply sad about the news my dear friend, valued colleague and old-school broadcaster Bruce Russell died last night. Alongside the just-about-always positive reviews of the labels ongoing releases in sympathetic US magazines such as Speed Kills!, a Chicago fanzine named after The Dead Cs Speed Kills!, Seymour Glasss Bananafish (San Francisco), Your Flesh (Minneapolis) and Superdope (San Francisco) you could now find label ads and an A Handful of Dust track on the magazines attached free single. Sports broadcaster Miles Davis also paid tribute to his one of a kind former colleague. There was Bruce, front and centre. in one app. We recorded the album in March 1989, and by September, Roger [Shepherd] had come around to a position of wanting to do it. Newstalk ZB's Bruce Russell spent a lifetime being a companion to his treasured listeners. He used looped analogue samples from A Handful of Dusts Anabase LP to back those pieces. Bruce Russellattacks the guitar, Arc Caf 2005. It was a surprise at the time, but I think it did genuinely strike a nerve with people who were interested in that side of New Zealand music, which by that stage had just begun to be out of the Flying Nun orbit, Bruce Russell told Brendon Fitzgibbon in the January 1992 issue of Stamp. pic.twitter.com/GUzbzQ78WZ. RUSSELL: Im afraid Im still very condemning of the sort of lifestyleof people like Macsyna King. 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. According to the group, the artists inimitable character in the newsroom and in the studio would always engage his associates too. He baulks at the description lo fi. I would drop in with a crash and a bang in the morning. Masonic Inborn parts II & III on Killing Capitalism with Kindness 3xEP compilation for Belgiums Turbulence Records soon followed. Xpressway had a reputation for being prickly with the mainstream media and for giving few interviews, which made us doubly grateful for his full response. RUSSELL: I dont know why youre upset and aggressive! 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. He has released solo albums that feature guitar and tape manipulation, and he has written for the British music magazine The Wire. By New Zealand broadcaster & writer Tim Roxborogh. Wonderful to know all about his shop days. The recent partners have great senses of humour, speak well and are DECENT people.I reckon Mickey is having us on. When it was his birthday the radio station was besieged by kids lining up for miles screaming for Freddy, chuckled Russell. A July 23, 1994 show at Dunedins Super 8 helped make up The Dead Cs seventh album The Operation of The Sonne. iHeartRadio app. "That was all down to Bruce's ability to take anything, no matter how normal or absurd it might be, and bring it to life. Why Felicity Hoffman Sentenced to Only 14 Days in Prison? 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. "His inimitable personality in the newsroom and in the studio would always entertain his colleagues too. See Hone Harawira is a goodexample. I turn off now when he comes on. The densely typed and tightly focused print magazine was a well written and highly opinionated and polarising critical force that set the elite tone for the free noise and sound shaping community that would emerge in the 1990s and beyond. 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. 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. 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