Biography
The Chills was an indie pop band formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1980. The band's only constant member was singer/songwriter Martin Phillipps (1963-2024).
The band released five studio albums: "Brave Words" (1987), "Submarine Bells" (1990), "Soft Bomb" (1992), "Sunburnt" (1996), "Silver Bullets" (2015), "Snow Bound" (2018), and "Scatterbrain" (2021). The compilation "Kaleidoscope World" (1986) collects most of their single releases and EPs between 1980 and 1986.
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The band is best known as part of the Dunedin Sound style of indie pop music, which coalesced around the Auckland-based label Flying Nun Records. The band originally formed with the lineup of Martin Phillipps (vocals, guitar), his sister Rachel Phillips (keyboards), Peter Gutteridge (guitar), Jane Dodd (bass) and Alan Haig (drums). By the time the band released their debut single "Rolling Moon" in 1982, the lineup had changed to Martin Phillipps, Rachel Phillipps, Terry Moore (bass), and Martyn Bull. The band disbanded when Bull died of leukemia in 1983.
After Phillipps reformed The Chills in 1984, the band never again had a constant lineup. The Chills disbanded in 1993, but reformed once more in 1995. The band continued with different personnel until Phillipps' death in 2024.
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