Terry Moore (musician)

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Terry Moore
Birth nameTerence Moore
Born St Albans, England
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer, recording engineer, audio engineering
Instrument(s)Bass, guitar, singer, keyboards
Years active1980–present
Website https://www.discogs.com/artist/275364-Terry-Moore

Terence Moore, known professionally as Terry Moore, is an English-born New Zealand musician, songwriter, record producer, recording and live sound engineer.


As a musician, he is best known as a former member of the Dunedin New Zealand band The Chills, [1] for whom he played bass from 1981 to 1983, 1985–86 and again from 1991 to 1993. He was also notable as the bass player in the seminal Dunedin band Bored Games.

He also worked worked extensively and internationally, as a recording engineer, Record Producer and Live Sound Engineer, as well as being a collaborator and member of other bands, and is a notable photographer.

Discography https://www.discogs.com/artist/275364-Terry-Moore

Audio Culture https://www.audioculture.co.nz/search?page=1&query=terry+moore

After extensive international tours as a sound engineer and tour manager for numerous artists, he left music professionally in the late-1990s to work in technology and finance.

He currently in based in Brooklyn, NY.

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  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography: The Chills". Allmusic . Retrieved 27 January 2011.