Tim Mahon

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Tim Mahon is a New Zealand musician who played in the Plague, the Whizz Kids and Blam Blam Blam. He was seriously injured in a road accident while on tour with Blam Blam Blam, leading to the band breaking up.

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In 1983 he played bass and sang with Avant Garage and wrote an album track, "Breakin-it-up", which is on both the LP and cassette. Other musicians involved in Avant Garage included Ivan Zagni and Peter Scholes. [1]

His solo album, Music From a Lightbulb (2003) for which he used the name The Moth, was written with Peter Van Gent. Musicians playing on the album included Mark Bell, Ivan Zagni and Don McGlashan. [2]

Tim was associated with the Otara Music Arts Centre as a council liaison. He was instrumental in forming bands such as Sistermatic (featuring Sina) [3] and most notably the Otara Millionaires Club, e.g. on the Proud compilation created together with producer Alan Jansson. [4] A later incarnation of the Otara Millionaires Club now named OMC had a worldwide hit with their song How Bizarre . [5] In the 1990s he managed New Zealand girl group Ma-V-Elle. Rolling Stone described Mahon's role in enabling this music as being a 'white midwife for this new black music.'. [6]

He now sells real estate in Auckland. [7] [8]

He currently plays bass in the band the Soul Agents, [7] who include Blam Blam Blam member Mark Bell, [9] he raises money for the Starship Foundation. This is a charity which supports Starship Children's Health in Auckland.

Discography

Albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
NZ
2003Music From a Lightbulb
  • Released as The Moth
  • Label: Birthday Music
  • Catalogue: FP038
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

With The Whizz Kids

  • "Occupational Hazard" 7" (1980) Ripper Records

With Blam Blam Blam

  • Luxury Length (1982) Propeller/Festival Records

With Avant Garage

  • Garage To Gallery, 1983. Cassette, Avant Garage [no cat no.]
  • Avant Garage music, 1983. LP, Unsung Music (UN11)

With Dead Sea Scrolls

  • Dead Sea Scrolls, 1986, EP 12", Jayrem, JAY 136

Notes

  1. ↑ National Library of New Zealand Catalogue Record numbers: 174664 and 555735
  2. ↑ Baillie, Russell (22 May 2003). "Don't fight the old favourites". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sina - AudioCulture". audioculture.co.nz. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Alan Jansson - AudioCulture". audioculture.co.nz. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "How Bizarre: New Zealand's Most Successful Music Single".
  6. ↑ Walker, Clinton (June 1995). "Pacific Pride" (PDF). Rolling Stone: 27–28, 94.
  7. 1 2 "Tim Mahon - Barfoot & Thompson". barfoot.co.nz. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Tim Mahon". North Shore's Monthly Magazine | Channel. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Kiwi rock acts raise Starship funds". Stuff. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

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