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Murray Grindlay first rose to prominence as the lead singer of somewhat rebellious 60s blues band The Underdogs. Since then he has written music for movies Sleeping Dogs, Once Were Warriors and Broken English, as well as hundreds of TV commercials, including the classics Dear John and the Great Crunchie Train Robbery.
Jul 21, 2015 · Murray Grindlay produced the Red Hot Peppers LP Toujours Yours at Stebbing Recording Studio in 1976 although he would later call it a disaster due to his inexperience and not knowing what to do with the band.
Composer, musician and singer Murray Grindlay has been called the "jingles king" of New Zealand, having created some of the most beloved songs in Kiwi commercials — from the Crunchie Train Robbery ad to the iconic Mainland cheese orchestral score.
The late producer, musician and songwriter Ian Morris was a 20-year-old sound engineer at Auckland's Stebbing Studios in 1976 and 1977 when Murray Grindlay recorded his only solo album (under his own name). These were his memories of the sessions, taken from his site.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1994 CD release of "Once Were Warriors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" on Discogs.
- Japan
- Tangata-BVCP-874
- CD, Compilation
- 1994
Among his favourites were the two ‘travelling on’ adverts for the Europa oil company that he starred and sang in alongside legendary musician Midge Marsden and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1988.
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New Zealand musician and producer, who first got his start in the sixties with the legendary Underdogs. He has written and produced hits for others and himself in the decades since, including a Top Ten single in Australasia as Monte Video.
