Gareth Hal Shute (born 1 September 1973) is a non-fiction author,[1][2] musician and journalist from
New Zealand.
Career
Shute's first book, Hip Hop Music In Aotearoa was published in 2004,[3][4] and won an award at the NZ book awards in 2005. [5][6][7][8] He went on to write four more books: Making Music In New Zealand,[9]Insights: New Zealand Artists Talk About Creativity,[10]NZ Rock: 1987-2007[11] and Concept Albums.[12]
Shute has also been a music columnist for New Zealand Music Magazine and continues to write for the music history website, Audioculture. [13]
Over this time, he was also a member of a number of local bands including:
The Tokey Tones,
The Ruby Suns,[14]The Brunettes,[15] The Cosbys, The Conjurors, Dictaphone Blues,[16] and The Broken Heartbreakers. He currently plays in garage rock two-piece Fever Party and all-star quartet Thee Golden Geese [17]