Hello Sailor

Hello Sailor

Group from New Zealand

Genres: New Zealand, soul, All, rock, funky

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About Hello Sailor

Hello Sailor was a New Zealand pop/rock band originally formed in 1975, though its history is long and complicated, with guitarist/vocalists Dave McArtney (died in 2013) and Harry Lyon having first played together in the mid 60s. After several lineup changes, the band released its first album Hello Sailor in 1977. The line-up at this time was Graham Brazier (died in 2015) on vocals and some guitar, McArtney and Lyon on guitars and vocals, Lisle Kinney on bass, and Ricky Ball on drums. Three top 20 singles were taken from the album, Gutter Black written and sung by McArtney, Blue Lady written and sung by Brazier, and Lyin' in the sand written and sung by Lyon. Their second album, Pacifica Amour, was released in 1978, after the band had made their first visit to America to try to crack the American market. In 1979 the band left for Australia, but this trip was also not a success. Hello Sailor formally disbanded in 1980. The classic line-up came together again as members of Graham Brazier's early-1980s band The Legionnaires, and in 1985 decided to reform as Hello Sailor (with former Coup D'État bass player Neil Hannan replacing Lisle Kinney). After another hiatus, the band returned in 1994, recording a new album titled The Album (with Stuart Pearce), and again commenced a nationwide promotional tour. Three singles were released from "The Album"; "New Tattoo", "Never Fade Away, and "Raging with the Storm". In 2007, the band released the album, When Your Lights Are Out, which featured all-acoustic versions of their best-known material. In 2011, the band entered the APRA NZ Music Hall of Fame. In 2012, the band again reunited to record an album of new material Surrey Crescent Moon (again with Stuart Pearce). At the request of Glenn Smith, the band got back together once again in February 2023 and performed a special memorial concert in their small hometown of Waitara, New Zealand.

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