48May is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 group. The band consists of Jon Austin (vocals, guitar), CaptainHook (guitar, vocals), Stan Bicknell (drums, vocals) and Shannon Brown (bass, vocals). Hook and Jon went to Hamilton Boys' High School

Hamilton Boys' High School

Hamilton Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand. The school was established as Hamilton High School in 1903 but was later split into separate boys' and girls' schools. The school crest features a lion, sash and star, and bears the motto "Sapiens Fortunam Fingit Sibi"...

 together, where Jon was head boy, and have been writing music together for years, while Shannon Brown is well known on the New Zealand music circuit for his roles in bands such as Tadpole

Tadpole (band)

Tadpole was a female-led New Zealand band from Auckland that formed in June 1994.- Before 2000 :Between the band's beginning and 1999 Tadpole went through so many lineup changes that there soon ended up being no original members left in the band. At one point early in their career the band were so...

.

The name "48May" came from their residence during university; at 48 May Street in Hamilton. They have achieved success within New Zealand including a place on the New Zealand leg of the 2005 Big Day Out

Big Day Out

The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...

 and Edgefest05 tour, their first record (The Mad Love) going "Gold" in NZ, and their second record (Streetlights and Shadows) being released in Japan by Triple Vision followed by 48May touring through Japan with "Four Year Strong" and "Every Avenue" in support of the release. They have also performed as support act for Alien Ant Farm

Alien Ant Farm

Alien Ant Farm is an American alternative rock band that formed in Riverside, California, in 1995. Their name comes from an idea original guitarist Terry Corso had about aliens and the earth: "I was daydreaming at my dull desk job with my feet up, and I thought to myself, 'Wouldn't it be cool if...

, Simple Plan

Simple Plan

Simple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...

, Panic! at the Disco

Panic! at the Disco

Panic! at the Disco is an American alternative rock duo, formed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005. Since its split, the band's line-up includes Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith . Former members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker left the group in 2009...

, and Steriogram

Steriogram

Steriogram is a rock band that formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1999. Their 2004 song "Walkie Talkie Man" was used in an advertisement for the iPod and a number of films and video games.-Formation and first album, 1999–2005:...

, amongst others.

48May have since split due to all members going their separate ways. Jon is now interning at DDB advertising in Auckland, CaptainHook is Head Engineer at York Street Studio

York Street Studio

York Street Recording Studio is a Recording Studio based in Auckland, New Zealand. Founded and built by producer and engineer Martin Williams, producer Malcolm Welsford and Jaz Coleman it quickly became New Zealand's leading music recording, mixing and mastering facility...

 in Auckland, Stan is living in Melbourne, and Shannon is working the covers circuit from Hamilton.

Band members

• Jon Austin aka Jonathan Ho (vocals, guitar)
• CaptainHook (guitar, vocals)
• Shannon Brown (bass, vocals)
• Stan Bicknell (drums, vocals)

Albums

Date of Release	Title	Label	Charted	Certification	Catalog Number
2004	The Mad Love The Mad Love The Mad Love is an album by New Zealand band, 48May released in 2004.-Track listing:#Leather And Tattoos#The Window#Come Back Down#Always#Home By 2#Fight Back#Pokerface#Passing By#Mexico#Take Your Time...	FMR Records FMR Records FMR Records is an English music company record label comprising the major record label, FMR Music. Founded by current CEO Trevor Taylor in 1972. It is a specialist record label providing Jazz and improvisational percussion music .-History:...	#19 (NZ New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... )	Gold	338332
2005	The Mad Love Tour Edition The Mad Love The Mad Love is an album by New Zealand band, 48May released in 2004.-Track listing:#Leather And Tattoos#The Window#Come Back Down#Always#Home By 2#Fight Back#Pokerface#Passing By#Mexico#Take Your Time...	-	-	-	338912
2007	Streetlights and Shadows	Warner Music NZ	#39 (NZ New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... )	-	5101170332

Singles

Year	Single	Album	Charted	Certification
2005	"Fightback"	The Mad Love		-
2005	"Come Back Down"	The Mad Love	-	-
2005	"Leather and Tattoos"	The Mad Love	#14 (NZ New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... )	-
2005	"Home By 2"	The Mad Love	#11 (NZ)	-
2006	"Into the Sun"	The Mad Love	-	-
2006	"Things That Fall Apart" featuring Kid Deft from Fast Crew Fast Crew -Albums:-Singles:-Singles featured on compilation albums:The group have appeared on several compilations over the years in New Zealand and overseas...	The Mad Love	-	-
2006	"Nervous Wreck"	Streetlights and Shadows	#21 (NZ)	-
2007	"Big Shock"	Streetlights and Shadows	#14 (NZ)	-
2007	"The End"	Streetlights and Shadows	-	-
2007	"Car Crash Weather"	Streetlights and Shadows	-	-

Juice TV Music Awards

• Song of the Year ("Home by 2"): 2005
• ZM People's Choice Video ("Come Back Down") 2004
• Telecom Top Video ("Car Crash Weather") 2008

External links

• http://www.captainhook.co.nz
• http://www.myspace.com/48may
• http://www.stanbicknell.com
• http://www.yorkstreet.co.nz/people.php?id=captainhook