Malcolm Green is an English-born drummer best known as a member of New Zealand band Split Enz

Split Enz

Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...

 from 1976 to 1981.

Green was recruited by Split Enz in Britain, where he had formerly played with Love Affair

Love Affair (band)

Love Affair were a London based pop, soul, R&B group formed in 1966. They had several UK Singles Chart Top 10 hits, including the number one success "Everlasting Love".-Personnel:The band primarily featured the following —...

, The Honeycombs

The Honeycombs

The Honeycombs were an English beat/pop group, founded in 1963 in North London. The group had one chart-topping hit, the million selling "Have I the Right?", in 1964. After that song the interest in the group ebbed away, and they split up in late 1966...

 -- both of them long after their run of '60s hits -- and Octopus. He was joined in Split Enz by Octopus bassist Nigel Griggs

Nigel Griggs

Nigel Griggs is a musician who played bass guitar in Split Enz. He is the brother of Paul Griggs from the 1970s vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls...

, who replaced Mike Chunn

Mike Chunn

Mike Chunn is a former member of the New Zealand bands Split Enz and Citizen Band. He performed alongside his brother Geoff Chunn in both bands....

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Green was sacked from Split Enz in 1981 after disagreements with frontman Tim Finn

Tim Finn

Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBE is a New Zealand singer and musician. Finn is most known for his music with New Zealand 1970s and 1980s rock group Split Enz, and later for his solo work, a temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and his joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn...

 over the rejection of Green's songwriting contributions, but in 2005 accepted an invitation to play with the band at its induction into the ARIA

Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

 Hall of Fame in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. In 2006 he rejoined Split Enz for its Australian reunion tour, sharing drumming duties with Noel Crombie

Noel Crombie

Noel Crombie is a New Zealand singer and former member of the band Split Enz. He fulfilled multiple roles including costume and hair designer, percussionist, album cover designer, and music video director...

. Green did not, however, take part in Split Enz's reunion tour of New Zealand in 2008, during which drumming duties were handled by Michael Barker

Michael Barker (drummer)

Michael Barker is a New Zealand percussion musician best known for performing with many Australasian acts, including The John Butler Trio and Split Enz.-Early musical education:...

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Green now lives in Sydney where he produces music at his own studio. He also drums for and acts as a mentor to Sydney band Gethsemane.

External links

• Green Sound Music - Malcolm Green's recording studio
• Gethsemane website