The Mockers
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The Mockers were a New Zealand
pop
band formed in Wellington
in 1979 by Andrew Fagan
. Fagan was the only ever-present of the band's line-up whose initial members were mostly drawn from Fagan's Rongotai College classmates. Their songs include "One Black Friday" and "Forever Tuesday Morning". The Mocker's style drew on punk and new wave influences from the UK and performances centered around Fagan's flamboyant stage presence. Other band members included Gary Curtis
(keyboards, vocals), Dean Heazlewood, Geoff Hayden, Tim Wedde, Brett Adams, Murry Costello, Chas Mannell Gordon Costello, Brendan Fitzgerald, the late Steve Thorpe and Paul Lightfoot (guitar).
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
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band formed in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
in 1979 by Andrew Fagan
Andrew Fagan
Andrew Fagan is a prominent New Zealand writer, singer and songwriter. He was born in 1962 and grew up in Wellington. He gained fame in New Zealand in the 1980s as the lead singer of pop group The Mockers....
. Fagan was the only ever-present of the band's line-up whose initial members were mostly drawn from Fagan's Rongotai College classmates. Their songs include "One Black Friday" and "Forever Tuesday Morning". The Mocker's style drew on punk and new wave influences from the UK and performances centered around Fagan's flamboyant stage presence. Other band members included Gary Curtis
Gary Curtis
Gary Curtis is an American former racing driver from Chanhassen, Minnesota. He won the 2001 ALMS Panoz GTS series.Beginning in the 70's Gary raced motorcycles, earning two state and three regional championships along with 69 wins and 188 top five finishes in state, regional and national competition...
(keyboards, vocals), Dean Heazlewood, Geoff Hayden, Tim Wedde, Brett Adams, Murry Costello, Chas Mannell Gordon Costello, Brendan Fitzgerald, the late Steve Thorpe and Paul Lightfoot (guitar).