Working With Walt
Encyclopedia
Working With Walt was a music group formed in the 1980s, and based in Dunedin
, New Zealand
.
Working With Walt disbanded sometime by the late 1980s with Jan Hellriegel
going on to a solo music career, and David Wood helping form Straitjacket Fits
.
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, 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...
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Working With Walt disbanded sometime by the late 1980s with Jan Hellriegel
Jan Hellriegel
Jan Hellriegel is a singer/songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand.Her first recorded appearances were in Dunedin band Working With Walt in the mid-1980s when Jan studied at the University of Otago in Dunedin...
going on to a solo music career, and David Wood helping form Straitjacket Fits
Straitjacket Fits
Straitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin Sound.-Biography:...
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Band members
- Rob Hellriegel (guitar, vocals and backing vocals)
- Jan HellriegelJan HellriegelJan Hellriegel is a singer/songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand.Her first recorded appearances were in Dunedin band Working With Walt in the mid-1980s when Jan studied at the University of Otago in Dunedin...
(piano, vocals and backing vocals) - Mark PetersenMark Petersen (musician)Mark Petersen is a New Zealand rock guitarist from Dunedin. Formerly a member of Working With Walt, he replaced guitarist Andrew Brough in Straitjacket Fits in 1992. Peterson played on the their final album 'Blow' and toured with the band until they broke up in February 1994. Peterson played guitar...
(guitar and backing vocals) - David Wood (bass guitar)
- Neil Moorhouse (drums).
Discography
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Charted | Certification | Catalog Number | |
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| 1984 1984 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's... |
The Prophet | Jayrem | - | - | ||
| 1985 1985 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985.-January–March:*January 1 - The newest music video channel, VH-1, debuts on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV... |
4 Sides | Jayrem | - | - | ||