E48 | Jeremy Redmore
Episode summary | Jeremy Redmore
Jeremy Redmore burst on to the NZ music scene in 2006 after joining Midnight Youth. Their platinum-selling debut album ‘The Brave Don't Run’ peaked at number 2 in the New Zealand Album Chart and included two top 20, gold-selling singles, ‘All On Our Own’ and ‘The Letter’.
Midnight Youth won Best Rock Album and Best Group at the 2009 New Zealand Music Awards as well as a Silver Scroll for the most-played song of 2009. In 2011 they released their second and tried to conquer Australia and the bubble burst.
In 2014, after leaving the band, Redmore released his debut solo album, ‘Clouds Are Alive’, which reached number six on the NZ Charts and then he walked away from music to make coffee in Canada for a couple years until heartbreak brought him back to Aotearoa and back to into writing music.
Jeremy is super articulate with a career of wild experiences to recall and no ego attached. He’s also an incredible musician and songwriter, and we recommend you check out his latest album ‘The Brightest Flame’, or catch him live around the country next month, head to www.jeremyredmore.com for more details.
Show notes | Jeremy Redmore
1.52 A star studded intro: Jeremy Redmore, Matt Heath and Deja Voodoo, Gemma Flynn and the ‘secret All Black’
7.29 The start of the musical journey at Tauranga Boys’ College
14.58 Post Smokefree Rockquest and Top of the Pops
19.43 Linking up with Midnight Youth and the story behind writing The Letter
27.00 The song creation process and heading to New York to record the debut album, the rapid rise and reflections on that period
38.54 Memories of The Big Day Out: Kasabian and their rider, and Lily Allen sun bathing topless
44.44 Fame in New Zealand and opening for international acts
49.50 Recollections of being a rock star from 2009 to 2012
58.51 The end of Midnight Youth and going solo
1.09.43 Going solo, management troubles, illness, and eventually leaving music for a quiet life Canada
1.20.14 Vulnerability and music: The series of events that brought Jeremy back to music
1.25.41 The Brightest Flame: subject matter, cancelled reunion gigs, and upcoming tour dates
1.36.02 Other creative outlets
1.39.04 A few loose ends: gigs at the Mike Hosking wedding, Kirsty from Shortland Street and flying to Bali to play for Dane Rumble
1.41.55 Does everybody know everybody in New Zealand music and are musicians just “normal people”?
1.44.21 Ball-by-ball test cricket live scoring and final words from Seamus, Steve and Jeremy
