Mike Chunn
Encyclopedia
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.
Chunn spent eleven years as Director of NZ operations for Australasian Performing Right Association
(APRA), retiring from the role at the end of October 2003. He is currently CEO of Play It Strange Trust which he founded in November 2003. He has published several books, including the Split Enz biography: Stranger Than Fiction.
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...
bands 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...
and Citizen Band
Citizen Band
Citizen Band were a New Zealand band formed by the brothers Geoff and Mike Chunn, both of whom had previously been members of Split Enz.- Band members :...
. He performed alongside his brother Geoff Chunn
Geoff Chunn
Geoff Chunn is a New Zealand musician, best known as an early member of Split Enz.Chunn was a teenage friend of Tim Finn. Together the two of them and Chunn's elder brother, Mike Chunn, founded the band Stillwater while at high school in the late 1960s...
in both bands.
Chunn spent eleven years as Director of NZ operations for Australasian Performing Right Association
Australasian Performing Right Association
The Australasian Performing Right Association is a copyright collective representing New Zealand and Australian composers, lyricists and music publishers. The association's head offices located in Sydney Australia, and it has branch offices in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth...
(APRA), retiring from the role at the end of October 2003. He is currently CEO of Play It Strange Trust which he founded in November 2003. He has published several books, including the Split Enz biography: Stranger Than Fiction.
Books
- Chunn, Mike, Stranger Than Fiction, GP Publications, 1992. ISBN 1-86956-050-7
- Chunn, Mike and Chunn, Jeremy, The Mechanics of Popular Music, A New Zealand Perspective, GP Publications, 1995. ISBN 1-86956-130-9
- Chunn, Mike, Seven Voices - Tales of Madness & Mirth, Purple Egg Press, 1997. ISBN 0-473-05021-8