Six60 is a New Zealand rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band formed in 2006. Their self-titled debut album was released on the 10th October 2011 on their own label Massive Entertainment

Massive Entertainment

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. The album debuted at No.1 in the New Zealand charts and was certified Gold in its first week. Their first two singles "Rise Up 2.0

Rise Up 2.0

"Rise Up 2.0" is a single by New Zealand rock band Six60. It was released as on 30 August 2010 as the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album. It reached number 1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart-Chart performence:...

" and "Don't Forget Your Roots" reached number one and number two respectively on the RIANZ

Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

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 singles chart and both were certified Platinum.

History

Six60 formed after meeting at a Kora

Kora (band)

Kora is a New Zealand five-piece music group, which consists of four brothers from the Kora family. The band, which originally began in Whakatane, New Zealand fuses elements of reggae, rock, dub, roots, funk, and more recently space funk and dub step elements.-Early years: 1991–2002:Kora brothers...

 concert in 2006. Three members flatted together as University of Otago

University of Otago

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 students, spending countless hours in their makeshift recording studio at 660 Castle Street

Castle Street, Dunedin

Castle Street is a major street in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. The street runs in a north-north-east direction from Stuart Street outside Dunedin Railway Station to the southern end of the Dunedin Botanical Gardens, and is bisected into two distinct parts by the University of Otago campus.The...

, in northern

Dunedin North

Dunedin North, also known as North Dunedin, is a major inner suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, located to the northeast of the city centre. It contains many of the city's major institutions, including the city's university, polytechnic, main hospital, and largest museum...

 Dunedin

Dunedin

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. The original lineup of Matiu Walters, Ji Fraser, Eli Paewai and original bassist Hoani Matenga played gigs at various parties and open mic nights, performing mostly covers while developing original material. Marlon Gerbes soon joined the lineup after filling in on guitar for an absent Fraser and the band began experimenting with synths and DnB. They then released their first self titled EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 in 2009. Soon after Matenga left and was replaced by Chris Mac. They have since performed consistently sold-out shows all over NZ and Australia.

They released their debut album in October 2011.

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...
Six60 Six60 (album) -Chart performance:-Release history:...	Released: 10 October 2011 Label: Massive Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download	1

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)	Album
		NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...
2010	"Rise Up 2.0 Rise Up 2.0 "Rise Up 2.0" is a single by New Zealand rock band Six60. It was released as on 30 August 2010 as the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album. It reached number 1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart-Chart performence:... "	1	NZ: Platinum	Six60
2011	"Don't Forget Your Roots Don't Forget Your Roots "Don't Forget Your Roots" is a single by New Zealand rock band Six60. It was released as on 18 July 2011 as the second single from their self-titled debut studio album... "	2	NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... : Platinum

Other Charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...
2011	"Only to Be"	5	Six60