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This was to mark only the beginning of a prolongued and unrelenting campaign waged by ''St Lucy'' against "Kiwiaana" and the "cult of personality" within New Zealand popular culture. For a gig supporting ''Ian Morris'' in Auckland, St Lucy put out his own posters defaming the image of television's ''Charlotte Dawson'', and was threatened with legal action by Dawson's lawyer if he did not "cease and desist" immediately. Far from it, the list of casualties would eventually include TV presenters ''Mary Lambie'', ''Jason Gunn'' and the judges of ''NZ Idol''; the "thumbs up" Four Square Man; ''Neil Finn''; "NZ Hiphop" (in its entirety); ''NZ On Air''; local stations [[Contact]] FM and [[UFM]]; the [[Battle of the Bands]], [[Clinton]] magazine, just about any individual in some way affiliated with [[Contact]] or the [[Htown.co.nz]] website; this wiki; [[Johnny Fist]], [[The Datsuns]] (and especially [[Dolf de Borst]]'s bass guitar), [[Chuganaut]]... not even his friends and fellow bandmates were safe. Ultimately, even Tupuhi himself would fall prey to the merciless parodying of alter ego Lucy.<br> | This was to mark only the beginning of a prolongued and unrelenting campaign waged by ''St Lucy'' against "Kiwiaana" and the "cult of personality" within New Zealand popular culture. For a gig supporting ''Ian Morris'' in Auckland, St Lucy put out his own posters defaming the image of television's ''Charlotte Dawson'', and was threatened with legal action by Dawson's lawyer if he did not "cease and desist" immediately. Far from it, the list of casualties would eventually include TV presenters ''Mary Lambie'', ''Jason Gunn'' and the judges of ''NZ Idol''; the "thumbs up" Four Square Man; ''Neil Finn''; "NZ Hiphop" (in its entirety); ''NZ On Air''; local stations [[Contact]] FM and [[UFM]]; the [[Battle of the Bands]], [[Clinton]] magazine, just about any individual in some way affiliated with [[Contact]] or the [[Htown.co.nz]] website; this wiki; [[Johnny Fist]], [[The Datsuns]] (and especially [[Dolf de Borst]]'s bass guitar), [[Chuganaut]]... not even his friends and fellow bandmates were safe. Ultimately, even Tupuhi himself would fall prey to the merciless parodying of alter ego Lucy.<br> | ||
− | + | In early 2003, Tupuhi started assembling a live band. In an interview with ''NZ Musician'' (the Feb-March 2003 issue) he said:<br> | |
''"The plan was always to build St Lucy from a solo thing into a band thing... at the moment we're putting together a superband, made up of people from bands that I like... But don't mention any names, 'cause I'm the star"'' <br> | ''"The plan was always to build St Lucy from a solo thing into a band thing... at the moment we're putting together a superband, made up of people from bands that I like... But don't mention any names, 'cause I'm the star"'' <br> | ||
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The live band comprised [[Tweeter]]'s [[Paul Fitness]] on drums, [[Holdfast]] guitarist [[Joe McNamara]], and Mark's former bandmate [[Zed Brookes]] who joined on bass when the Brookes/Tupuhi-fronted [[Wonderbug]] (formerly [[Schrodinger's Cat]]) disbanded. For recording at ''York Street'', however, Tupuhi and Brookes played alongside session drummer ''Paul Atkins'' and backing vocalist ''Rebekah Williams''. The first 50 copies of [[Loyal?]] had already sold by January before it was even released. It was officially launched on 21 March 2003, with a release party at Auckland's Temple Bar, which Mark himself failed to turn up at for "health" reasons.<br> | The live band comprised [[Tweeter]]'s [[Paul Fitness]] on drums, [[Holdfast]] guitarist [[Joe McNamara]], and Mark's former bandmate [[Zed Brookes]] who joined on bass when the Brookes/Tupuhi-fronted [[Wonderbug]] (formerly [[Schrodinger's Cat]]) disbanded. For recording at ''York Street'', however, Tupuhi and Brookes played alongside session drummer ''Paul Atkins'' and backing vocalist ''Rebekah Williams''. The first 50 copies of [[Loyal?]] had already sold by January before it was even released. It was officially launched on 21 March 2003, with a release party at Auckland's Temple Bar, which Mark himself failed to turn up at for "health" reasons.<br> | ||
− | Later in 2003 a second "companion" EP, [[Bio-Psycho-Social]], was released on ''She'll Be Right''. Taken from the same ''York Street'' sessions as [[Loyal?]], [[Bio-Psycho-Social]] is perhaps best described as the ''Driving to Mary'' single/remix EP, containing four new versions of the song. Remixes are included by ''She'll Be Right'' labelmates ''Trillion'' and ''Deadly'', and a Barbershop vocal arrangement and performance by [[ | + | Later in 2003 a second "companion" EP, [[Bio-Psycho-Social]], was released on ''She'll Be Right''. Taken from the same ''York Street'' sessions as [[Loyal?]], [[Bio-Psycho-Social]] is perhaps best described as the ''Driving to Mary'' single/remix EP, containing four new versions of the song. Remixes are included by ''She'll Be Right'' labelmates ''Trillion'' and ''Deadly'', and a Barbershop vocal arrangement and performance by former [[Wonderbug]] member Otis '[[Odee]]' Williams. Other tracks are the uncharacteristically loud, dark and gritty ''Armpits (and other bits)'' (an unreleased [[Wonderbug]] song), and the more 'typical Lucy' acoustic numbers ''Her'' and ''Shiny Dancer''.<br> |
[[image:Stlucytimes015.jpg|left|thumb|Front page of the 'St Lucy Times', October 2004]] | [[image:Stlucytimes015.jpg|left|thumb|Front page of the 'St Lucy Times', October 2004]] | ||
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St Lucy meanwhile recorded their own album, [[The Lost Art Of Self Destruction]], produced by [[Morgan Samuel]] and released on She’ll Be Right in 2005. The band proved that the art was not lost at all, promptly imploding upon the album’s release. | St Lucy meanwhile recorded their own album, [[The Lost Art Of Self Destruction]], produced by [[Morgan Samuel]] and released on She’ll Be Right in 2005. The band proved that the art was not lost at all, promptly imploding upon the album’s release. | ||
− | Mark moved to Maunganui | + | Mark moved to Maunganui but regularly returned to Hamilton for Lucy shows, both solo and with guest musicians. St Lucy split up in 2007, with Mark recording under his own name after this time. |
==Members== | ==Members== | ||
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* [[Bio Psycho Social]] - CD EP - disc also features multimedia - (She'll Be Right, November 2003) | * [[Bio Psycho Social]] - CD EP - disc also features multimedia - (She'll Be Right, November 2003) | ||
* [[The Lost Art Of Self Destruction]] - CD Album - disc also features multimedia - (She'll Be Right, 2005) | * [[The Lost Art Of Self Destruction]] - CD Album - disc also features multimedia - (She'll Be Right, 2005) | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== |