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Vocalist and Guitarist for [[The Weather]]. He is best known as one of the two songwriters in the Flying Nun band ''The Sneaky Feelings''. Lectures in the Media Arts department at [[Wintec]].
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''Matthew Bannister'' is the vocalist and guitarist for [[The Weather]] (2004-2009) and [[The Changing Same]] (2009-). He also performs and records as [[One Man Bannister]]. Born in Scotland, but spending most of his early life in Dunedin, he is best known as a member of the Flying Nun bands ''The Sneaky Feelings'' and ''Dribbling Darts of Love''. During this time, ''Bannister'' had played in Hamilton with ''Sneaky Feelings'' at [[Uncle Sams]] (1985) and [[Wailing Bongo]] (1986). In the early 2000s ''Bannister'' undertook a PhD in Media Studies through Auckland University, and moved to Hamilton to work at [[Wintec]].  
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==Solo Releases==
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*[[Moth]] album - One Man Bannister, 2007
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*[[Evolver]] album - One Man Bannister, 2013
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*''You´d Never Know '' appears on the 2012 compilation [[Bulletholes 4 - Exploring the Unknown]]
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*''Tomorrow Never Knows'' appears on the 2014 promo compilation [[Kiwi Hit Disc 168]]
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*''Splendid Isolation'' appears on the 2020 compilation [[No Sound: A Nivara Lounge Fundraiser]]
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*''Sammy'' appears on the 2020 compilation [[In Thrust We Trust]]
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==Further Reading==
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*''Bannister, Matthew'' (1999) ''Positively George Street: A Personal History of Sneaky Feelings and the Dunedin Sound''. Reed Books, 207pp.
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*''Beatles Spirit Evolves'' by Geoff Lewis, [[Hamilton Press]], 6 November 2013, P13
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==External Links==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bannister_(musician) Matthew Bannister at Wikipedia]<br />
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Latest revision as of 22:54, 8 November 2020

"Evolver" cover art

Matthew Bannister is the vocalist and guitarist for The Weather (2004-2009) and The Changing Same (2009-). He also performs and records as One Man Bannister. Born in Scotland, but spending most of his early life in Dunedin, he is best known as a member of the Flying Nun bands The Sneaky Feelings and Dribbling Darts of Love. During this time, Bannister had played in Hamilton with Sneaky Feelings at Uncle Sams (1985) and Wailing Bongo (1986). In the early 2000s Bannister undertook a PhD in Media Studies through Auckland University, and moved to Hamilton to work at Wintec.

Solo Releases[edit]

  • Moth album - One Man Bannister, 2007
  • Evolver album - One Man Bannister, 2013

Further Reading[edit]

  • Bannister, Matthew (1999) Positively George Street: A Personal History of Sneaky Feelings and the Dunedin Sound. Reed Books, 207pp.
  • Beatles Spirit Evolves by Geoff Lewis, Hamilton Press, 6 November 2013, P13

External Links[edit]

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