CRY TV was New Zealand's first dedicated music television channel, broadcasting on UHF 56 from the Port Hills above Christchurch between July 1993 and April 1997. Founded by Christian Birch and Chris Clarkson, it pre-dated Auckland's MAX TV by three months and launched the careers of Petra Bagust, Jason Fa'afoi, Francesca Rudkin, D'Arcy Waldegrave, and Dave Yetton (Jean-Paul Sartre Experience), who met Jason Fa'afoi at the station and went on to form The Stereo Bus.
Long-running Auckland group with reggae overtones who have performed an eclectic array of music styles. Probably best known for their 1994 single Rewind, which was a big hit nationally.
Biography Former Rip It Pp editor Murray Cammick formed Wildside in 1991, releasing material from Wellington acts Freak Power, Second Child and Rumblefish, but…