Chris Knox - this Fri 18 July
Chris Knox (Toy Love / Tall Dwarfs) '...a cheerful misfit who has perfected the art of doing whatever the hell he
wants!" $10 9pm Friday 18th July
With singer / songwriter Jeff Cox @ 7.30pm and acoustic rock duo Suspicious Dribble @ 11.30pm
>From one of New Zealands very first punk bands in 1977, the to the more ambitiously melodic Toy Love, Chris has a
reputation as a wonderful live performer, capable of frightening forays into the audience. Possessed of a superb voice,
an ear for glorious melodies, a quick with and a taste for the unusual and eclectic when it comes to instruments and
recording, Chris has carved himself a sizeable niche in the underground word.
Chris, in partnership with Alec Bathgate, his guitarist from Toy Love, eventually settled down as the Tall Dwarfs. These
two have delivered a string of wonderfully demented records ever since (the latest, Stumpy, was released just this
year). Tall Dwarfs projects have given both Chris and Alec the opp ortunity to take the do-it-yourself ethic as far as
they like. These two accomplished graphic designers usually take turns at creating all visual aspects of Tall Dwarfs
releases, resulting in unique packaging concepts and swags of stickers, postcards, day-glo covers and more
French magazine Rocksound recently referred to him as "that gentle psychopath, Chris Knox" - on a good night, with a
banana-short bedecked Knox bearing down on you from a stage, maniacal grin fixed in place, we can definitely understand
what they mean. But then there's also the guy who created "Not Given Lightly", the love song to end all love songs.
This is an opportunity not to be taken lightly, and the Temple is well honoured to present Chris at his finest.