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Jonathan Michael Chunn CNZM (born 8 June 1952 in London) is a former member of the New Zealand bands Split Enz and Citizen Band. He performed alongside his brother Geoff Chunn in both bands. His musical performing career was cut short due to agoraphobia .
Briefly becoming Jonathan Michael Chunn (most of the band decided to be known by their middle names in a symbolic gesture when they moved to Australia and hopefully the 'big' time), Mike played on the first two albums and was there for the official signing of the band to Chrysalis Records.
- A Field Somewhere South of Auckland
- Writing Letters to My Friends Telling Them All About Split Ends
- Australia, Mushroom Records and Mental Notes
- Then to London
- Exit Phil Judd and Mike Chunn, Enter Neil Finn
- I See Red
Date: January 6, 1973 Place: A farm field in Ngāruawāhia Event: The Great Ngāruawāhia Music Festival This was not an auspicious introduction to the group that would become New Zealand's first international rock success story. Split Ends, as they were then called, took to the festival stage to the deafening silence of apathy. Festival promoter Barry...
At the Christchurch gig I caught in April 1973, Split Ends fared far better than at Ngāruawāhia, and I remember being impressed at the progress they’d made in just a short time. The hard to keep up with personnel changes that were to become a constant in Split Enz’s career had already begun, as this line-up saw Miles Golding and Mike Howard replace...
Early 1975 saw another successful university tour up and down the country (I caught their Wellington gig), followed by an initial foray across the Tasman. By this stage, Split Enz’s growing and enthusiastic fan base was eager for recorded music beyond the batch of singles they’d released. Thankfully, a deal inked with Mushroom Records in Australia ...
When Split Enz flew to London in April 1976, their New Zealand fans were hopeful that they could indeed make an impact there. In this most competitive of music markets, coming from New Zealand was of no tangible advantage, except for perhaps minor curiosity value. With the stakes high, Split Enz began working with Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzaner...
You could term the departure of Phil Judd the end of Split Enz Mark I, for he had such a crucial creative impact on the group’s early sound and vision. In his absence, Tim Finn was forced to assume a larger songwriting role, and he rose to the challenge. In June 1977, he told Rip It Up, “After Phil left, Eddie and I did a lot of writing in America ...
Intriguingly, Phil Judd re-joined Split Enz (a short-lived experiment), and with Neil also developing as a songwriter, the band was firing on all cylinders creatively, if not commercially. The lack of a UK-based record label meant that the next Split Enz record Frenzywas only released in Australasia in February 1979. Split Enz, Frenzy (Mushroom, 19...
16 apr 2013 · Split Ends 1973 L to R: Wally Wilkinson, Phil Judd, Mike Chunn, Geoff Chunn, Brian Finn. Split Enz emerged from the leftfield of the New Zealand music scene in the mid-1970s, but they gradually built a mainstream audience on both sides of the Tasman.
Jonathan Michael Chunn. Actor: Split Enz: Under the Wheel. Jonathan Michael Chunn is known for Split Enz: Under the Wheel (1975).
2 dic 2022 · In 2003 Mark Everton interviewed Mike Chunn for the landmark television series Give It A Whirl. Below is an abridged excerpt from that interview, in which he discusses his adventures in Split Enz.
Jonathan Michael Chunn. Profile: Mike Chunn, CNZM (born 8 June 1952, London, England) is an English-born New Zealand musician. He was raised in Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand. He played bass for Split Enz from 1972-77. He then formed Citizen Band with his brother Geoff Chunn.
