{"product_id":"split-enz-michael-dwyer-9781761473944","title":"Split Enz: An Adventure in Music and Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eSplit Enz were never designed to fit. Emerging from art school mischief in early-1970s New Zealand, they turned pop into surreal theatre: costume, character and melody colliding in a rock band that refused to behave like one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of that vision was Noel Crombie--percussionist, performer and the band's in-house visual architect. Noel shaped Split Enz's look from the inside: the angular suits, the hand-painted faces, the restless, theatrical sense that anything might happen next. Split Enz didn't just sound different, they looked like nothing else. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears of cult acclaim, shifting line-ups and near misses gave way at last to an unlikely global breakthrough with \u003ci\u003eTrue Colours\u003c\/i\u003e in 1980, a record that carried their eccentric vision into the mainstream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCreated with the full participation of the band, this book gathers photographs, costumes, designs and memorabilia alongside new interviews spanning every era of the group by music journalist Michael Dwyer. It traces the songs, the imagery and the peculiar chemistry that made Split Enz singular, and still impossible to imitate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Dwyer,Noel Crombie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1761473948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781761473944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Michael Dwyer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50545989779711,"sku":"9781761473944","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/split-enz-michael-dwyer-9781761473944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}