Dunedin Sound's Gutteridge diesNZ Newswire
Updated September 15, 2014, 1:14 pm
One of New Zealand's more notable musicians behind "the Dunedin Sound", Peter Gutteridge, has died.
Gutteridge, in his early 50s, died on Monday morning, music critic Simon Sweetman wrote in a blog.
In the early 1980s, Gutteridge was a founding member of The Chills, The Clean and The Great Unwashed. He later went on to form Snapper.
Sweetman said he passed on news of Gutteridge's death so people could "grieve the passing of one of the heroes of New Zealand's alternative music".
"Gutteridge was one of the icons of Dunedin music, the Dunedin Sound - he had a wildness in his heart and in his head it seemed. He channelled that in ugly/beautiful measures in the music he wrote and played."
Snapper performed a reunion tour last year following Gutteridge's treatment for drug use.
Record label Flying Nun, responsible for many of the Dunedin bands in the 1980s, remembered Gutteridge as a great talent.
"All of us, and so many people around the world, have been touched and effected by his music, whether it be the swirling fuzz of the guitar or haunting piano melodies, Peter was a true hero of New Zealand music, and will deeply missed," the label said on its website.
"Our thoughts and sympathies are with his family and friends at this very sad time.
"Thank you Peter for all the music, may you rest in peace."
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