Murray Cammick – The Spinoff

He’s a mod: Ray Columbus 1942-2016

1 December 201630 November 2016 by Murray Cammick

Murray Cammick – co-founder of Rip It Up and founder of Southside Records and Wildside Records – remembers Ray Columbus, the New Zealand mod icon who died yesterday. Last time I saw Ray Columbus on stage was at the Wild Things Spectacular at the Monte Cristo Room in Auckland, 2007. The Breakaways, The Pleazers and … Read more

The crazy time Herbs brought peace, love and KFC to Ruatōria during the Rasta Troubles

2 August 201925 February 2016 by Murray Cammick

Music journalism legend Murray Cammick – Murray the Cam! – served as both publisher and editor of Rip It Up, but few events in his long career were as strange as the time he attended the launch of a Herbs album in Ruatōria, right in the middle of the Rasta uprising…. I was publisher of … Read more