Ray Columbus – The Spinoff

Pod on the Couch: Remembering Ray Columbus

2 December 2016 by Pod on the Couch

The Spinoff and Spark proudly present Pod On The Couch, a weekly podcast exploring music and the people that make it. This episode: Murray Cammick joins host Henry Oliver to talk about the late Ray Columbus. Spinoff Music editor Henry Oliver talks to (among other things) Rip It Up co-founder Murray Cammick about Ray Columbus, an icon … Read more

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