Category: Bands of the Past

Tina Cross, Suzanne Lynch, Jackie Clarke and Taisha

The Lady Killers is a dream team of New Zealand’s finest female singers and entertainers. From a whisper to a scream and everything in between, these divas make beautiful music dripping in harmony.

The Lady Killers belong to a vocal harmony tradition that spans girl groups, gospel, power pop, R&B, jazz, country and a whole lotta rock and roll. The show is a wild ride through music genres filtered through the Lady Killers vocal sensibilities. It’s sophisticated glamour and a dazzling vocal tour de force all rolled into one gorgeous super-duper deluxe package.

But the Spice Girls they ain’t. For a start they’re not girls, they’re women. They’re well seasoned professionals doing what they do best – singing from the heart and soul.

IF you think Dancing with the Stars heart-throb Shane Cortese can dance wait ‘til you hear him sing!The dishy former Shortland Street is set to unleash his explosive singing talent on New Zealand – one that will have you rockin’ and rollin’ to the magic of Elvis, Buddy Holly, Del Shannon, Eddie Cochrane, Chuck Berry, Ricky Nelson and Gene Vincent.
It’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Heaven – The Class of ’58, featuring all the rock ‘n’ roll hits of the era, performed by Shane and his 16-piece band.
A highlight of the show comes with a 20-minute non-stop tribute to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Elvis. Shane and his big band will tell his story through music, tracking his life from Sun Recording Studios through the movie years, the ‘68 comeback special and Vegas before his untimely death in 1977.
Shane – known for his roles on Dancing with the Stars and Shortland Street – is one of the most talented performers to emerge in New Zealand recently. When Shane first unleashed Rock ‘n’ Roll Legends on Whangarei and Auckland, it became an instant hit bringing audiences to their feet yelling for more.
What a lot of people don’t know is Shane has an outstanding pedigree in live rock ‘n’ roll music, having made a name for himself on London’s West End playing Elvis in Elvis the Musical, Ricky Nelson in Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven, Ritchie Valens in Buddy, Pharoah in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Rocky in The New Rocky Horror Show.

Suzanne Lynch, Steve Larkins, Adrian Stuckey

Presenting music from the 60’s to the present day… classic hits to contemporary… a show that can be tailored to suit your special occasion, wedding, dance, event, or corporate function.

Suzanne Lynch (vocals)
Suzanne Lynch started her singing career in the 60s group ‘The Chicks’ and went on to work as a soloist winning the New Zealand Entertainer of the Year in 1971, and the Noel Agnew Excellence Award in 2004. In 2000 she was awarded an M.B.E in the Queens Honors List. Suzanne spent most of the 70’s in England working with artists such as Neil Sedaka, Charles Aznavour, Cleo Lane, Lulu, Olivia Newton John, and Leo Sayer. For five years Suzanne lead the vocal group for Cat Stevens’s band, working on four albums and two world tours. Today Suzanne is the vocal coach for the NZ Idol television show, and performs regular corporate functions. Bookings for her live show see Suzanne performing in Hong Kong, Bangkok and Sydney.

Steve Larkins (piano/keyboards)

Steve (ex Dave Dobbyn, The Cats Away, Ray Columbus, Midge Marsden, and Ardijah) is well known in NZ as ‘the piano man’ playing and singing a mix of ballads, standards, and classic hits right up to today’s latest chart toppers. Multi-talented Steve also performs a hilarious and energetic tribute to the late great Freddy Mercury (from the
English rock band Queen), and recently performed this show at the David Tua fight and the Rugby Sevens (in Wellington).

Adrian Stuckey (guitar)
Adrian is Executive Producer of Auckland based studio ‘Big Note Productions’ and over the last ten years has written and produced award winning music for TV/ movies/jingles in New Zealand, Australia and Japan. As a guitarist Adrian plays a variety of styles including jazz, classical, Aboriginal, Calypso, rock, and pop and in 2003 he performed for the Robbie Williams V.I.P party. Adrian is currently working alongside Eddie Rayner as Assistant Music Producer for both the NZ Idol TV show and Gold Disc award winning cast album and single.

‘Ritmo Latino’ is a 5 piece instrumental ensemble specialising in LIVE Latin music from Cuban salsa, cha-cha, Merengue, bolero & mambo to Latin jazz, samba & Bossa nova. The ‘Ritmo Latino’ Latin ensemble consists of conga, timbales, piano, bass & sax/flute.

From intimate background music to non-stop dance music ‘Ritmo Latino’ can cover it all!

Talk to us about your party, wedding, corporate function, ball, opening or product launch. We are able to create a musical package specifically for your special event and can even incorporate additional artists such as guest vocalists, instrumentalists and dancers.

One of our most popular corporate packages is a 5 to 9 piece LIVE salsa band and costumed 4-6 piece dance troupe GUARANTEED to set your event on ¡Fuego!

The X Ray Catz are New Zealand’s premiere 1950’s Rock n Roll/ Rockabilly band The Band specialise in playing fun, danceable 1950’s Rock n Roll and RockabillyWith a repertoire including classics from the likes of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, The Stray Cats Dwight Yoakam and more. The band is stacked full of music veterans, with well over a century gigging experience between them. The X Ray Catz play regular spots in Wellington and at International Nostalgia festival “Wintersun” in Australia.
A top notch line-up are sure to deliver Antony Maddock on Electric Guitar and Vocals. Gordon Barrell  Dog House Bass and Vocals. Richard Te One on drums and vocals. Wayne Mason barrel house piano and vocals.