Pluto (New Zealand band)

Pluto
Origin New Zealand
Genres Rock and Roll, Alternative
Years active 1994–present
Labels EMI/Capitol Music Ltd
Mushroom Music
Website plutomusic.co.nz
Members Michael Franklin-Browne
Mike Hall
Milan Borich
Tim Arnold
Matthias Jordan

Pluto is a New Zealand rock band from Auckland. Their album Pipeline Under The Ocean, released in 2005 went double platinum on the RIANZ albums chart.

Band members

Band overview

Pluto has produced three albums. Their first album, Redlight Syndrome, has a range of song types, starting with acoustic folk and ending with heavily distorted metal.

Between that and their next album, the band enjoyed minor highs and a few lows, but they delivered on their early promise by finding a collective voice on Pipeline Under The Ocean.[1] The second album was released after much complication from touring and changing record companies. The album's name is derived from the Second World War Pipe-lines Under The Ocean - acronym PLUTO - which supplied fuel to Allied forces after D-Day. The songs are mostly rock and roll. Hits include "Long White Cross", "Dance Stamina" and "Baby Cruel". The album went double platinum[2] and Pluto enjoyed good successes at the 2006 New Zealand Music Awards, winning Single of the Year with "Long White Cross", as well as reaching the finals for the People's Choice Award, losing out to Fat Freddy's Drop.[3] It is said to be an ultra modern, complex and different album which is highly popular throughout New Zealand.

Their third album has a combination of elements including modern sci-fi-delic, rock'n'roll power, pop sensibilities and gliding vocal melodies drawing influences from everything from the morning to dusk, to love, and to strangers they have met on their travels.[4][5]

In 2007, the band's version of the Alphaville song "Forever Young" was used in the Gregor Nicholas-directed TV commercials, part of Tourism New Zealand's "100% Pure New Zealand" campaign, which market New Zealand as "the youngest country on earth".

Discography

Albums

Year Title Peak chart
position		 Certification
NZ [6]
Albums
2001 Redlight Syndrome
  • Label: Antenna Recordings
 25 —
2005 Pipeline Under The Ocean
  • Release date: 7 February 2005
    •
  • Label: EMI
 13 NZ: 2x Platinum
2007 Sunken Water
  • Release date: 22 October 2007
  • Label: EMI
    •
  • Catalogue no: 5057742
 38 —
EPs
2000 A1 A2
  • Label: Antenna Recordings
 — —

Featured appearances

The group's songs have appeared on the following compilations:

"Long White Cross" from Pipeline Under the Ocean was used in the EA Sports computer game, Cricket 07.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
NZ
2000 "Hey Little" — Redlight Syndrome
"Moscow Snow" —
2001 "She's Jive" —
"Stick With It" —
"Bananas In The Mist" —
2005 "Long White Cross" 30 Pipeline Under The Ocean
2006 "Dance Stamina" 32
"Broken Hearted" —
"Baby Cruel" —
2007 "French Grave" — Sunken Water
2009 "Snake Charmer" —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

References

  1. ↑ Pluto profile on music.net
  2. ↑ Sunken Water | Amplifier NZ Music
  3. ↑ New Zealand Music Awards Announcement
  4. ↑ Pluto myspace profile
  5. ↑ Album release details
  6. ↑ "PLUTO IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
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