Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz

Alastair Riddell''s band Space Waltz was a short-lived one-album New Zealand glam rock act who achieved a #1 hit single in October 1974 with "Out On The Street". While this feat may have relegated the band to one-hit-wonder status in the eyes of some, to this day Riddell and Space Waltz epitomize the mid-1970s heyday of glam rock in New Zealand. But in truth their impact went far beyond this. Their generationally divisive nation-wide debut on the hugely popular MOR television talent quest Studio One/New Faces demonstrated the power of mass media exposure - they were instantly signed to a record deal with industry giant EMI - while Riddell''s gender-bending image provided a cultural crossroads that greatly impacted the wider youth culture of Aotearoa New Zealand.>

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Ian (Senior Lecturer in Music Chapman, Ian Chapman
• Assisted by: Jon Dale (Editor), Jon Stratton (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2023
• EAN: 9781501389504
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-8950-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: 33 1/3 Oceania
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous