28 July 2024
Martin Phillipps and The Chills in Ghent, Belgium – 2014, photo by Turn Up The Volume
MARTIN PHILLIPPS, singer/songwriter and driving force of New Zealand‘s
indie heroes THE CHILLS has passed away unexpectedly, aged 61.
The band broke the very sad news on their socials.
No cause of death has been given.
— T H E C H I L L S (@TheChills) July 28, 2024
The highly praised indie guitar-pop band released 7 LPs in their almost 45-year-long
career (some short hiatuses here and there). Scatterbrain was their final one. It came
out in 2021.
Footage from the 2016 documentary
The Chills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Martin Phillipps.
THE CHILLS: Story
So great to have met the legend after his gig in my hometown Ghent, Belgium some years ago