Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz
Senior Lecturer in Music Ian Chapman (University of Otago New Zealand)
Alastair Riddell’s Space Waltz
Senior Lecturer in Music Ian Chapman (University of Otago New Zealand)
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.
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