Kevin Hill – Rock Photographer
Apr 14
Kevin Hill. Rock Photographer for the Christchurch Music Scene 1968-1980 Kevin Hill was one of the most important rock photographers to capture the history of the Christchurch music scene from 1968-1980. He has a great love of music and also played in bands. He has a natural ability to take great photos of the musicians and bands, both on stage and off during that exciting time of our youth and the great music that was being played in the Motor Inns, Pubs, Dances, Halls and Night Clubs around Christchurch. Musicians during that period remember him saying, “These pictures of you guys will be part of history and they will be important in the future” and he has been proven right with the huge interest in his photographs today. Neville Claughton, a prominent Christchurch musician said: “Kevin was everywhere in those days and thank goodness he was as he was brilliant at taking great photos. It was the most interesting era of music and will never be repeated again, he is responsible for capturing our Christchurch music history, Kev you are a gem”. His photographs have appeared in newspapers, advertising, film documentaries, books, LP, tape and CD covers and inserts. Photography and music was his passion and he combined the both to record an era of the music history of Christchurch New Zealand. His day job as an Electrical engineer saw him move from Christchurch to Auckland in 1985 where he went back to photography and went on to be a very successful photographer in that city and having two studios in Queen Street in the central business district specializing in actor’s portfolios, commercial and fashion photography. In the 90’s he went to University and studied for a Diploma in real estate and today is on the management board of Harcourts Cooper and Co a highly successful company and he is a respected Manager, trainer and mentor to a National award winning sales team. Kevin has said. “As the song goes. music is my first love and it will be my last” If you would like to contact Kevin his email address is [spam]Kevin.hill@harcourts.co.nz[remove spam] The link to Kevin’s musical photo collection is: Christchurch Music Scene 1968-1980 photostream Updated Nov 2011: More photos have been added and original versions remastered for cleaner sharper images! VISUAL MEMORIES – the book is now available (2015); contact Kevin for your copy...
Led Zeppelin – Sydney Showgrounds 1972
Feb 18
70s rock photographer Kevin Hill took thousands of photos of bands playing in New Zealand and Australia. This photo is one of many he took of the February 1972 Led Zeppelin concert at the Show Grounds in Sydney, Australia. The band opened the show with “Immigrant Song” (from Led Zep III) – straight after the first song the fans stormed the barriers and rushed to the front of the stage… security couldn’t stop them and they stayed there for the rest of the night. The performance of Immigrant Song at Sydney is featured on the Led Zeppelin ‘Official Remastered” DVD set issued by Jimmy Page. See if you can spot Kevin Borich at the front (with the press photographers) … before the crowds crashed the barriers – hint look at the B&W photo! There are over 1,000 photos in Kevin Hill’s collection of local and international rock musicians. The link to Kevin’s musical photo collection is: Christchurch Music Scene 1968-1980 photostream Kevin’s book VISUAL MEMORIES – the Christchurch Music Scene 1968-80 is available now. 200+ pages of high quality B&W and colour prints from the...
Link – 1973 ‘Highway Driver’ b side to ‘Only Time Could Let Us Know’
Oct 30LINK – HIGHWAY DRIVER, great southern rock from 1973. Written by Glyn Tucker. This song was the b side to their hit single ‘Only Time Could Let Us Know’ and is an excellent rocker in its own right. It can be found on a compilation CD titled “Under the Southern Moonlight” Link MKI were: Dave Kennedy (Guitar/Vocals), Dave Gillies (Keyboards), Nev Claugton (Bass), Craig Nicholson (Drums). Rhythm section players changed several times over the few years the band were together. Nev Claugton was replaced by (ex-Chapta) bassist Dick Whatson, who was later replaced by Bryan Gerrad. Craig Nicholson’s replacement was Chris Fox, who was later replaced by Ron Mahony. Link broke up at the end of 1975. Photography by KEVIN...
LINK – 1975. Rare unreleased song “Break the Ice”
Sep 24BREAK THE ICE – was to have been Link’s follow up single to the top 20 hit ‘Only Time Could Let Us Know’ – but it was never released and lost in archives for 35 years. This video clip was made possible with the help of rock photographer KEVIN HILL who captured stunning images of the band from that era. Coupled with the rediscovered music and production credits provided by Dave Kennedy – the song is able to surface and be shared with the...