Rock Awards Play Chicken
Auckland’s Headless Chickens have been awarded the 1987 Rheineck Rock Award.
The award contributes $30,000 towards the funding of an album for the band and a further $30,000 in advertising and promotion for the album launch.
On the advisory board selecting the winner of the award were Campus Radio manager Judy Anaru, journalist Colin Hogg and promoter Doug Hood. Speaking for the advisory board, Anaru said, “From early on, when we looked through this year’s entries, it was obvious that not only would our task be a tough one but the winner of the 1987 would probably come
from the area loosely described as 'alternative rock.’ “It has become obvious that the New Zealand bands most likely to achieve — and deserve — : success both at home and abroad, are those who follow their own instincts — the Headless Chickens are such a band.” . ‘ .
The award was presented in Auckland on December 2 by NZ Breweries managing director Ron Endley. The Chickens will begin recording their album next year, and will tour New Zealand in mid--1988.
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Rip It Up, Issue 125, 1 December 1987, Page 6
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