Pluto's nascent trajectory has covered the spectrum of the New Zealand musical stratosphere, bursting brightly onto the scene in 2001, but they broke up in 2009 when they were recording their fourth album.
In 2015, sparked by the discovery of a back-up session of the unfinished album, the group decided to reform. The album was set to be released in September 2019 under their own company, 5 Moon Entertainment. The first single produced by Nick Abbott ‘Oh My Lonely’ was released in July 2019 with their album release ‘IV’ following in September 2019.
Pluto mastered the art of the multi-layered rock sound – sometimes indie, moody and restrained, at other times hook-laden hand-clap pop, often angular, full-energy, anthemic rock. Through the mid-2000s, Pluto was at their zenith, consistently writing rock songs that traversed the musical landscape combining thoughtful, intelligent lyrics with sonic pop melodies to create evocative, memorable and seductive songs.
Pluto has produced three albums. Their first album, Redlight Syndrome, has a range of song types, starting with acousticfolk and ending with heavily distorted metal.
Between that and their next album, the band enjoyed minor highs and a few lows, but they found a collective voice on Pipeline Under The Ocean.[1] The second album was released after much complication from touring and changing record companies. The album's name is derived from the Second World WarPipe-lines Under The Ocean – acronym PLUTO – which supplied fuel to Allied forces after D-Day. The songs are mostly rock and roll. Hits include "Long White Cross", "Dance Stamina" and "Baby Cruel". The album went double platinum[2] and Pluto enjoyed successes at the 2006New Zealand Music Awards, winning Single of the Year with "Long White Cross", as well as reaching the finals for the People's Choice Award, losing out to Fat Freddy's Drop.[3]
In 2007, the band's lead singer, Milan Borich's version of the Alphaville song "Forever Young" was used in the Gregor Nicholas-directed TV commercials, part of Tourism New Zealand's "100% Pure New Zealand" campaign, which market New Zealand as "the youngest country on earth".
The band was looking at releasing another album in 2019 but this did not eventuate, although in July 2019, the single 'Oh My Lonely' was released as an EP, with a music video directed by Milan Borich and edited by Nick Abbott (who also produced the song). Milan also produced and directed their 'Hey Little' (2001) and 'Snake Charmer' (2010) videos.
^"PLUTO IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS". charts.nz. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
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pluto, zealand, band, pluto, zealand, rock, band, from, auckland, their, album, pipeline, under, ocean, released, 2005, went, double, platinum, rianz, albums, chart, plutooriginnew, zealandgenresrock, roll, alternativeyears, active1994, 2009, 2015, labels5, mo. Pluto is a New Zealand rock band from Auckland Their album Pipeline Under The Ocean released in 2005 went double platinum on the RIANZ albums chart PlutoOriginNew ZealandGenresRock and Roll AlternativeYears active1994 2009 2015 Labels5 Moon EntertainmentMembersMichael Franklin BrowneMike HallMilan BorichTim ArnoldMatthias JordanWebsite 1 Pluto s nascent trajectory has covered the spectrum of the New Zealand musical stratosphere bursting brightly onto the scene in 2001 but they broke up in 2009 when they were recording their fourth album In 2015 sparked by the discovery of a back up session of the unfinished album the group decided to reform The album was set to be released in September 2019 under their own company 5 Moon Entertainment The first single produced by Nick Abbott Oh My Lonely was released in July 2019 with their album release IV following in September 2019 Contents 1 Band members 2 Band overview 3 Discography 3 1 Albums 3 2 Featured appearances 3 3 Singles 4 ReferencesBand members editMilan Borich lead vocals guitar Tim Arnold guitar vocals Michael Franklin Browne drums Mike Hall bass guitar vocals Matthias Jordan keyboards vocals Band overview editPluto mastered the art of the multi layered rock sound sometimes indie moody and restrained at other times hook laden hand clap pop often angular full energy anthemic rock Through the mid 2000s Pluto was at their zenith consistently writing rock songs that traversed the musical landscape combining thoughtful intelligent lyrics with sonic pop melodies to create evocative memorable and seductive songs Pluto has produced three albums Their first album Redlight Syndrome has a range of song types starting with acoustic folk and ending with heavily distorted metal Between that and their next album the band enjoyed minor highs and a few lows but they found a collective voice on Pipeline Under The Ocean 1 The second album was released after much complication from touring and changing record companies The album s name is derived from the Second World War Pipe lines Under The Ocean acronym PLUTO which supplied fuel to Allied forces after D Day The songs are mostly rock and roll Hits include Long White Cross Dance Stamina and Baby Cruel The album went double platinum 2 and Pluto enjoyed successes at the 2006 New Zealand Music Awards winning Single of the Year with Long White Cross as well as reaching the finals for the People s Choice Award losing out to Fat Freddy s Drop 3 In 2007 the band s lead singer Milan Borich s version of the Alphaville song Forever Young was used in the Gregor Nicholas directed TV commercials part of Tourism New Zealand s 100 Pure New Zealand campaign which market New Zealand as the youngest country on earth The band was looking at releasing another album in 2019 but this did not eventuate although in July 2019 the single Oh My Lonely was released as an EP with a music video directed by Milan Borich and edited by Nick Abbott who also produced the song Milan also produced and directed their Hey Little 2001 and Snake Charmer 2010 videos Discography editAlbums edit Year Title Peak chartposition Certification NZ 4 Albums 2001 Redlight Syndrome Label Antenna Recordings 25 2005 Pipeline Under The Ocean Release date 7 February 2005 Label EMI 13 NZ 2 Platinum 2007 Sunken Water Release date 22 October 2007 Label EMI Catalogue no 5057742 38 EPs 2019 Oh My Lonely Single Release date 6 July 2019 Label 5 Moon Entertainment EPs 2000 A1 A2 Label Antenna Recordings Featured appearances edit The group s songs have appeared on the following compilations 2000 If Licks Could Kill Antenna Music Moscow Snow and Field 11 Cows 2001 Live at Helen s Festival Mushroom Records Hey Little 2004 State of the Nation EMI Perfectly Evil 2006 Broken Dreams II Warner Music Long White Cross 2006 Rippon 06 Loop Recordings Dance Stamina Long White Cross from Pipeline Under the Ocean was used in the EA Sports computer game Cricket 07 Singles edit Year Title Peak chart positions Album NZ 2000 Hey Little Redlight Syndrome Moscow Snow 2001 She s Jive Stick With It Bananas in the Mist 2005 Long White Cross 30Pipeline Under The Ocean 2006 Dance Stamina 32 Broken Hearted Baby Cruel 2007 French Grave Sunken Water 2009 Snake Charmer 2019 Oh My Lonely denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory References edit Pluto profile on music net Sunken Water Amplifier NZ Music New Zealand Music Awards Announcement PLUTO IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS charts nz Retrieved 22 October 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pluto New Zealand band amp oldid 1084970098, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
