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Martin Phillips Dies: Guitarist For New Zealand’s Influential The Chills Was 61


The Chills inspired R.E.M. and Pavement, among other bands.

New Zealand’s Otago Daily Times reported that Phillips had recently been admitted to Dunedin Hospital with liver problems. Neil Finn of Crowded House issued a statement Sunday, calling Phillips “one of NZ’s greatest songwriters” and described him as having been “fascinated by and devoted to the magic and mystery of music.” Slash brought the Chills to Los Angeles to record the band’s next album, 1992’s Soft Bomb, enlisting Peter Holsapple on keyboards in the studio, while Van Dyke Parks arranged the song Water Wolves.

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