Hamish Kilgour
New Zealand musician (1957–2022)
Hamish Kilgour (17 March 1957 – c. 27 November 2022) was a New Zealand musician who co-founded the indie rock band the Clean with his brother David in 1978. Kilgour also co-founded the band Bailter Space in 1987 as well as the band the Mad Scene in the 1990s. He later recorded as a solo artist.
Career
Kilgour was born in Christchurch on 17 March 1957.
After the Clean temporarily split up in the early 80s, Kilgour co-founded the Christchurch space rock band Bailter Space in 1987, and recorded the Nelsh Bailter Space EP and Tanker album with the band. In the late 1980s, while on a promotional tour with Bailter Space in New York City, Kilgour decided to remain in the city and left the band. While in New York, Kilgour co-founded the band the Mad Scene in the early 1990s with guitarist and bassist Lisa Siegel. The Mad Scene released an EP, Falling Over, Spilling Over, in 1992 on NYC indie label Homestead Records. Hamish's former label, New Zealand's Flying Nun, released the band's debut album A Trip Thru Monsterland in 1993. After some personnel changes, the band signed to Merge Records and their second album Sealight was released in 1996.
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