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McCarthy was brought up in Auckland in the suburb of [[Onehunga]]. He was educated at [[St Peter's College, Auckland|St Peter's College]]. With Jordan Art, David Wong, Graham Scherer and Michael Pomare, McCarthy was a member of Incursa, a St Peter's College band which won the [[Smokefreerockquest]] in 2004<ref>[http://www.smokefreerockquest.co.nz/previous/winner/04 Smokefreerockquest past winners]</ref>. |
McCarthy was brought up in Auckland in the suburb of [[Onehunga]]. He was educated at [[St Peter's College, Auckland|St Peter's College]]. McCarthy and Arts met at St Peter's and quickly realised that they were on the same wavelength. They were in the same English class. McCarthy has said: "As an icrbreaking exercise we were told to bring in our favourite song. Everyone brought in [[Limp Bizkit]], but the thing that linked Jordan and myself is that we were wanky enough to bring in [[Jimmy Hendrix]] songs. We were both trying to be as cool as possible so we rummaged through our parents' CD collection as opposed to our own".<ref>Vicki Anderson, "Kids of 88", ''The Press'', 13 August 2010, p. 14.</ref> With Jordan Art, David Wong, Graham Scherer and Michael Pomare, McCarthy was a member of "Incursa", a St Peter's College band which won the [[Smokefreerockquest]] in 2004<ref>[http://www.smokefreerockquest.co.nz/previous/winner/04 Smokefreerockquest past winners]</ref>. |
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==Career== |
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Revision as of 04:03, 5 October 2010
Sam McCarthy (born 1988) is a New Zealand pop vocalist and member (with Jordan Arts) of the duo Kids of 88.
Early life
McCarthy was brought up in Auckland in the suburb of Onehunga. He was educated at St Peter's College. McCarthy and Arts met at St Peter's and quickly realised that they were on the same wavelength. They were in the same English class. McCarthy has said: "As an icrbreaking exercise we were told to bring in our favourite song. Everyone brought in Limp Bizkit, but the thing that linked Jordan and myself is that we were wanky enough to bring in Jimmy Hendrix songs. We were both trying to be as cool as possible so we rummaged through our parents' CD collection as opposed to our own".[1] With Jordan Art, David Wong, Graham Scherer and Michael Pomare, McCarthy was a member of "Incursa", a St Peter's College band which won the Smokefreerockquest in 2004[2].
Career
Members from Incursa including McCarthy went on to form punk icons False Start and Goodnight Nurse, which McCarthy still belongs to as a guitarist. Arts and McCarthy formed Kids of 88.[3]
Notes
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- ^ Vicki Anderson, "Kids of 88", The Press, 13 August 2010, p. 14.
- ^ Smokefreerockquest past winners
- ^ Tom Fitzsimons, "The kids are alright", Dominion Post, 12 Aug 2010, p. 3.