The Chills

This article is about the rock band. For the physiological symptom, see Chills. For other uses, see Chill (disambiguation).

The Chills
The Chills (left to right): Justin Harwood, James Stephenson, Martin Phillipps, Andrew Todd, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1989
The Chills (left to right): Justin Harwood, James Stephenson, Martin Phillipps, Andrew Todd, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1989
Background information
Also known asA Wrinkle in Time, Martin Phillipps and the Chills
OriginDunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Genres
Years active
  • 1980–1983
  • 1984–1992
  • 1994–1996
  • 1999–present
Labels
Members
  • Todd Knudson
  • Erica Scally
  • Oli Wilson
  • Callum Hampton
Past memberssee Former members
Websitethechills.band

The Chills are a New Zealand indie rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980. The band were fronted by founding mainstay singer-songwriter, guitarist Martin Phillipps (2 July 1963 – 28 July 2024).[5] During the mid-1990s they were billed as Martin Phillipps & the Chills. Their top ten studio albums in their homeland are Submarine Bells (1990), Soft Bomb (1992), Snow Bound (2018) and Scatterbrain (2021). The Chills were a cult band in other parts of the world as one of the earliest proponents of the Dunedin sound. Their top 20 singles are "Pink Frost", "Doledrums" (both 1984), "I Love My Leather Jacket" (1986), "Heavenly Pop Hit" (1990) and "Male Monster from the Id" (1992).

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  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference death was invoked but never defined (see the help page).