Mi-Sex

Mi-Sex
Mi-Sex at the Lady Hamilton Nightclub in 1978
Background information
Origin	Wellington, New Zealand
Genres	New wave
Years active	1978–1986, 2011, 2014–present
Labels	Columbia
Members	Murray Burns James Van Cooper Steve Balbi Jordan McDonald Travis New
Past members	Steve Gilpin (deceased) Kevin Stanton (deceased) Phil Smart Steve Osborne Richard Hodgkinson Paul Dunningham Colin Bayley Don Martin (deceased)

Mi-Sex (also styled as MiSex) is a New Zealand new wave band originally active from 1978 to 1986, and led for much of its existence by Steve Gilpin as vocalist, Kevin Stanton as guitarist and songwriter, Murray Burns as keyboardist and songwriter, and Don Martin as bassist. The group's manager for much of its career was Bob Yates. Mi-Sex achieved two top 10 hit singles in 1979-80: "Computer Games" in October 1979 (No. 1 in Australia, No. 5 in New Zealand) and "People" in 1980 (No. 6 and No. 3, respectively). Their first two albums both reached the New Zealand top 10, Graffiti Crimes (July 1979) and Space Race (No. 1, June 1980). They were known for their cutting edge production and dynamic live shows. Gilpin died in January 1992, two months after a serious car accident from which he never recovered. Mi-Sex have periodically reformed, including in 2011 with Steve Balbi (ex-Noiseworks) on lead vocals. Stanton died on 17 May 2017,^[1] Martin on 10 August 2020.^[2]