{"product_id":"split-enz-split-enz-an-adventure-in-music-and-design-hardcover-book","title":"Split Enz \/ 'Split Enz: An Adventure In Music and Design' Hardcover Book ***PRE-ORDER***","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSplit Enz \/ 'Split Enz: An Adventure In Music and Design' Hardcover Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder shipping from 29 September 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSplit Enz is one of the most distinctive pop-rock groups of all time. This is the story of a band that dreamed its own path and refused to behave, and in the process changed the shape of Australasian music. A collectable, full-colour, lavishly illustrated hardback created with the full participation of the band.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'My favourite band. Ever! And certainly the best dressed.' Sam Neill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSplit Enz were never designed to fit. Emerging from art school mischief in early-1970s New Zealand, they turned pop into surreal theatre: costume, character and melody colliding in a rock band that refused to behave like one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the centre of that vision was Noel Crombie-percussionist, performer and the band's in-house visual architect. Noel shaped Split Enz's look from the inside: the angular suits, the hand-painted faces, the restless, theatrical sense that anything might happen next.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e Split Enz didn't just sound different, they looked like nothing else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYears of cult acclaim, shifting line-ups and near misses gave way at last to an unlikely global breakthrough with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrue Colours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1980, a record that carried their eccentric vision into the mainstream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreated with the full participation of the band, this book gathers photographs, costumes, designs and memorabilia alongside new interviews spanning every era of the group by music journalist Michael Dwyer. It traces the songs, the imagery and the peculiar chemistry that made Split Enz singular, and still impossible to imitate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Split Enz rejected all of the iconography and mythology of rock'n'roll. They were really a reaction against it.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNeil Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'We would be in the dressing room an hour beforehand, getting dressed, doing make-up ... It was a completely indivisible unit, ready to go out there together.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTim Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This wasn't just a band that made music. This was a movement.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJenny Morris\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e9781761473944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e1761473948\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAvailable: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e29th September 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eEnglish\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e184\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAudience: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; 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