Gareth Hal Shute (born 1 September 1973) is a non-fiction author,[1][2] musician and journalist from New Zealand.
Shute's first book, Hip Hop Music In Aotearoa was published in 2004,[3][4] and won an award at the NZ book awards in 2005.
[5][6][7][8] He went on to write four more books: Making Music In New Zealand,[9] Insights: New Zealand Artists Talk About Creativity,[10] NZ Rock: 1987-2007[11] and Concept Albums.
[13] Over this time, he was also a member of a number of local bands including: The Tokey Tones, The Ruby Suns,[14] The Brunettes,[15] The Cosbys, The Conjurors, Dictaphone Blues,[16] and The Broken Heartbreakers.
He currently plays in garage rock two-piece Fever Party and all-star quartet Thee Golden Geese [17]