Glyn Tucker was a leading figure in the New Zealand Music, pioneering and supporting a fledgling industry for more than 20 years.
Following an early career as a singer/songwriter in The Gremlins (1965 – 1968) he founded Mandrill Recording Studios in Auckland, 1975, and produced and engineered hundreds of Kiwi recordings through the late seventies, eighties and early nineties.
Mandrill Studios produced 22 gold and 3 platinum albums throughout the 70’s and 80’s, including artists Dave Dobbyn, Shona Laing, Suzanne Prentice, Kiri TeKanawa, Citizen Band, The Crocodiles, Mockers, Dance Exponents, David Hasselhoff, and many others.
Record labels Mandrill and Reaction were set up and run by Tucker (Reaction, in association with Trevor Reekie) and those labels released some iconic Kiwi recordings that include, Citizen Band, Alastair Riddell, The Crocodiles, The Mockers, and Mark Loveys’ Satellite Spies.
In semi-retirement Glyn re-discovered his singing voice again and put together a complete one-man show featuring a special “Tribute to Neil Diamond”.
Glyn (Conway) Tucker
Guitar, Vocals
Playing a gig at an Auckland teen club with "The Gremlin’s 1968. He used the name Glyn Conway from 1962-1969
The Gremlins
Bass
Gremlins 1967 L to R, Glyn Tucker, Roger Wiles,Ben Grubb, Peter Davies, Ces Good (front)
Glyn Tucker
Monaco Reunion.
Auckland gig 2017. Steve Hilliar photographer
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Glyn Tucker
Guitar, vocals
Good friend Larry Killip took this shot 2016
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