20 years after their most popular record, Dimmer are back, bigger and brighter than before. Original members James Duncan on bass and guitar and Gary Sullivan on drums and of course with the illustrious Shayne P. Carter at the helm, are all still there.
Following the runaway success of last year’s sold out “I Believe You Are A Star” tour, Dimmer return for a series of encore performances through Aotearoa in November and December.
Dimmer celebrates their 21st at Auckland’s classic Hollywood Avondale theatre with support from Proteins Of Magic.
Dimmer ’s I Believe You Are A Star, released in 2001, is rightly regarded as a classic and one of the great New Zealand records of the 2000s. Written and nearly entirely performed by Shayne Carter, the album was five years in gestation and Carter’s first album following the demise of his most well known […]
We just received this write-up from journalist Karen McCarthy who caught Shayne Carter (Dimmer/Straitjacket Fits) at The Kings Arms this past weekend… The clock is ticking on the venerable live music institution that is Auckland’s Kings Arms, but the Newton pub was packed to the gunnels Friday night for a one-off show by rock god […]