South Island

~ Subdivision in New Zealand

Artists

ArtistTypeGenderAreaBeginBegin areaEndEnd areaRating
Sugarcoated BulletsGroup2016Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand2021Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
The NookiesGroupTemuka, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
1 Drop Nation (New Zealand reggae dub)GroupNew ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
3Ds (New Zealand noise pop band)GroupNew Zealand1988Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand19974.5
4ManBob (New Zealand ska punk)GroupNew Zealand2001-03Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
7 Tongues (New Zealand alternative rock)GroupNew Zealand2000Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
103 (NZ rock band)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
147SwordfishGroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand1997
1000 Hues of Golden Fire (New Zealand experimental/noise-rock/improv)GroupNew ZealandDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
3000AD (New Zealand thrash metal band)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
A Comfortable Way to Rot (New Zealand death metal)GroupNelson City (Nelson), South Island, New Zealand
A Dream Is Like a Magic Cloak (New Zealand drone)GroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New ZealandDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Abandoned CarparksGroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
ABBAsolutely fABBAulous (ABBA tribute band, currently touring as “Dancing Queen: A Tribute to ABBA”)GroupAustralia1985Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Clifford AbbottPersonMaleNew Zealand1916Invercargill, Southland (Southland Region), South Island, New Zealand1994
AbhoR (New Zealand doom metal)GroupNew Zealand2018Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Abschäumer (New Zealand punk)GroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Adam Hattaway and The Haunters (New Zealand indie rock/country)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Aesthetics (New Zealand noise rock)GroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand19955
Albion Place (New Zealand band)Group2012-07Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand2019-01Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Frances Alda (New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic soprano)PersonFemaleNew Zealand1879-05-31Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand1952-09-18Venezia (Venice), Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Alien (New Zealand metal)GroupNew ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Callum AllardicePersonMaleWellington, Wellington (Wellington Region), North Island, New Zealand1989-12-25Motueka, Tasman District (Tasman Region), South Island, New Zealand
Alpharhythm (New Zealand electronic)PersonNew Zealand1995Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Anthesiac (New Zealand rock, now No Broadcast)GroupNew ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand2014
Anti Stasi (New Zealand punk)GroupNew ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Antibody (NZ electro-acoustic improv group)GroupNew Zealand2001Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand2003
Ape of Unreason (New Zealand punk/doom/post-rock)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Aphelon (New Zealand black/death metal)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand1999Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand2006
Arcadian (New Zealand metal)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Are You or Have You Ever Been (New Zealand noise/jazz/punk)GroupNew ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Arkotypes (NZ drum & bass/dubstep)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Arm & Hammer (New Zealand hardcore punk)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Ashei (New Zealand pop rock, later Decades)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand2006New Zealand2015-06New Zealand
Asta Rangu (Dunedin noise pop)GroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New ZealandDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Asteroid Anxiety (drone / noise project from New Zealand)Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Astro Children (Dunedin, New Zealand shoegaze-punk duo)GroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand2011Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Atomic Blossom (New Zealand rock)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand19931996
Autoharpies (New Zealand experimental)Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Autonomy (Brutal Death Metal from Invercargill, New Zealand)GroupInvercargill, Southland (Southland Region), South Island, New Zealand2020
Awakened Inferno (New Zealand thrash metal)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand2008
Axemen (New Zealand experimental rock)GroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand1983
Ayamvoid (New Zealand death metal)GroupNew Zealand2017Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
William AyreyMaleChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
AzifmPersonMaleNew ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bad Mouth (New Zealand punk)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bad Sav (Dunedin, New Zealand fuzz-rock trio)GroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New ZealandDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bad Surfers (New Zealand rock n roll)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bailterspace (New Zealand shoegaze/noise rock)GroupNew Zealand1986Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand5
Hinemoana Baker (New Zealand poet/musician)PersonFemaleNew Zealand1968Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Sam BamberyPersonChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bang! Bang! Eche!GroupNew Zealand2007Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Lauren BarusPersonFemaleChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Matthew BarusPersonMaleChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Darryl Baser (New Zealand rock)PersonDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bat Hawk (New Zealand punk rock)GroupNelson City (Nelson), South Island, New Zealand
Bathysphere (New Zealand indie rock)GroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New ZealandDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
The Bats (NZ rock band)GroupNew Zealand1982Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand4
Archibald BaxterPersonMaleNew Zealand1881-12-13Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand1970-08-10Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
James K. Baxter (poet)PersonMaleNew Zealand1926-06-29Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand1972-10-22Auckland, Auckland (Auckland Region), North Island, New Zealand
Bear HugPersonMaleChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bear Trap (New Zealand garage punk)GroupNew ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand2025-04-13
Pepe Becker (New Zealand composer/musician)PersonNew ZealandNelson City (Nelson), South Island, New Zealand
Belle Motions (New Zealand pop rock)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Beltane (New Zealand black metal)GroupNew Zealand1994Nelson City (Nelson), South Island, New Zealand
benny (Tyrannosaurus Wreck bassist & vocalist)PersonMaleChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Best Bets (New Zealand garage punk)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Ursula Bethell (New Zealand poet)PersonFemaleNew Zealand1874-10-061945-01-15Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Eric Biddington (New Zealand composer)PersonMaleNew Zealand1953-10Timaru, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Biff Merchants (New Zealand ambient rock)GroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Big SimaPersonMale1982-08-03Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
The Bigfoots (New Zealand pop punk)GroupNew Zealand2018Temuka, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bin Day (New Zealand punk)GroupNew ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bioplasma (New Zealand Brutal Death Metal)GroupNew Zealand2009Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Black Forest (New Zealand black metal)GroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand20082011
Black Tear (New Zealand Rock Duo)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand2006
Black Temple (New Zealand doom metal)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Black Water (New Zealand metal/rock)GroupNelson City (Nelson), South Island, New Zealand
Malcolm BlackPersonMaleNew Zealand1960Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand2019-05-10Auckland, Auckland (Auckland Region), North Island, New Zealand
Jenny BlackadderPersonFemaleNew ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Blake (female vocalist from New Zealand; Sarah Foley)PersonFemaleUnited KingdomQueenstown, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Christopher Blake (New Zealand composer)PersonMaleNew Zealand1949Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Blindfolded and Led to the Woods (New Zealand technical metal)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand2010Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand3
blisspointGroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand2019-04-01Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Diana BlomPersonFemaleAustralia1947Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Blood Cauldron (New Zealand blackened hard rock)GroupNew ZealandDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bloodstarved (New Zealand death metal/goregrind)New ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bloody Hell (New Zealand blackened thrash metal/d-beat)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New ZealandChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Dwayne Bloomfield (NZ composer and conductor)PersonMaleNew ZealandTimaru, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
BnP (New Zealand punk)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bodyache (New Zealand noisegrind)PersonChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Edmund Bohan (tenor)PersonMaleNew Zealand1935-10-05Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand2024
The Bollocks (New Zealand punk rock)GroupNelson City (Nelson), South Island, New Zealand
Boltcutter (New Zealand metal/ punk)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand2011
Bomb Dylan (music producer from New Zealand)PersonChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bored GamesGroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Borer (New Zealand sludge/stoner metal)GroupNew Zealand2021Christchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bottle (New Zealand stoner/doom garage rock)GroupDunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand
Bow Messiah (New Zealand death/groove metal)GroupChristchurch, Canterbury (Canterbury Region), South Island, New Zealand2007
Warwick Braithwaite (conductor)PersonMaleNew Zealand1896-01-09Dunedin, Otago (Otago Region), South Island, New Zealand1971-01-19London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom