Ian Chapman
OK Boomer! New Zealand in the Swinging Sixties
It was the time of pixie cuts, miniskirts, Beatles fanaticism, marching bands and men on the moon. The Swinging Sixties turned 60 this year - and Ian Chapman has marked it with a book jam-packed with… Audio
The birth of Glam Rock
Our music feature guest today is one of the country's leading music academics and sometimes performer, Dr Ian Chapman, who is an expert on the glam rock movement. Dr Chapman teaches students about… Video, Audio, Gallery
The disenchanted-DIY chic of the ‘Dunedin’ sound
Bands in 1980s Dunedin took the anger of British punk and melded it with a Kiwi-DIY aesthetic to create the primitive, but powerful, ‘Dunedin’ sound – the sound of ‘making do’. Audio
NZ Bowie scholar on David Bowie
Otago University's Ian Chapman did his masters on David Bowie in 2005 and he went on to do his PhD on the man in 2012 and is known as a Bowie scholar. Audio
The Sampler Summit - David Bowie
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger hosts a Sampler Summit to discuss the David Bowie box set Five Years - 1969-1973. He is joined by glam rock scholar Dr Ian Chapman, writer and cultural critic… Audio
Ian Chapman - a doctorate on David Bowie
Otago University lecturer on music, memory and Bowie. Audio
Book review - Gutter Black: A Memoir
Ian Chapman reviews 'Gutter Black: A Memoir', by the late Dave McArtney, founding member of Hello Sailor and The Pink Flamingos. Published by HarperCollins. Audio
Book review - Morrissey: Autobiography
Reviewed by Ian Chapman and published by Penguin Classic. Audio
Teaching students the principles of a great pop song
A song by Kiwi teenage sensation, Lorde, is being used by Otago University's music department to help teach students the principles of a great pop song. To tell us what makes her song such a fine… Audio
Ziggy Stardust
On 3 July 1973 on stage at the Hammersmith Oden theatre in London, David Bowie killed Ziggy Stardust. Stardust was a glam rock superstar from Mars created by David Bowie. Otago University comtemporary… Audio
Book Review - Bruce
Ian Chapman reviews Peter Ames Carlin's Bruce, the biography of The Boss, New Jersey's most famous son Bruce Springsteen. Audio
Book Review - Waging Heavy Peace
Written by Neil Young, published by Viking, reviewed by Ian Chapman. Audio
Book Review - World Music is Where We Found It
Edited by Wendy Pond & Paul Wolffram, published by Victoria University Press and reviewed by Ian Chapman. Audio
Book Review - Freddie Mercury
By Lesley Ann Jones, published by Hodder and reviewed by Ian Chapman. Audio
Book Review - Ray Columbus: The Mod Father
Ian Chapman reviews 'Ray Columbus - The Mod Father: Life and Times of a Rock 'n Roll Pioneer' by Ray Columbus with Margie Thompson, published by Penguin. Audio
Book Review - Starman
Starman: David Bowie the Definitive Biography, was written by Paul Trynka, published by Hachette Sphere, and reviewed by Ian Chapman. Audio
Book Review - Blue Smoke
Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Music. Written by Chris Bourke, published by Auckland University Press, reviewed by Ian Chapman. Audio
Feature author - Ian Chapman
Ian Chapman is a lecturer in Contemporary Music at the University of Otago. His specialist subject is the pop culture of the 70's, an era he demonstrates his ongoing commitment to by driving a… Audio
Playing Favourites with Ian Chapman aka Dr Glam
Musician, writer, academic and 1970s cultural fetishist; his memoir of the era is Glory Days: from Gumboots to Platforms. Audio