Split Enz

It's hard to reduce legendary band Split Enz down to a single sound or image. Soon after forming in 1973, they began dressing like oddball circus performers, and their music straddled folk, vaudeville and art rock. Later, the songs got shorter, poppier and — some say —better, and the visuals were toned down...but you could never accuse the Enz of looking beige. This collection looks back at one of the most successful and eclectic bands to have come out of Aotearoa. Writer Michael Higgins unravels the evolution of the Enz here.