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Martin Phillipps (born in Dunedin on 2 July 1963; died 28 July 2024) was a New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist remembered for being co-founder and longest serving member of The Chills and for writing songs such as "Pink Frost" and "Kaleidoscope World". Phillipps wrote more than 500 songs confirming him as one of the world's most influential indie-pop songwriters, accumulating a body of work stretching back to the New Zealand punk scene of the late '70s. Read more on