Max Merritt
Born April 30, 1941 in Christchurch, New Zealand, rock and R&B pioneer Max
Merritt began his music career as a teenager. The initial line-up for his band,
The Meteors, came together in the mid-50s, playing in a style inspired by early
rockers like Elvis Presley. In 1959 they released their first single, “Get a
Haircut”, while Merritt constantly shuffled the band’s line-up. Their debut
album came in 1960 with C’mon Let’s Go. They built up their national exposure
playing on hit songs for Dinah Lee. By 1965 they relocated to Sydney, and
released their second album, Max Merritt’s Met...
