MTV premiered on August 1, 1981, and four different videos by Split Enz aired on the channel in its first 24 hours. The New Zealand band had only made its Hot 100 debut less than a year earlier with ...

Before Neil Finn led Crowded House to blockbuster status — and long before he briefly joined Fleetwood Mac — the Kiwi national treasure first came to fame as a member of Split Enz. Finn wouldn't join ...

If that voice belting out hits by Crowded House like “Don’t Dream It’s Over” and “Something So Strong” sounded somewhat familiar to you in the late 80s, it could be because you’d heard it before from ...

Split Enz’s early years are often overshadowed by the band they later become. Starting with its 1977 album Dizrythmia and the addition of bandleader Tim Finn’s younger brother and future Crowded House ...

NZ rock icons Split Enz’s debut album, Mental Notes, was released 50 years ago today. Neil Finn, who didn’t join his brother Tim in the band till 1977 and went on to found Crowded House, has recorded ...

Half a century after rewiring the pop landscape, Split Enz is stepping back into the spotlight. The legendary New Zealand band has reformed for the first time in 16 years and will play a run of ...

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. MTV premiered on August 1, 1981, and four different videos by Split Enz ...