Mikey Havoc was one of the biggest stars in New Zealand entertainment for nearly two decades across music, radio and television.
He started out as a singer in the rock band Push Push – a band named Group of the Year at the 1992 New Zealand Music Awards following their smash hit Trippin' – before going on to pump up the volume as a dance DJ and the long-standing voice of alternative radio station bFM, where he made some of the most creative radio of the era.
Havoc was also one of the biggest stars on TV in the nineties. His show Havoc became the hit show Havoc and Newsboy's Sell Out Tour, where Havoc and Jeremy Wells took the country by storm and upset the whole of Gore. The juggernaut continued with another two Sell Out Tours and a series of shows including Havoc's Luxury Suites and Conference Facilities and a remake of the Kiwi classic Top Town.
His life, career and story is remarkable – and in two hours we only just scratched the surface. But there's some real nuggets of gold in here, some top stories from the glory days and some raw moments of reflection.
