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Matt Bowden
Matt "Starboy" Bowden is a rock musician and activist from New Zealand. Previously known as the "Godfather of the legal highs industry", he is credited with creating party pills and successfully lobbying in New Zealand for a change in drug policy towards a regulated supply of psychoactive substances. He performs musically as Starboy and produces progressive rock music with elaborate theatrical stage shows, and produces short films, most notably Starboy Eternity.
His musical single ''Flying'', released 29 October 2012, debuted at number five in the NZ Single charts and number 29 in the New Zealand Top 40 Singles charts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Zealand Official Top 40 Singles Charts )〕
==Biography==
Bowden was born 10 June 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand. His father was an internet pioneer and his mother was a piano teacher. He studied guitar under Nigel Gavin and played in Gavin's acoustic avant garde jazz ensemble "Gitbox Rebellion." At 18, after studying music at Auckland University, Bowden joined Auckland metal band "The Highwaymen" on lead guitar. Together the band recorded a first album "Torrent of Darkness.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Torrent of Darkness Discography )〕 After a break-up Bowden played eclectic guitar solos on drummer Gavin Stokes' album Continuum,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Continuum Discography )〕 and worked as a guitar teacher for 7 years.
In 1997 Bowden was involved in the formation of New Zealand's top selling automotive magazine,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Case Study on Matt Bowden: Stargate International UOA-705 by Chelsea Griffin, Jess Maher, Øyvind Bjørnsmoen and Samira Ibrahim )〕 Performance Car, then went on to become one of the original creators and distributors of party pills.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Scientist Matt Bowden Interview )〕 After the death of a family member from ecstasy overdose 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=60 Minutes Australia interview with Matt Bowden )〕 Bowden worked with a neuropharmacologist and biopsychologist to develop demonstrably safer alternatives to methamphetamine to be used as a substitute therapy.
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