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Going under the name OMC (Otara Millionaires Club), New Zealand native Pauly Fuemana performs a mix of traditional Polynesian music and modern-day urban music which has won him a following far beyond the Pacific Rim.
Born to a Nuiean father and a Maori mother, Fuemana grewup in the working-class Auckland suburb of Otara, where he frequently got into trouble withauthorities before finding a creative outlet through music, forming the hip-hop group Otara Millionaires Club with his brother Phillip and Paul Ave in 1993. Their single 'We are the OMC' became a local hit and earned them a spot on the 1995 Big Day Out tour, Australia's answer to Lollapalooza.
By mid-1995 OMC was essentially Pauly Fuemana, who began working closely with influential Auckland producer Alan Jansson. Fuemana and Jansson penned some new tunes, the first of which, 'How Bizarre', became a No. 1 hit in New Zealand in early 1996, soon reaching No. 1 in Australia. By mid-1996 the single was No. 1 in Canada and No. 5 in the U.K., cementing OMC's status as New Zealand's first major international act since Split Enz.
Fuemana and Jansson collaborated on OMC's 1997 full-length debut, 'How Bizarre', featuring the hit title single plus nine eclectic new tracks.
Band Members:
Pauly Fuemana
Phillip Fuemana
Alan Jansson
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