Malcolm Black

Malcolm James Prentice Black (10 February 1961 – 10 May 2019) was a New Zealand musician and lawyer. He was a member of 1980s Dunedin band, Netherworld Dancing Toys, and was the first specialist music industry lawyer in New Zealand.

Early life and family Born in 1961, Black was the son of James Alexander Prentice Black and Lesley Grace Wardell. He went on to graduate with a law degree from the University of Otago. Black was twice married, first to artist Tracey Tawhiao, with whom he had two children, and later to Julia, with whom he had two more children. Black and Nick Sampson won the 1985 APRA Silver Scroll for the song, but the group disbanded not long after. In 2018, he performed "For Today" with a reformed Netherworld Dancing Toys at the APRA Silver Scrolls, and in 2019 he recorded an album, "Songs for My Family". He died from bowel cancer in Auckland on 10 May 2019.