Adam Ficek

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Adam Ficek (2009)

Adam Steven Ficek (born March 8, 1974 in Bletchley , Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire ) is an English musician and best known as the former drummer of the rock band Babyshambles . Since 2007 he has been running a side project; As a solo artist he appears as Roses Kings Castles (RKC), mainly playing guitar.

Life

Adam Ficek first played in the band The White Sport. He also released his remixes as a DJ under the pseudonym Mains Ignition. In 2005 he and his The White Sport bandmate Patrick Walden joined Babyshambles, which were founded a few months earlier by Pete Doherty after Doherty was excluded from his previous band The Libertines . Ficek replaced Gemma Clarke , who left the band in January 2005. In June 2010 Ficek left the band and was replaced by Danny Goffey , who had previously been the drummer in the band Supergrass , which was dissolved in 2010 .

His solo project resulted in his first solo album in 2008, which was released as Roses Kings Castles . The EP Apples & Engines was released in 2009 and the second album in 2010.

Based on the song "Fuck Forever" from the Babyshambles album Down in Albion , he sells fan shirts with the imprint "Ficek Forever".

Discography

  • with Mains Ignition:
    • 2202: Turn on
  • with The White Sport:
    • 2004: Songs the Postman can whistle
  • with Pete Doherty :
    • 2008: Grace / Wastelands (studio album)
  • as a solo artist (Roses King Castles):
    • 2008: Roses Kings Castles (studio album)
    • 2009: Apples & Engines (EP)
    • 2010: Suburban Timebombs
    • 2011: British Plastic

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.indiepedia.de/index.php?title=Adam_Ficek Indiepedia article about Adam Ficek

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personal data
SURNAME Ficek, Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ficek, Adam Steven (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Bletchley , Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire