Gavin Friday
Gavin Friday (* 8. October 1959 as Fionan Hanvey in Dublin ) is an Irish singer, songwriter , composer and painter . He was a founding member of the post-punk group Virgin Prunes and has recorded several solo albums and soundtracks.
Life
After Friday left the Virgin Prunes in 1985, he initially concentrated more on painting and presented a first exhibition of paintings in 1987 at the Hendricks Gallery in Dublin under the title I Didn't Come Up The Liffey In A Bubble . In 1985 he had met his long-time musical partner Maurice Seezer (* 1960 in Dublin), who had studied piano , cello and harmony at the Royal Academy of Music and was visiting Trinity College in Dublin at the time of his first meeting with Friday to study the Study bible . On the side, he played the piano in bars and conducted the college singers.
In 1987 Friday returned to the musical public alongside Maurice Seezer as the "master of ceremonies" of a self-written Friday night cabaret entitled Blue Jaysus . In addition, they began recording demo material to attract the attention of Island Records and played their first gig together at an AIDS benefit event in Dublin in October 1987. In 1988 they signed a contract with Iceland and recorded the critically acclaimed debut album Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves between April and July 1988 at the RPM studios in Greenwich Village , New York , on which such well-known musicians as Marc Ribot , Michael Blair , Fernando Saunders and Bill Frisell can be heard. The work was produced by Hal Willner . The further collaboration between the two is documented on the albums Adam'n'Eve and Shag Tobacco . They also wrote film music together for In the Name of the Father , The Boxer , Disco Pigs , Short Cuts , Romeo and Juliet and In America , among others . As a further stage show, they staged the Kurt Weill Extravaganza ... "I LOVE YOU".
He was also involved in some of Coil's albums .
In 2005 he took on a small supporting role in "Breakfast on Pluto", the film adaptation of the novel by Irish writer Patrick McCabe.
Discography
Albums
- Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves , GAVIN FRIDAY and the MAN SEEZER, Island Records 1989
- Adam 'n' Eve , 1992
- Shag Tobacco , 1995
- Peter and the Wolf , 2002
- Catholic , 2011
Singles
- You Can't Always Get What You Want , 1987
- Man of Misfortune , 1990
- I Want to Live , 1992
- King of Trash , 1992
- Falling off the Edge of the World , 1993
- You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart , 1994
- In the Name of the Father , 1994
- Angel , 1995 (soundtrack to the film Romeo and Juliet )
- You, Me and World War III , 1996
- Lord I am coming
Soundtracks
- Bad Influence , 1990
- Short Cuts , 1993
- In the name of the father , 1993
- Romeo and Juliet , 1996
- The boxer , 1997
- Moulin Rouge , 2001
- In America , 2002
Scores
- Angel Baby , 1996
- The Boxer , 1997
- In America , 2003
- Get Rich or Die Tryin ' , 2005
Web links
- Gavin Friday in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Homepage of Gavin Friday (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friday, Gavin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hanvey, Fionan (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish singer, songwriter, composer and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |