Paddy McAloon
Patrick Joseph "Paddy" McAloon (born June 7, 1957 in Durham , County Durham , England ) is a British singer and songwriter. He is the singer and songwriter for the British band Prefab Sprout .
Life
Because of an eye condition, McAloon had to undergo a complicated operation in 2002 that resulted in weeks of blindness. During this time he listened to the radio intensively , especially talk radio , and recorded radio broadcasts and frequency sounds. The material obtained in this way he processed into his first solo album I Trawl The Megahertz , which was released in 2003.
In 2013 he released the solo album Crimson Red under the band name .
McAloon lives in County Durham with his wife and three daughters. He suffers from retinal detachment and Menière's disease .
Web links
- Paddy McAloon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Paddy McAloon at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Der Zauberer in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on September 29, 2013, page 37
- ↑ Prefab Sprout: Professor Pop , Die Zeit 41/2013, October 2, 2013
- ↑ Prefab Sprout boss Paddy McAloon: "Call me obsessively" , spiegel.de, October 15, 2013
- ^ Paddy McAloon the Return of the Prefab Sprouts Elusive Genius . In: The Independent , September 6, 2009. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
- ^ Paul Lester: Paddy McAloon: 'I'll do without an audience to make the music I want' . In: The Guardian , September 5, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
- ↑ Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon: 'Like Gandalf on his way to work in the House of Lords' , Irish Times , January 26, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McAloon, Paddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McAloon, Patrick Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Durham , County Durham , England |