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Gavin Friday (born Fionan Martin Hanvey, 8 October 1959, Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
) is an Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 singer and songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
.

n grew up in Glasnevin
Glasnevin

Glasnevin is a largely residential neighbourhood of Dublin, Republic of Ireland....
, a neighbourhood located on Dublin's Northside
Northside (Dublin)

The Northside is the area in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland bounded to the south by the River Liffey to the east by Dublin Bay, to the north and west by the boundaries of County Dublin....
. He was a founding member of the gothic rock
Gothic rock

Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes....
 group The Virgin Prunes
The Virgin Prunes

The Virgin Prunes was an Ireland gothic rock band. The band formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1986 after the departure of member Gavin Friday. The rest of the band continued on without him for a while as The Prunes, but they too ended activities by 1990....
 and has recorded
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 several solo
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
 album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
s and soundtrack
Soundtrack

The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
s. He has maintained a close friendship with U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
's Bono
Bono

Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
 since both were children, and they collaborated on the soundtrack for the Jim Sheridan
Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan is an Republic of Ireland film director. A six-time Academy Award nominee, Sheridan is perhaps best known for My Left Foot , In the Name of the Father , and In America....
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 In the Name of the Father.






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Gavin Friday (born Fionan Martin Hanvey, 8 October 1959, Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
) is an Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 singer and songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
.

Career

Gavin grew up in Glasnevin
Glasnevin

Glasnevin is a largely residential neighbourhood of Dublin, Republic of Ireland....
, a neighbourhood located on Dublin's Northside
Northside (Dublin)

The Northside is the area in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland bounded to the south by the River Liffey to the east by Dublin Bay, to the north and west by the boundaries of County Dublin....
. He was a founding member of the gothic rock
Gothic rock

Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes....
 group The Virgin Prunes
The Virgin Prunes

The Virgin Prunes was an Ireland gothic rock band. The band formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1986 after the departure of member Gavin Friday. The rest of the band continued on without him for a while as The Prunes, but they too ended activities by 1990....
 and has recorded
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 several solo
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
 album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
s and soundtrack
Soundtrack

The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
s. He has maintained a close friendship with U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
's Bono
Bono

Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
 since both were children, and they collaborated on the soundtrack for the Jim Sheridan
Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan is an Republic of Ireland film director. A six-time Academy Award nominee, Sheridan is perhaps best known for My Left Foot , In the Name of the Father , and In America....
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 In the Name of the Father. In 2003 they wrote "Time Enough for Tears", the original theme tune for Sheridan's film In America
In America

In America is an Academy Award-nominated 2002 in film Ireland drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. The semi-autobiography screenplay by Sheridan and his daughters Naomi and Kirsten Sheridan focuses on an immigrant Irish family's efforts to survive in New York City, as seen through the eyes of the elder daughter....
, as sung by Andrea Corr
Andrea Corr

Andrea Jane Corr is an Irish singer, and actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the frontwoman of the Celtic music folk rock and pop rock band , The Corrs, which consists of herself and her three siblings, Caroline Corr, Sharon Corr and Jim Corr....
.

In 2005 Gavin Friday played Billy Hatchet in the Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan is an Academy Award-winning Ireland filmmaker and novelist. He received the Academy Award for The Crying Game....
 film Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto (film)

Breakfast on Pluto is a 2005 in film Republic of Ireland comedy-drama film directed by Neil Jordan and based on the Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe , as adapted by Jordan and McCabe....
. On the soundtrack he sings "Wig Wam Bam
Sweet (band)

Sweet were a popular 1970s United Kingdom glam rock band ....
" and "Sand", a duet
Duet (music)

A duet is a musical composition or musical piece for two performers. In classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word Wiktionary:duo is also often used....
 with Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy is an Republic of Ireland film and theatre actor. He is often noted by critics for his chameleonic performances in diverse roles...
.

His main collaborator since beginning his solo work in 1985 has been multi-instrumentalist, Maurice Seezer
Maurice Seezer

Maurice Seezer is an Ireland musician, whose real name is Maurice Jebidiah Roycroft. He has frequently written and composed songs with Gavin Friday, who he first met through a mutual friend....
.

In September 2006 a 2-CD
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
 collection of sea shanties called Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys

Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys is a compilation album of sea shanties performed by a wide array of artists, ranging from Sting to Bryan Ferry, representing a variety of genres....
, produced
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 by Hal Willner
Hal Willner

Hal Willner is an United States music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events. He is best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles ....
, was released on the ANTI-
ANTI-

ANTI- is an American record label founded in 1999 in music as a sister label of Epitaph Records.While Epitaph's focus is mostly on punk rock, ANTI- has a more diverse roster, ranging from hip hop , reggae , comedy , country music to indie rock , among other genres....
 label. Friday contributes to two tracks including the lewd "Baltimore Whores" and "Bully in the Alley" with ex-Virgin Prunes bandmates Guggi
Guggi

Guggi is an avante-garde Irish artist, once a member of the goth subculture/post-punk band The Virgin Prunes alongside his close friend Gavin Friday....
 and Dave-id. The reunion of Friday, Guggi and Dave-id was the first time they had recorded together since the Virgin Prunes broke up in 1985.

Friday worked again with Hal Willner in June 2007, appearing in the concert "Forest of No Return - the Vintage Disney Songbook" as part of the Meltdown Festival presented at London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
's newly reopened Royal Festival Hall
Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900 seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge....
. Sharing a stage with artists
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 such as Grace Jones
Grace Jones

Grace Jones is a Jamaican?United States singer, Model , and actor....
, Nick Cave
Nick Cave

Nicholas Edward Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, Painting, and occasional film actor. He is best known for his work in the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984 in music, who have become critically acclaimed for their fascination with American roots music....
, Pete Doherty
Pete Doherty

Peter Doherty is an England musician, artist and poet. He is currently a singer and songwriter in the band Babyshambles, but first came to fame with punk band The Libertines, alongside Carl Bar?t....
 and curator Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Branson Cocker is an England musician, best known for fronting the band Pulp . Through his work with the band, Cocker became one of the key players in the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s....
, Friday performed the classic Disney tracks "The Siamese Cat Song" and "Castle In Spain".

Taking time out from work on his fourth solo album with Herb Macken, Friday teamed up with English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, Gavin Bryars
Gavin Bryars

Richard Gavin Bryars is an English composer and double bassist. He has been active in, or has produced works in, a variety of styles of music, including jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, experimental music, avant-garde and neoclassicism....
, the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company

The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company. Located primarily at Stratford-upon-Avon, with bases also in London and Theatre Royal, Newcastle, it is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly-funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal National Theatre....
 and Opera North
Opera North

Opera North is a United Kingdom opera company. Based in Leeds, England the Company's home theatre is the Grand Theatre Leeds, but it also presents regular seasons in several other cities, at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, the Lowry Centre, Salford Quays and the Theatre Royal, Newcastle....
 for a new interpretation of Shakespeare's Sonnets touring as part of the 2007 Complete Works Festival. Opening in Stratford-Upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, Warwickshire, south east of Birmingham and south west of the county town, Warwick....
, Friday presented his take on Sonnet 40 ('Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all') and narrated Bryars' 40-minute piece 'Nothing Like The Sun'.

Friday and Macken composed the music for the Patrick McCabe
Patrick McCabe

Patrick McCabe is an Ireland novelist, known for his mostly dark and violent novels set in contemporary, often small-town, Ireland. His books include The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto , both shortlisted for the Booker Prize....
 play, The Revenant. The play's main theme is entitled 'Dreamland'. The Revenant is set to open for the first time as part of the 2007 Galway Arts Festival
Galway Arts Festival

Galway Arts Festival is an annual arts festival that takes place each July in Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is Ireland?s leading arts festival and one of the most successful and influential arts enterprises in the country....
.

Discography


Albums

  • Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves
    Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves

    Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves was released in 1989 in music and is the debut album from Gavin Friday following his exit from the Virgin Prunes....
    , 1989
  • Adam 'n' Eve
    Adam 'n' Eve

    Adam 'n' Eve is the second album from Gavin Friday and again features Friday teaming up with musician Maurice Seezer....
    , 1992
  • Shag Tobacco
    Shag Tobacco

    Shag Tobacco is the third solo album from Gavin Friday. Once again, Friday teamed up with musician Maurice Seezer.This album features a cover version of T.Rex 's "The Slider"....
    , 1995
  • Peter and the Wolf, 2002


Singles

  • "You Can't Always Get What You Want", 1987
  • "Each Man Kills The Things He Loves", 1988
  • "You Take Away the Sun", 1989
  • "Man of Misfortune", 1989
  • "I Want to Live", 1992
  • "King of Trash", 1992
  • "Falling off the Edge of the World", 1993
  • "In the Name of the Father" with Bono
    Bono

    Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
    , 1994
  • "Angel", 1995 (Soundtrack
    Soundtrack

    The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
     from the film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
    William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

    William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 in film United States film and the 10th on-screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet....
    )
  • "You, Me and World War III", 1996


Soundtracks

  • 1990 Bad Influence
    Bad Influence (film)

    Bad Influence is a 1990 in film United States film starring Rob Lowe and James Spader. In this film noir film, Spader plays a yuppie who meets a mysterious stranger who encourages him to explore his darker side....
  • 1993 Short Cuts
    Short Cuts

    Short Cuts is a 1993 in film drama film directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver....
  • 1993 In the Name of the Father
  • 1996 William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
    William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

    William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 in film United States film and the 10th on-screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet....
  • 1996 Mission: Impossible
    Mission: Impossible (film)

    Mission: Impossible is an action movie released in 1996 in film. It was directed by Brian De Palma and starred Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. The plot follows Ethan Hunt?s mission to uncover the mole within CIA who has framed him for the murders of his entire IMF team....
  • 2001 Moulin Rouge!
    Moulin Rouge!

    Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 in film Cinema of Australia film by Baz Luhrmann, director of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, based largely on the Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata....
  • 2005 Breakfast on Pluto
    Breakfast on Pluto (film)

    Breakfast on Pluto is a 2005 in film Republic of Ireland comedy-drama film directed by Neil Jordan and based on the Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe , as adapted by Jordan and McCabe....


----------Basquiat

Scores

  • Angel Baby
    Angel Baby (1995 film)

    Angel Baby, is an Australian film released in 1995, written and directed by Michael Rymer, and starring John Lynch , Jacqueline McKenzie and Colin Friels....
    , 1996
  • The Boxer
    The Boxer (film)

    The Boxer is a 1997 in film film by Ireland Film director Jim Sheridan. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson, the film center's on the life of a boxing and former Provisional IRA Volunteer, Danny Flynn, played by Lewis, who has just been released from prison....
    , 1997
  • In America
    In America

    In America is an Academy Award-nominated 2002 in film Ireland drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. The semi-autobiography screenplay by Sheridan and his daughters Naomi and Kirsten Sheridan focuses on an immigrant Irish family's efforts to survive in New York City, as seen through the eyes of the elder daughter....
    , 2003
  • Get Rich or Die Tryin'
    Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    Get Rich or Die Tryin may refer to:*Get Rich or Die Tryin' , by 50 Cent*Get Rich or Die Tryin' , starring Curtis Jackson *Get Rich or Die Tryin' , the soundtrack to the film...
    , 2005


Collaborations


In 1983 Friday appeared on the title track of Dave Ball
Dave Ball (musician)

David 'Dave' J Ball is a guitar player who is currently resident of New Zealand but working in various parts of the World.In 1972 in music he joined Procol Harum, replacing Robin Trower who had left he group to form his own band, after he saw an advert in Melody Maker....
's In Strict Tempo.

In 1984, Friday collaborated with cult English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 post-punk
Post-punk

Post-punk was a popular musical movement with its roots in the mid to late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the early 1970s....
 group The Fall, on three tracks: "Copped It" and "Stephen Song" appeared on the album The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall

The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall is an album by The Fall , released in October 1984. It was the band's first album with the relatively large Beggars Banquet Records label, and was produced by John Leckie....
, and "Clear Off!" was a track on the "Call For Escape Route" EP. On all three tracks, Friday and Fall singer Mark E. Smith
Mark E. Smith

Mark Edward Smith is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and sole constant member of England Post punk band The Fall ....
 alternated vocals, occasionally backing each other up.

In the same year Friday provided vocals for the track "The Tenderness of Wolves" on the album Scatology
Scatology (album)

Scatology is the first LP and a second album produced by Coil .Scatology was released in three different formats with two different covers....
 by Coil
Coil (band)

Coil were an English cross-genre, industrial music experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka 'Sleazy'....
.

Twelve years later, Friday collaborated with The Heads (former members of the Talking Heads without David Byrne) which consisted of Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth on a song called "Blue Blue Moon." This was included as the last of 12 tracks on The Heads' 1996 album No Talking Just Head. The song is credited to Gavin Friday, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, T. "Blast" Murray and Tina Weymouth. The remaining eleven tracks included collaborations with Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde

Concrete Blonde is an alternative rock band based in the United States. They were initially active from the early 1980s to 1995, and reunited in 2001....
), Michael Hutchence (INXS
INXS

INXS is an Australian Rock music and New Wave music band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on Keyboard instrument, Jon Farriss on Drum kit, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/saxophone....
), Debbie Harry (Blondie
Blondie (band)

Blondie is an United States rock music band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 30 million albums. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave music and punk rock scenes....
), Andy Partridge (XTC
XTC

XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. Though the band enjoyed some significant chart success , they are more known for their long-standing critical success than for making hit records....
), Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays

Happy Mondays are a British alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the musical group's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass guitar, lead guitarist Mark Day , keyboardist Paul Davis , and drummer Gary Whelan ....
/Black Grape
Black Grape

Black Grape was a Rock music band from England.Black Grape's music is funky and eclectic, using varied musical instrument and sample . Ryder's lyrics seemed to derive mainly from nonsense rhymes and comedy catch phrases....
) and others.

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