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Guggi (born Derek Rowan) is an avante-garde Irish artist, once a member of the goth
Goth subculture

The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre....
/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....
 band 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....
 alongside his close friend Gavin Friday
Gavin Friday

Gavin Friday is an Ireland singer and songwriter, composer and Painting....
. Guggi grew up and remains best friends 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....
. In 1984 he left the Virgin Prunes to pursue his passion for art. Since then he has exhibited his minimalistic paintings, representations of bowls and vessels, in various galleries, among which the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York, the Osborne Samuel Gallery in London and the Solomon Gallery in Dublin.

He is the older brother of Peter Rowan, a photographer who as a child appeared on many of U2's release covers, and Johnny Rowan, a musician.

He lives in Dublin with his wife Sibylle and their four sons.








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Guggi (born Derek Rowan) is an avante-garde Irish artist, once a member of the goth
Goth subculture

The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre....
/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....
 band 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....
 alongside his close friend Gavin Friday
Gavin Friday

Gavin Friday is an Ireland singer and songwriter, composer and Painting....
. Guggi grew up and remains best friends 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....
. In 1984 he left the Virgin Prunes to pursue his passion for art. Since then he has exhibited his minimalistic paintings, representations of bowls and vessels, in various galleries, among which the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York, the Osborne Samuel Gallery in London and the Solomon Gallery in Dublin.

He is the older brother of Peter Rowan, a photographer who as a child appeared on many of U2's release covers, and Johnny Rowan, a musician.

He lives in Dublin with his wife Sibylle and their four sons.

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