"has one sister: Linda, and three brothers: Ciarán, Gerard and Gary. He was a track and field athlete and represented Ireland in several tournaments, winning the All Ireland under-13 200m title. Keating also auditioned for ""Stars in Their Eyes"". In 1993, the then 16-year-old Ronan Keating was the youngest member to join Boyzone. Keating, Keith Duffy, Richard Rock, Shane Lynch, Mark Walton and Stephen Gately were chosen as Boyzone members. Walton and Rock would later leave the group before being replaced by Michael Graham. The group performed in various clubs and pubs before being signed by Polygram in 1994 and"
"Three more ladies come into view and start dancing behind Ronan and others dance further down the street. Shane Lynch looks out of his car to see two ladies wearing coats leaning against the bonnet - he gets out to admire them before walking past. More girls dance on some steps next to Mikey Graham after he wore sunglasses while strolling. Keith Duffy gets out of a taxi to look at girls in front of it. The band members then perform a dance routine in the middle of the road, accompanied by the ladies, before embracing each other. The band"
"Stephen Duffy Stephen Anthony James Duffy (born 30 May 1960 in Alum Rock, Birmingham, England) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was a founding member, vocalist, bassist and then drummer of Duran Duran. He went on to record as a solo performer under several different names, and is the singer and songwriter for The Lilac Time with his older brother Nick. He has also co-written with Robbie Williams and Steven Page. While attending the School of Foundation Studies & Experimental Workshop at Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University) Duffy met John Taylor. Together they formed the group Duran"
"The Nu Breed Music Group The Nu Breed Music Group, commonly referred to as The Nu Breed Recording or just The Nu Breed, is a United States based hip-hop record label, owned by Anthony ""Fate"" Lynch. The Nu Breed was founded by Anthony ""Fate"" Lynch during his first year at college. Keith ""Tryfle"" Hudson joined Fate shortly after when they were introduced to each other during a showcase performance. Hudson later signed on as the first Nu Breed Artist in 2004. The first release on The Nu Breed Music Group was Tryfle,' “Better Than You,” in 2004. The first full-length"
"several years, many new donors and contributors were involved, allowing Duffy to expand the roster of the label, and to release over one hundred albums, the proceeds of which the artists keep, in their entirety. Many of the label's artists have been documented in the collaborative work of artists Harvey Pekar and Gary Dumm, who have contributed artwork since 2003, and whose work was featured in a 2010 calendar, created as a fundraiser for Music Maker Relief Foundation. In 2006, Tim Duffy saw the Carolina Chocolate Drops performing at the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance in Silk"
"and guitarist Mike Graham AKA Mike Normal. Mike and Gerry were in the Stiffs with Zippy Pinhead & Sid Sick. When the Stiffs broke up Zippy & Sid formed Rabid. A little while later, Brad Kent would join DOA, expanding them to a four-piece, right after the release of DOA's ""Disco Sucks"" EP. You can see this Brad Kent version of DOA on the DOA DVD compilation ""Greatest Shits"", which shows DOA & Kent blazing through a version of Disco Sucks on the back of a flatbed truck in Stanley Park at an anarchist/punk ""festival"" in 1978. This is the"
"""Sapphire Stylus"" was released in December 2009 on Bogus Frontage. He lives with his family in Cornwall. Nick Duffy Nick Duffy (born Nicholas John Duffy on 24 June 1956 in Birmingham, England) is a musician, artist, illustrator, and filmmaker. Nick is the elder brother of singer/songwriter Stephen Duffy. They are both co-founders of the folk-pop group The Lilac Time. Nick is a multi-instrumentalist, and has been a frequent contributor to Stephen's solo recordings. He also plays in other musical projects and has released solo recordings. In addition to making music, Nick has long worked as an illustrator and has pursued"
"what I wanted to say with that kind of haunting rock. Kind of swaggery but not heavy, it's got ... Duffy searches for the right words to express his emotion at hearing the song from the outside, ""I mean nobody ... I don’t know who makes music like that!"" Between 2012 and 2016, Duffy appeared with the Kings of Chaos. In January 2013, Gretsch introduced the Billy Duffy White Falcon G7593T guitar. Billy Duffy William Henry Duffy (born 12 May 1961) is a British rock musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the band The Cult. Duffy was born"
"Mike Mahaffey Michael Darren ""Mike"" Mahaffey (January 21, 1967 – May 25, 2005) was a founding member of the power pop band Self. Founded with his brother, Matt Mahaffey, in the early 1990s, Self-released two major-label albums and various independent and Internet-only albums. A multi-talented performer, Mike played lead guitar, keyboards, and bass for the band on various occasions. Before joining Self, Mike played in several bands, the most successful of which was the Southern Rock band Blackfish. Mike played lead guitar in the band, but contributed little to the songwriting. Blackfish released one major-label album in 1992 before disbanding."
"Billy Duffy William Henry Duffy (born 12 May 1961) is a British rock musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the band The Cult. Duffy was born and grew up in Manchester. He has Irish and Jewish ancestry. He began playing the guitar at the age of fourteen, being influenced by the music of Queen, Thin Lizzy, The Who, Aerosmith, Blue Öyster Cult, and the early work of Led Zeppelin. In the late 1970s he became involved in the punk movement, being influenced by the New York Dolls, The Stooges, Buzzcocks and The Sex Pistols, as well as AC/DC"
"the Byrds, Syd Barrett, the Kinks, and Nick Drake, leading to Duffy being described as a ""tribute entrepreneur"". Contributors to this series of albums included Sonic Youth, the Membranes, Nirvana, Echo & the Bunnymen, XTC, Dinosaur Jr., Ride, Screaming Trees and Buffalo Tom. The albums were released in the US by Communion Records. Imaginary Records Imaginary Records was an independent record label based in Heywood, Greater Manchester, England, which specialised mainly in indie rock and post-punk. It was started in 1985 by Alan Duffy, known for his lyrical contributions to Porcupine Tree's first two albums, ""On the Sunday of Life"""
"the brothers formed their own design office called ""DUFFY and DUFFY"". For the album's preview release, they had an exhibition of about 80 paintings, drawings, photographs, and video. Duffy studied art at Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University). In 1986, Nick and Stephen formed The Lilac Time along with his friend, Michael Weston. Since their formation, the Lilac Time have gone through various line-up changes with the Duffy brothers as mainstays. In the band, Nick plays banjo, violin and accordion among other instruments. He also contributes songwriting and has done production work on their recordings. The band's sporadic activity and"
"with John Mulligan and Dik Davis (both then of Fashion), Andy ""Stoker"" Growcott (of Dexys Midnight Runners) and Bob Lamb (original producer of Birmingham band UB40). Originally called Holy Tin Tin before being shortened, the band was signed with WEA Records in the UK, and released the single ""Kiss Me"" in 1982 but was unsuccessful. By 1983, Tin Tin had signed with Sire Records in the US, and ""Kiss Me"" hit the dance charts there. Another single, ""Hold It"", was also released in 1983 which peaked at no.55 in the UK. After a stint of working in the US, Duffy"
"Nick Duffy Nick Duffy (born Nicholas John Duffy on 24 June 1956 in Birmingham, England) is a musician, artist, illustrator, and filmmaker. Nick is the elder brother of singer/songwriter Stephen Duffy. They are both co-founders of the folk-pop group The Lilac Time. Nick is a multi-instrumentalist, and has been a frequent contributor to Stephen's solo recordings. He also plays in other musical projects and has released solo recordings. In addition to making music, Nick has long worked as an illustrator and has pursued a variety of artistic endeavors. Before Stephen released his first album ""The Ups And Downs"" in 1985,"
"James Shaffer James Christian Shaffer (born June 6, 1970), also known by his stage name ""Munky"", is an American musician best known as co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the nu metal band Korn. Shaffer set up the side-project band Fear and the Nervous System in 2008 and is also the founder of Emotional Syphon Recordings, who have signed acts like Monster in the Machine and Droid. Shaffer was ranked at No. 26 of Guitar World's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time. Shaffer's work with Korn has resulted in over 35 million albums sold. Shaffer first took up guitar"
"Keith Duffy (bassist) Keith Arnold Jacques Duffy (born 2 June 1966, in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland) is an Irish bass guitarist, best known for his long-standing support role in the folk-pop band The Corrs. From 1990, he played bass with Commitments star Andrew Strong for 4 years and then toured with The Commitments band for a year, before getting a call from Corrs manager John Hughes in 1995. He has accompanied The Corrs on all of their tours ever since and played on many of their studio recordings. He also recorded bass on Bernard Fanning's (of Powderfinger) solo album ""Tea"
"Vent 414 Vent 414 were a short-lived British independent rock band, who were active for a few years in the 1990s. They were mostly notable for their line-up; Miles Hunt from The Wonder Stuff, Billy Duffy (The Cult), and Morgan Nicholls (Senseless Things, The Streets, Muse), along with Pete Howard, drummer from The Clash and Eat. The band, originally called 'Vent', started to collaborate in December 1994, and received considerable media attention, mostly because of the presence of Hunt, with the result that they were invited to produce a session for Radio 1 before they had recorded anything at all."
"Milan Dufek Milan Dufek (6 May 1944 – 17 November 2005 in San Andrés, Colombia) was a Czech singer, composer, guitarist and flautist and one of the founding members of the Czech pop folk band The Rangers. Dufek and Antonín Hájek founded The Rangers in 1964. The band was renamed ""Plavci"" (Swimmers) in 1971 due to concerns about sharing its name with ""American killers in Vietnam"" (the United States Army Rangers). Band member Radek Tomášek left Plavci in 1973 due to rivalry with Dufek. The band's name reverted to ""Rangers"" in 1989. Dufek was the composer of several successful songs."
"of Keith Duffy, performing backing vocals and leading most of the dance routines. The band stopped performing after the 2011 summer season as Hutton who played the part of Ronan Keating quit to concentrate on other media and modelling projects. The band did re-form for a one off performance at The High Tide Club in Porthcawl during 2013 with another friend of Morris' ""Mad Dog"" Matthew Stringer taking on the role of the late Stephen Gately from McLaughlin. Morris has appeared on a number of UK television game shows including ""The Weakest Link"", where he was voted off in the"
"Lynn Macy, and the multi-instrumentalist sisters Martie and Emily Erwin in 1989. The Erwin sisters have since married and changed their names to Martie Maguire and Emily Robison. The four took their band name from the song and album ""Dixie Chicken"" by Lowell George of Little Feat, originally playing predominantly bluegrass and a mix of country standards. All four women played and sang, though Maguire and Robison provided most of the instrumental accompaniment for the band while Lynch and Macy shared lead vocals. Maguire primarily played fiddle, mandolin, and viola, while Robison's specialties included five-stringed banjo and dobro. In 1990,"
"Keith ""Tryfle"" Hudson Keith Hudson Jr (born December 6, 1984), better known by his stage name Tryfle, is an American rapper signed to The Nu Breed Music Group. He is the youngest son of reggae artist Keith Hudson. Born on December 6, 1984, in Cambria Heights, New York, Keith ""Tryfle"" Hudson is the son of reggae artist Keith Hudson, who was widely known in the reggae circuit between the late 1960s and the early 1980s. Tryfle is signed to The Nu Breed Music Group and is managed by label owner and president Anthony ""Fate"" Lynch. He was the first artist"
"& Sympathy"" in 2006. Keith Duffy (bassist) Keith Arnold Jacques Duffy (born 2 June 1966, in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland) is an Irish bass guitarist, best known for his long-standing support role in the folk-pop band The Corrs. From 1990, he played bass with Commitments star Andrew Strong for 4 years and then toured with The Commitments band for a year, before getting a call from Corrs manager John Hughes in 1995. He has accompanied The Corrs on all of their tours ever since and played on many of their studio recordings. He also recorded bass on Bernard Fanning's (of"
"Trinity"", a collection of tracks from their singles and first three albums was also released in 2001. The album ""Keep Going"" was released in 2003 on Folk Modern records under the name 'Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time'. In 2007, Duffy released a new album and limited edition (2000 copies) book called ""Runout Groove"" and held a few rare performances with the full Lilac Time ensemble, notably headlining the Green Man Festival. In 1987, Duffy was contacted by Steven Page, then of the band Scary Movie Breakfast, and was impressed by his writing and demo tape. Duffy and Page began"
"working as a part-time mechanic and the two of them became friends. Lindsay Armaou met Keavy at a kickboxing class. In 1996, Keavy, Sinéad and Keavy's identical twin sister Edele decided to put a group together. They were originally called Butterfly Farm. They later became a four-piece when Armaou joined. The group experimented with the name D'Zire and Sister, before settling on B*Witched. The band members deliberately cultivated a tomboy image and, in order to appeal to a younger audience, understated their ages in their early years. Edele and Keavy's brother Shane Lynch (of the band Boyzone) helped the group"
"Chickenfoot Chickenfoot is a rock supergroup formed in 2008. The group consists of vocalist Sammy Hagar (ex–Van Halen and Montrose), bassist Michael Anthony (also ex–Van Halen), guitarist Joe Satriani, and drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers). Due to consistent recording and touring commitments to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kenny Aronoff joined the group in 2011 as a touring replacement for Smith. While the band has not formally announced a breakup, in June 2016 Smith said that he had doubts about its survival due to their busy schedules. The group has released two studio albums, one live album and"
"They also released the first solo ""Duffo"" album from Australian big-band vocalist Jeff Duff. Later in the decade and into the early 1980s, hits with Tubeway Army and Gary Numan secured the label's future. They have since released music by Biffy Clyro, Buffalo Tom, the Charlatans, the Carpettes, the Cult, Fields of the Nephilim, the Go-Betweens, the National and Tindersticks. 4AD, Matador Records, Rough Trade Records and XL Recordings are the four main labels that now form the group. The main offices are in the UK with a satellite office in New York City, US. Beggars Banquet Records Beggars Banquet"
"news I want to send out my condolences to the family, our thoughts are with Louis"". That edition of the show attracted an ""absolutely huge"" audience which was said to have been seeking updates on the singer's death. Walsh also was absent from the second week of ""The X Factor"" which coincided with Gately's funeral,—later commenting: ""I never want to watch the show at home again. I've been shouting at the TV all night""—at which Walsh was too upset to speak. ""My First Time"", a stage show which was set to star bandmember Keith Duffy, was cancelled entirely. Duffy, Graham,"
"Creation Records and he played on several Airstream singles. Martin Duffy (musician) Martin Bernard Duffy (born 18 May 1967 in Birmingham) is an English keyboardist who originally played in Felt and currently plays with Primal Scream. Duffy was born in Birmingham and grew up in Rednal in the south of the city, attending St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in King's Norton, and growing up listening to 2 Tone, punk, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Duffy joined the indie band Felt as keyboard player in 1985. Felt frontman Lawrence later recalled ""I put up notices in Virgin in Birmingham advertising for"
"Mike Bray (musician) Michael ""Mike"" Joe Bray is an American guitarist, singer and drummer best known for his role as lead in ""The Kyle Gass Band"" and has worked as a support act and on-stage guest for ""Tenacious D"". Bray formed Band of Bigfoot in 2007, a band consisting of the five members dressed as bigfoot. They performed in Los Angeles and became a support act for Trainwreck concerts in 2009. In 2011, Trainwreck split, and The Kyle Gass Band was formed not too long after. Bray played occasional shows for Tenacious D's Rize of the Fenix tour as Sasquatch."
"Crowfoot (band) Crowfoot was an American rock band, initially known as The Beau Gentry. The original line-up featured Russell DaShiell, Doug Killmer and Rick Jaeger. Crowfoot was an American band initially featuring Russell DaShiell on guitar and vocals, Doug Killmer on bass and vocals and Rick Jaeger on drums. The group originally formed in 1964 under the name 'The Beau Gentry' as a Melbourne, Florida-based high-school cover band. Eventually DaShiell began to write music and the band began to perform their own material. At that time the band also featured Lance Massey on guitar and vocals. They were discovered by"
"Time album, ""Return to Us"" is planned for release in late 2017. The band is now based in Cornwall. The Lilac Time The Lilac Time is a British alternative folk-rock band that was originally formed in Herefordshire, England by Stephen Duffy, his brother Nick Duffy and their friend Michael Weston in 1986. The band's name was taken from a line in the Nick Drake song ""River Man"". Since its formation, The Lilac Time has gone through various line-up changes, with the Duffy brothers as mainstays. The band's activity has intertwined with Stephen Duffy's solo and songwriting career. The Duffy brothers"
"Century Fox . Songs charted from unsolicited airplay from World Series in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Whiskey Falls Whiskey Falls was an American country music group composed of Seven Williams (lead vocals, guitar), Wally Brandt (guitar, vocals) Damon Johnson (guitar, vocals), and Buck Johnson (lead vocals, mandolin, guitar, keyboards). Seven Williams & Wally Brandt were once members of Atlantic Records Recording Artist, ""Seven and the Sun"", while Damon Johnson was once the frontman of the Southern rock band Brother Cane and a guitarist for shock rocker Alice Cooper. The band's lead singer is Seven Williams (born Keith Volpone). Whiskey Falls'"
"and Spain as well as shows in the UK however this tour was soon canceled after McKagan began collaborating with his former Guns N' Roses bandmates on a new project. After performing at a benefit gig for Randy Castillo in 2002, former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum decided to form a new band after recognizing that their musical relationship was still very much intact. Initially they began rehearsing with Buckcherry duo Josh Todd and Keith Nelson, who performed with the trio at the benefit, but eventually decided against forming a group with them. During a"