Tony Friel
Tony Friel | |
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Born | (1958-05-04) 4 May 1958 (age 66) |
Origin | Birkenhead, England |
Genres | Punk rock, new wave, post-punk, synth-pop |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, guitar |
Years active | 1976–present |
Tony Friel (born 4 May 1958)[1] is an English bass guitarist, known for his role in different new wave bands.
He attended Heys Boys Secondary School, where he met Martin Bramah and attained an art O-Level. He and Bramah shared many interests. In the mid-1970s, they were introduced by their friend Barbara Smith to her brother Mark E. Smith and his friend Una Baines. Smith, Baines, Bramah and Friel shared interests in music, and formed their first band, the Fall.[2] Friel remained until December 1977, then he left.
After the Fall, Friel formed a project called Contact and a band called the Passage. In late 1978, he and his former Fall bandmate Karl Burns joined the Teardrops, a group which included Buzzcocks bassist Steve Garvey. They released the Leave Me No Choice EP, and in 1980, the Final Vinyl album, before breaking up.
In subsequent years Friel played with R&B bands. Later he was member of the Woodbank Streetband.[1]
Discography
- Bingo-Master's Break-Out – The Fall (1978)
- New Love Songs 7-inch EP – Passage (Object Music, 1978)
- Future 7-inch EP – Contact (Object Music, 1979)
See also
References
- ^ a b The Fall online – Previous band members & producers (A–Z), Tony Friel Archived 5 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Middles, Mick; Smith, Mark E. (2003). The Fall. Omnibus Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-7119-9762-4.
External links
- The website of Tony Friel
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- Mark E. Smith
- Steve Hanley
- Paul Hanley
- Craig Scanlon
- Brix Smith
- Marc Riley
- Karl Burns
- Tony Friel
- Martin Bramah
- Una Baines
- Simon Rogers
- Simon Wolstencroft
- Julia Nagle
- Live at the Witch Trials
- Dragnet
- Grotesque (After the Gramme)
- Hex Enduction Hour
- Room to Live
- Perverted by Language
- The Wonderful and Frightening World Of...
- This Nation's Saving Grace
- Bend Sinister
- The Frenz Experiment
- I Am Kurious Oranj
- Extricate
- Shift-Work
- Code: Selfish
- The Infotainment Scan
- Middle Class Revolt
- Cerebral Caustic
- The Light User Syndrome
- Levitate
- The Marshall Suite
- The Unutterable
- Are You Are Missing Winner
- The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)
- Fall Heads Roll
- Reformation Post TLC
- Imperial Wax Solvent
- Your Future Our Clutter
- Ersatz GB
- Re-Mit
- Sub-Lingual Tablet
- New Facts Emerge
- "Rowche Rumble" (1979)
- "Fiery Jack" (1980)
- "Totally Wired" (1980)
- "Cruiser's Creek" (1985)
- "Hey! Luciani" (1986)
- "There's a Ghost in My House" (1987)
- "Hit the North" (1987)
- "Victoria" (1988)
- "Telephone Thing" (1990)
- "Free Range" (1992)
- "Why Are People Grudgeful?" (1992)
- "Theme from Sparta F.C. #2" (2004)
- "Paint Work" (1985)
- "I Am Damo Suzuki" (1985)
- The Adult Net
- Blue Orchids
- Brix & the Extricated
- The Creepers
- Darker My Love
- Imperial Wax
- The Passage
- The Teardrops
- Tom Hingley and the Lovers
- Von Südenfed
- Discography
- Band members
- Hey! Luciani: The Life and Codex of John Paul I