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Roland Gift at Guilfest 2011 . In 1987, Gift had his first screen role in the film Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, and also appeared in Out of Order the same year. In 1990 he did his first stage work, playing Romeo in the Hull Truck Theatre's production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a production which had a brief run in the United States at the Staller Center for the Arts. [10]
Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) were an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1984 by former The Beat band bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox [5] with singer Roland Gift (formerly of the Akrylykz). Their self-titled 1985 debut album contained "Johnny Come Home" and a cover of "Suspicious Minds", two songs that were top 40 ...
She Drives Me Crazy. " She Drives Me Crazy " is a song by British group Fine Young Cannibals, released in 1988 by London Records as the first single from their second and final album, The Raw & the Cooked (1989). The song was written by the group's frontman Roland Gift with David Steele and produced by FYC with David Z.
Composition. Written by lead vocalist Roland Gift and bassist David Steele, "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" contains prominent drum beats with keyboards and finger-picked guitar accompaniment. The song utilises, throughout the track, a sample from "Funky Drummer" by James Brown. [1] Allmusic writer Jo-Ann Greene described the song as having "a ...
Roland Gift is the only studio album by English singer Roland Gift, [1] released in 2002. It includes songs co-written with the Kane Gang 's Martin Brammer and Mike Barson's brother Ben. [2] The cover photography was by Chris Floyd. Only one single was released from the album; "It's Only Money". The album failed to chart in the UK Albums Chart.
Several well-known voices were included in the tour, including Hull musician Roland Gift from Fine Young Cannibals, folk legends Eliza and Martin Carthy, and industrial music pioneer Cosey Fanni ...
The Raw & the Cooked. (1989) Fine Young Cannibals is the debut studio album released in 1985 by the band of the same name. The album features the UK #8 debut hit single "Johnny Come Home". This success did not continue with the next single, "Blue", which languished at #41 in the UK.
Vocalist Roland Gift took to his acting career, filmed highlighted dramatic roles in such films as Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) and Scandal (filmed in 1988, released 1989). [6] The rest of the band, David Steele and Andy Cox , however, formed the side-project duo Two Men, a Drum Machine and a Trumpet, an acid house -inspired project which ...