Candida Doyle

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Candida Doyle
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Doyle in 2023
Background information
Birth nameCandida Mary Doyle
Born (1963-08-25) 25 August 1963 (age 61)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Genres Alternative rock, post-punk, Britpop, indie rock, indie pop, art rock
OccupationsMusician
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • backing vocals
Member of Pulp

Candida Mary Doyle (born 25 August 1963) is an Irish musician who is keyboard player and occasional backing vocalist with the band Pulp, which she joined in 1984. [1] She joined her brother, drummer Magnus Doyle, in the line-up to replace the previous keyboard player, Tim Allcard, who had left the band.

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Biography

Candida Mary Doyle was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 25 August 1963 to Sandra Voe and Rex Doyle. [2] Both of her parents were actors. She has two musician brothers, Magnus Doyle and Daniel Doyle. Her grandfather owned a fishing factory in the Shetland Islands.

Doyle attended piano lessons from age 8, but did not practise despite finding the experience enjoyable. [3] At the age 16 Doyle began suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, which was diagnosed when she was 17. [1] [4] She was informed that there was the possibility that her conditions could worsen to point that by the age of 30 she could be in a wheelchair. Depressed by the impact of the rheumatoid arthritis on her body she left school when she was in the sixth form. [4] She later commented, “I think because I was living every day and night with discomfort, and I wasn’t that interested,” she says. “I just wanted to date boys, go dancing and see groups.” [4]

When Pulp's keyboard player, Tim Allcard, left the band in 1984 her brother drummer Magnus Doyle suggested her as his replacement. [5]

During Doyle's first few years in the group, Pulp were not enjoying financial success; she has been recorded as saying that she spent more money on the band than she made from it.[ citation needed ] She kept jobs in two toy shops in Manchester, before being sacked from one for a "lack of dedication". Although Pulp "sort of split up" in the period around 1986, they went on to release Freaks in 1987 with Doyle on board for her first album. She then remained a member of the group for the 1990s, an integral part of the band's sound as they progressed towards fame. With Pulp, Doyle recorded the albums and compilations Separations, Intro – The Gift Recordings, His 'n' Hers, Different Class, This Is Hardcore, and We Love Life ; songs featuring Doyle include "Common People", "Disco 2000", "Do You Remember the First Time?", "Babies", "Something Changed", "This Is Hardcore", and "Sunrise", as well as every other Pulp song recorded during this time.

When playing live with the band Doyle has used Farfisa Compact Professional electronic organs and Roland XP-10 synthesizers as well as Akai S3000 samplers. [3]

When Pulp began a hiatus in 2002, Doyle went travelling for a year. [4] During the hiatus she occasionally appeared live with Jarvis Cocker, playing keyboards. Following this period, with Pulp's 2011 reunion, Doyle joined the rest of the Different Class line-up on stage in concert for their UK comeback gig at the Isle of Wight Festival on 11 June 2011. [6] This reunion ended in 2013, but a decade later, Doyle would return to the stage with Cocker and Pulp veterans Nick Banks and Mark Webber, performing new Pulp shows.

Personal life

Doyle has lived in many places, including Belfast (where she was born), Manchester, Sheffield from the age of ten and where Pulp formed, and London, her current home.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Teen arthritis didn't slow Pulp's keyboard player". BBC News. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Allen, Paul (2 June 2015). "Rex Doyle obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Candida Doyle Press Cuttings". PulpWiki.net. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Saner, Emine (11 February 2024). "'It was a dark time': Pulp's keyboardist Candida Doyle on being diagnosed with arthritis at the age of 17". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  5. ↑ Knowles, Ben (August 1996). "Candida Doyle Interview". Acrylic Afternoons. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Bychawski, Adam (11 June 2011). "Pulp make UK comeback with triumphant Isle Of Wight show". NME . Retrieved 28 January 2016.
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