Genevieve McGuckin

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Genevieve McGuckin
Born Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Genres Post-punk
Occupation(s)
Instruments
  • Piano
  • organ
  • keyboards
  • harmonium
Years active1980–present
Associated acts These Immortal Souls

Genevieve McGuckin is an Australian musician, songwriter, film producer and graphic designer who was born in Brisbane. In 1986 she was a founder of These Immortal Souls on keyboards and has collaborated with fellow founder, and sometime domestic partner, Rowland S. Howard, and with his earlier band, the Birthday Party, on their album, Prayers on Fire (April 1981).

A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script; coordinating writing, directing, and editing; and arranging financing.

Graphic design the visual design of content in different media

Graphic design is the process of visual communication and problem-solving through the use of typography, photography, and illustration. The field is considered a subset of visual communication and communication design, but sometimes the term "graphic design" is used synonymously. Graphic designers create and combine symbols, images and text to form visual representations of ideas and messages. They use typography, visual arts, and page layout techniques to create visual compositions. Common uses of graphic design include corporate design, editorial design, wayfinding or environmental design, advertising, web design, communication design, product packaging, and signage.

These Immortal Souls were an Australian post-punk band formed in London in 1987 by Harry Howard on bass guitar, his older brother Rowland S. Howard on guitar and vocals, Epic Soundtracks on drums and Genevieve McGuckin on keyboards. They issued two albums on Mute Records, Get Lost 1987 and I'm Never Gonna Die Again 1992. The group relocated to Australia in 1995 and played less frequently before disbanding there in mid-1998. Soundtracks died in November 1997 and Rowland died in December 2009.

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Biography

Genevieve McGuckin was born in Brisbane. She has been a long-time collaborator (both musically and romantically speaking, at various points) of rock musician, Rowland S. Howard. [1] [2] During 1980, in London, the pair co-wrote two tracks, "Capers" and "Ho-Ho", for his band, the Birthday Party's debut LP Prayers on Fire (April 1981). [3] [4]

Rowland S. Howard musician, songwriter

Rowland Stuart Howard was an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the post-punk group The Birthday Party and his subsequent solo career.

The Birthday Party (band) Australian band

The Birthday Party were an Australian post-punk band, active from 1978 to 1983. Despite limited commercial success, The Birthday Party's influence has been far-reaching, and they have been called "one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early '80s." The group's "bleak and noisy soundscapes," which drew irreverently on blues, free jazz, and rockabilly, provided the setting for vocalist Nick Cave's disturbing tales of violence and perversion. Their music has been described by critic Simon Reynolds as gothic, and their single "Release the Bats" was particularly influential on the emerging gothic scene.

<i>Prayers on Fire</i> 1981 studio album by The Birthday Party

Prayers on Fire is the debut studio album by Australian rock group The Birthday Party, which was released on 6 April 1981 on the Missing Link label in Australia, later licensed to the 4AD label. This was the band's first full-length release on an international record label and the first after changing the group's name from Boys Next Door to The Birthday Party. It was recorded at Armstrong's Audio Visual Studios in Melbourne and Richmond Recorders in the nearby suburb of Richmond, between December 1980 and January 1981.

In 1982 McGuckin provided piano and organ on Howard and Lydia Lunch's cover version of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's "Some Velvet Morning" (1967), which later appeared on Lunch's album, Honeymoon in Red (1987). [5] [6] She also wrote the track, "Three Kings", for the album. [5]

Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker. Her career was spawned by the New York no wave scene.

Some Velvet Morning 1967 single by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood

"Some Velvet Morning" is a song written by Lee Hazlewood and originally recorded by Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in late 1967. It first appeared on Sinatra's album Movin' with Nancy, the soundtrack to her 1967 television special of the same name, which also featured a performance of the song.

<i>Honeymoon in Red</i> 1987 studio album by Lydia Lunch and Rowland S. Howard

Honeymoon in Red is a concept album released in 1987 by Lydia Lunch and Rowland S. Howard. Honeymoon in Red is sometimes referred to as a band or alternately as a collaboration between Lydia Lunch and The Birthday Party.

In 1984 both McGuckin, on keyboards, piano and organ, and Howard on guitar were founding members of a post-punk group, These Immortal Souls. [7] [8] [9] Other founders were Rowland's brother, Harry on bass guitar and Epic Soundtracks (a.k.a. Kevin Godfrey) on drums. [7] [8] They issued two albums, Get Lost (Don't Lie) in October 1987 and I'm Never Gonna Die Again in October 1992, before relocating to Melbourne in 1994. [7] [8] [10] While in the group she also wrote music and lyrics on both their albums and a single.

Harry Howard is an Australian musician who played bass guitar in Crime & the City Solution and These Immortal Souls both also featuring his older brother, Rowland S. Howard. He then played guitar in Pink Stainless Tail for several years. Harry now fronts his own band Harry Howard and the NDE where he sings his own songs and plays guitar. The band also includes the author of The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer Edwina Preston on backing vocals, Acetone organ and Stylophone, Clare Moore on drums and Dave Graney on bass guitar. They have played extensively in and around Melbourne since 2011. The band have also done two European tours and released three LP's Near Death Experience, "Pretty" and "Sleepless Girls" on Spooky Records, Melbourne, Crane Records France and Beast Records, France. Recently Harry has been involved in another project "ATOM" with Edwina Preston and Ben Hepworth and are affiliated with It Records, Melbourne and have an LP scheduled for release in early 2019. Harry Howard and Edwina Preston also play together as "Duet". "Duet" plan to release an LP of original songs and covers in 2019.

Epic Soundtracks was the stage name of the British musician Kevin Paul Godfrey. Born in Croydon, Surrey, he was brought up in Solihull, Midlands with his brother Adrian Nicholas, who was known as Nikki Sudden (1956–2006).

She also played organ on, and wrote the music for, the song "Silver Chain" on Howard's solo album Teenage Snuff Film . She lived in London and Berlin from 1980 to 1994 and now lives in Melbourne, working in film graphics, web design, and animation. She was the graphic designer on the 2000 film Chopper .

<i>Teenage Snuff Film</i> 1999 studio album by Rowland S. Howard

Teenage Snuff Film is the first solo album by Rowland S. Howard. Former The Birthday Party bandmate Mick Harvey contributes drums, organ and guitar, while Brian Hooper of The Beasts of Bourbon features on bass guitar. It contains eight original songs, and two cover versions: "White Wedding" by Billy Idol, and "She Cried".

Recently, she has been playing piano and organ in Luxedo and Vera Cruz. She has also played on an LP by The Devastations.

The Devastations

Devastations were an indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The band's solemn lamentations often earned comparisons to artists such as Nick Cave and Tindersticks.

Discography

Albums

YearTitle
1987Honeymoon in Red
1987These Immortal Souls - Get Lost (Don't Lie)
1992These Immortal Souls - I'm Never Gonna Die Again
1995You Can't Unring a Bell - The Songs of Tom Waits

Filmography

Films

YearTitle
2000Chopper (Graphic Design)
2011Autoluminescent (Producer/Contributor)

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  2. ↑ Pepperell, Martyn (9 October 2014). "Genevieve McGuckin on Rowland S. Howard – Interviews at Undertheradar". Under the Radar. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  3. ↑ McFarlane, 'The Birthday Party' entry. Archived from the original on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Maurer, Greg. "Prayers on Fire – The Birthday Party". AllMusic . Retrieved 23 September 2017.Cite web requires |website= (help)
  5. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Honeymoon in Red – Lydia Lunch | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 September 2017.Cite web requires |website= (help)
  6. ↑ Howard, Rowland S; McGuckin, Genevieve; Pew, Tracy; Moore, Thurston; Lunch, Lydia, Honeymoon in red, Torso, retrieved 24 September 2017
  7. 1 2 3 McFarlane, 'Crime & the City Solution' entry. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 Holmgren, Magnus. "These Immortal Souls". hem.passagen.se. Australian Rock Database. (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Spencer et al, (2007) "McGuckin, Genevieve" entry.
  10. ↑ "These Immortal Souls – Chronology". From the Archives. Retrieved 24 September 2017.Cite web requires |website= (help)
  11. ↑ Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry. catalogue. National Library of Australia. September 2002. ISBN   9781865038919 . Retrieved 6 February 2010.
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