Owen Fegan

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Owen Fegan
Born (1972-11-01) 1 November 1972 (age 51)
Cork, Ireland
Genres Indie rock, Alternative rock
Occupations
  • musician
  • creative director
  • photographer
  • producer
  • artist
Instruments
Years active1988–present
Labels Interscope Records, Island Records

Owen Fegan (born 1 November 1972) is an Irish musician, [1] creative director, [2] and photographer. [3] He is best known as the keyboard player and songwriter with the alternative rock band Rubyhorse, [4] and as former Design Director for Rolling Stone, and Chief Creative Officer of Yext.

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Fegan was born in Cork, Ireland, and formed Rubyhorse in 1988 with schoolmates Dave Farrell, Decky Lucey, Joe Philpott, and Gordon Ashe. [5] After the band’s relocation to Boston in 1997, three studio albums (A Lifetime In One Day, How Far Have You Come, and Rise [6] ), two major-label recording contracts (Interscope Records and Island Records), a single Sparkle which peaked at #21 on the Billboard charts in the summer of 2002, [7] a collaboration with George Harrison on the track Punchdrunk, TV appearances including Late Show with David Letterman [8] [9] and Late Night with Conan O'Brien , [10] and international tours with artists including R.E.M., INXS, Culture Club, and Def Leppard, Fegan played his last show with Rubyhorse at the World Peace Music Awards in Bali, Indonesia in June 2003 [11] and moved to New York City. [12]

His photography has appeared in several commercial campaigns, as well as magazines such as SPIN , Rolling Stone , [13] and Blender , as well as Tom Petty’s Runnin' Down A Dream [13] alongside Mark Seliger, Annie Leibovitz, and Danny Clinch (who coincidentally shot the Rise cover for Rubyhorse).

Soon after his move to New York City, Fegan joined Spin as creative director, and has held the title at Rolling Stone, New York , [14] and streaming music service Grooveshark. He also served as chief creative officer at New-York based tech company Yext [2] which filed its "IPO", [15] on 13 April 2017.

In 2019, Fegan relocated to Amsterdam.[ citation needed ]

Discography

DateTitleArtistLabelTypeCountry
6 June 1995A Lifetime In One Day Rubyhorse Horse TradeLPIreland
7 July 1998Mini Hummer E.P. Rubyhorse Horse TradeEPUS
14 November 2000How Far Have You Come? Rubyhorse Horse TradeLPUS
21 May 2002Rise Rubyhorse Island Def Jam LPUS
6 August 2002Sparkle Rubyhorse Island Def Jam SingleUS
3 September 2002Any Day Now Rubyhorse Island Def Jam SingleUS
22 June 2004Goodbye To All That Rubyhorse Brash MusicLPUS
27 June 2006Oxygen Sam Bisbee Terrible RecordsLPUS
17 November 2017Maps of Mars VEMO The BineryEPUS
16 October 2020Punchdrunk (feat. George Harrison) Rubyhorse Rive Gauche RecordsSingleWorld

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  2. 1 2 "Meet the Yexter: Owen Fegan, VP, Creative Director". yext.com. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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