Torquil Campbell

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Torquil Campbell
Torquil Campbell performing live with Stars.jpg
Campbell performing with Stars in 2010
Background information
Also known asDead Child Star
Born (1972-03-17) March 17, 1972 (age 52)
Sheffield, England
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Indie rock
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • actor
  • broadcaster
Instrument(s)
Labels
Member of

Torquil Campbell (born March 17, 1972) is the co-lead singer and a songwriter for the Montreal-based indie rock band Stars. In addition to singing, he also plays the melodica, trumpet, synthesizer, and tambourine. [1] Campbell is also an actor and playwright, most recently co-creating and starring in the play True Crime, produced by Crow's Theatre in Toronto. [2]

Contents

He is a co-host of Soft Revolution, a podcast about the intersection of art, culture, and politics, along with Toronto-based actor Ali Momen. [3] Previously, Campbell was the co-host of The Basement Revue Podcast, along with musician Jason Collett and poet Damian Rogers, [4] as well as a regular contributor to the CBC radio program Q .

Music career

Campbell is the cofounder of the indie rock band Stars, formed in 2000. He is involved in a solo project called Dead Child Star, created in March 2008. Dead Child Star's debut album, titled Cold Hands, Warm Heart, came out in January 2011. [5] [ citation needed ] Campbell is also one half of the musical duo Memphis. They have released four albums to date: I Dreamed We Fell Apart (2004), A Little Place in the Wilderness (2006), Here Comes a City (2011), [6] and Leave with Me (2019). This album was financed through a crowdfunding campaign. [7] In addition to his involvement in these projects, Campbell occasionally records and performs with Broken Social Scene, a Canadian indie rock musical collective. [8]

In 2024, he composed music for the drama film We Forgot to Break Up . [9]

Theatre career

Campbell has worked as an actor for much of his life, appearing onstage throughout North America, playing roles as diverse as Gary, the teenage prostitute, in the original New York production of the controversial play Shopping and Fucking , [1] starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, and the title role in Shakespeare's Henry V .

He has directed theatre, including a production of Romeo and Juliet for the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival.[ citation needed ] Campbell has also had numerous acting roles in Canadian television series and TV movies, including the role of Bill Badger in the animated series Rupert , the television films Heaven on Earth and Pray for Me, Paul Henderson , and guest appearances in Sex and the City and Law & Order . [1] Additionally, he has designed music and sound for theatre. [10]

Campbell toured a play across Canada, co-created with Chris Abraham, [11] about convicted murderer and imposter Christian Gerhartsreiter. Entitled True Crime, the play has been performed in various large and small venues across the nation. [2]

Personal life

Campbell was born in Sheffield, England and came to Canada during childhood with his family. [1] He is the son of actor Douglas Campbell and his wife, Moira Wylie. He attended and graduated from Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto, before going on to study theatre in New York City. [12] He resides in Vancouver with his family. [13]

Discography

as Dead Child Star

with Stars

with Memphis

with Broken Social Scene

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Baumgarten, Suzanne (February 5, 2009). "Heavenly Music: The Sun Interviews Torquil Campbell of Stars". The Cornell Daily Sun . Retrieved March 1, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "True Crime: On Tour - Streetcar Crowsnest".
  3. ↑ "Soft Revolution Podcast Home Page". Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  4. ↑ "The Basement Revue". iTunes. 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Stars' Torquil Campbell Releases New Album as Dead Child Star". exclaim.ca. January 6, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Stars' Torquil Campbell Releases Side Project LPs". Pitchfork. January 10, 2011. Archived from the original on November 6, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ "new memphis album!". indiegogo. 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Stars Co-Frontperson Torquil Campbell Bluntly Ranks the Band's Eight Albums". vice.com. November 21, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Motel Pictures filming queer indie music film We Forgot to Break Up". playbackonline.ca. November 14, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Creating Hamlet's Playlist". Bard on the Beach. June 5, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Artistic Director Chris Abraham – Streetcar Crowsnest". crowstheatre.com.
  12. ↑ "Why I Love Jarvis Collegiate Institute: Back to school". whyilovetoronto.tumblr.com. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Music | Torquil Campbell". Torquilcampbell.bandcamp.com. February 7, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
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