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He was born in Dublin in 1959 and his surname for the civil registry is Fionan Martin Hanvey which sounds more Irish!
Childhood friend of the four U2 lads, Gavin Friday was born in the same street as Bono. The story, always difficult to verify with certainty, claims that it was he who came up with the nickname Bono Vox for their singer Paul Hewson. While this is undoubtedly his closest contact with a form of world fame, he has nevertheless committed many other artistic escapades in a career unfortunately confined to the second division.
For the first concert of his group The Virgin Prunes in 1977 in his hometown, as the opening act for The Clash, he wore slashed trousers that revealed a magnificent pair of testicles… while his sidekick Guggi was dressed as a woman. The innate sense of provocation was already well-oiled but he still had to put together a repertoire worthy of the name. This would finally be the case with the album “If I Die, I Die” produced by Colin Newman (Wire) for the Rough Trade label and including the hypnotic single “Baby Turns Blue”, their greatest success.
Later and solo from the end of the 80’s, most often supported by Maurice Seezer, Gavin Friday will opt for more peaceful orchestrations, even close to a crazy alcoholic folk paying homage, according to him, to two of his favorite artists Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf. Although their respective influence is difficult to detect…
Also a visual artist and painter, Gavin Friday always returns to his first loves. In 2001, he participated in the soundtrack of “Moulin Rouge” by Baz Luhrmann by covering “Children Of The Revolution” by Marc Bolan. This year, he has just released the EP “Ecce Homo” (“here is the man” in Latin) with four very electro versions of the same song.
Gavin Friday hasn’t said his last word!
