Damien Gregori

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Damien Gregori aka Greg Moffitt

Contents 1 PIG 2 DNF 3 Cradle Of Filth 4 Education 5 Rock Writer

[edit] PIG

Greg started his musical career playing guitar for '80s metal band PIG in the glamorous venues of his home town of Limavady, Northern Ireland. Famed for their anthemic "Thrash Or Die", PIG amassed a large following.

[edit] DNF

In the late '80s, Greg formed hardcore metal act DNF with Keith Sharp (vocals), Chris Mullen (bass), and Paul "Gully" Goligher (drums). They played several gigs in their home town of Limavady.

[edit] Cradle Of Filth

Damien Gregori aka Greg Moffitt was keyboard player with UK band Cradle of Filth from 1995 to 1997. Appeared on two of the band’s albums, Vempire, Or Dark Faerytales In Phallustein and Dusk And Her Embrace. He departed the band during mid-1997.

On the Lovecraft and Witchhearts compilation CD, he wrote the band's biography in the booklet.

[edit] Education

Greg attended Limavady Grammar School before moving to England in 1990 to study Politics & International Relations at Middlesbrough University.

After graduation, he attended The University of York to pursue a Master's Degree in Music Technology.

Later, he made his way through the schools of Hard Knocks that is extreme metal journalism, learning nothing formal on the way but becoming a master of the understated wry and dry.

[edit] Rock Writer

Greg's career as a rock writer started in 1987 when he published an underground Metal fanzine, writing most of the material himself.

Taken from his myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/greg_from_ireland):

"I've been a rock writer since 1987 and have been widely published including appearances in Metal Hammer, Kerrang!, Terrorizer, Decibel, Record Collector, Music Collector, metal-is.com, various Guinness guides and other encyclopaedias and reference works, plus sleeve notes for bands such as Cradle Of Filth and Venom. I actually almost completed my book on Venom - 'Sons Of Satan' - but it'll never be published; I couldn't get 'them three to meet again'. In thunder, lightning or in rain.

I also played keyboards in Cradle Of Filth from 1995 to 1997"

Greg joined the staff of Terrorizer Magazine, moved to Kerrang! in 2007 and then to Metal Hammer in 2008. He also writes for Decibel magazine.

v • d • e Cradle of Filth Dani Filth | Paul Allender | Dave Pybus | Charles Hedger | Sarah Jezebel Deva | Martin Škaroupka | Rosie Smith Albums and EPs The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (1994) | Vempire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996) | Dusk and Her Embrace (1997) | Cruelty and the Beast (1998) | From the Cradle to Enslave (1999) | Midian (2000) | Bitter Suites to Succubi (2001) | Lovecraft & Witch Hearts (2002) | Live Bait for the Dead (2002) | Damnation and a Day (2003) | Nymphetamine (2004) | Thornography (2006) Demos A Pungent And Sexual Miasma (1992) | Invoking the Unclean (1992) | Orgiastic Pleasures Foul (1992) | The Black Goddess Rises (1992) | Goetia (1992) | Total Fucking Darkness (1993) DVDs PanDaemonAeon (1999) | Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid (2002) | Babalon AD (So Glad For The Madness) (2003) | Mannequin (2003) | Peace Through Superior Firepower (2005) Singles Temptation (2006) Related articles Abracadaver | Angtoria | The Blood Divine