Danny Goffey
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| Danny Goffey | |
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 Danny Goffey performing with Supergrass on London's South Bank, 2008.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniel Robert Goffey |
| Born | 7 February 1974 Berkshire, London, England |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock, Britpop, Experimental rock, Soul rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Percussion, Guitar |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Label(s) | Parlophone, Capitol |
| Associated acts | The Jennifers Supergrass Lodger Band Aid 20 Van Goffey Diamond Hoo Ha Men |
| Website | www.supergrass.com |
Daniel Robert Goffey (born 7 February 1974 in London) is an English musician and singer-songwriter best known as the drummer and backing vocalist for the English Britpop band, Supergrass.
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[edit] Career
[edit] 1991–1993: The Jennifers
Goffey started his music career at age ten, when he received a high hat and snare from his parents (previously having to hit chopsticks on lunch boxes), prompting him to form his first band: the Jubbly Squfflelumps, which consisted of his brother on guitar and friend David McKie.[1] He then moved on to make the band Fallopian Tubes at primary school. At Wheatley Park School, Oxford he became drummer for the four-piece The Jennifers, which featured a sixteen year old Gaz Coombes on vocals. The Jennifers began building a reputation in the Oxford indie music scene and released one single in 1992 on Nude Records before they disbanded.
Allegedly, before the split, Goffey and Coombes had agreed to continue to work together in the future. [2]
[edit] 1993–present: Supergrass
In 1993 Coombes introduced Goffey to his co-worker Mick Quinn, who at the time was working at a local Harvester; "I imposed on Mick's life. I imposed on him greatly," Said Goffey. "He had a house, and I used to take people back and sleep with them on his sofa. That's how he built his foundation in this band. That's how I met him. I shagged too often on his sofa. But when we played together... we've still never been able to describe it in interviews. When we're in that room, we're all really similar. We know. We all have the same ideas. We're really quick. It just... happens."[3]
The three of them soon started playing together and shortly after Theodore Supergrass, later just Supergrass, were formed. The band enjoyed a good start to their musical career with the release of their debut album I Should Coco which reached number one in the UK Albums Chart. This good start continued with the release of the single "Alright" which peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart. Several albums later and Supergrass are still together, currently touring their latest album, "Diamond Hoo Ha".
Danny's brother, Nic Goffey, who was also a part of The Jennifers, has directed most of Supergrass' music videos along with his friend Dom. They work under the name of Dom and Nic. They have joked on the Supergrass Is 10 DVD about nearly killing the band on several occasions whilst filming music videos.
[edit] Other projects
Goffey embarked on a solo project in 2006 using the pseudonym "Van Goffey", a name based on the artist Vincent van Gogh. He released tracks via MySpace in August 2006, the first three being "Crack House Blues", "I Feel so Gaye" and "Natalie Loves the F". He was also a drummer for the collective of musicians called Twisted X who released a charity football song called "Born In England" which charted at number 8 in the UK Singles Charts in 2004.
In 2004 he joined other musicians including Paul McCartney to record a Christmas charity single called "Do They Know It's Christmas?" which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart.
Danny appeared with Supergrass on a 'Top Gear of the Pops' special programme for Comic Relief 2007. The band played "Richard III" with comedian Ade Edmondson on second guitar.
In 2007 and 2008, while Supergrass band mate Mick Quinn was suffering from broken heel and vertebrae, Danny and Gaz Coombes went on a short tour of the country playing at small venues as the Diamond Hoo Ha Men. The tour was captured on film for a Rockumentary called Glange Fever which Danny said is to be released at the Sundance Film Festival.
Goffey and Gaz Coombes joined other musicians including Paul Weller to record a charity single called "Consequences" for the charity Crisis. The idea for the song came from Danny and his girl friend, Pearl Lowe, who is an ambassador for the Crisis charity. Their idea was to record a song in the same way that a person would play the game Consequences. A live event took place at the Roundhouse in London on March 2 2008.[4]
On 7 March 2008, Goffey accompanied politician Boris Johnson in a bid to try and save the post office near where he had grown up in Forest Hill, at Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire. Goffey commented; "I used to buy sweets and cigarettes there and I want my family to be able to continue that tradition."[5][6]
On 19 March 2008, the Diamond Hoo Ha Men played a gig on London's Southbank (having to change from the originally planned River Thames due to crowd control problems) to raise money for Crisis, offering a free ticket to their London Astoria show to whoever donated the most money. They were watched by around 75 spectators, having previously announced the busking session on radio station Xfm London. This was filmed for the BBC 2 programme, The Culture Show.[7][8]
[edit] Personal life
Danny lived in Berkshire up until the age of 13, at which point his family relocated to the Oxfordshire village of Forest Hill. He began to attend Wheatley Park School, but would more often be found bunking off in a field between his house and the school itself. When Goffey was 15, he met Gaz Coombes, 2 years his junior, on the playing fields of Wheatley School and asked him to form a band with him (The Jennifers). Not long after this he was expelled for complusive smoking, insolence and regular non-attendance. In 1993, (after The Jennifers had separated) him and Gaz began to share a house on Cowley Road, and Goffey later managed to complete his A-levels at Henley College, despite never making it to any of the computer lectures he was supposed to attend. Danny was also working as a dinner lady at this time.[9]
During the recording of "In It For The Money", Goffey moved out of his and Gaz's house to live in London with his partner, and singer in the band Powder, Pearl Lowe. This introduced Danny to Pearl's social circle of celebrities such as Liam Gallagher and Kate Moss, and led to a surge of appearences of him in the tabloids. During this time tensions within Supergrass began to increase, with Goffey often stalling recording of the album in Sawmills Studio, Cornwall by returning to London to record with his second band, Lodger, who Lowe was also a member of. The lyrics for "Going Out" were also causing arguments, as Danny presumed that Gaz had written them about the column inches him and Pearl had been achieving.[10]
In 2001, rumours spread that Goffey and Lowe had engaged in 'wife-swapping' with Jude Law and his now ex-wife Sadie Frost, whilst on holiday in Greece. Although Law denied this, Pearl Lowe later told "News of the World" in 2005; "The story's correct, even though I wish it wasn't... We thought it would be fun, but it turned out to have some unpleasant repercussions. Danny and I had real problems in our relationship as a result."[11][12] The swinging sessions are also speculated to be what caused Jude and Sadie's divorce.[13][14]
In 2004 further issues came to the surface, as a paternity test revealed that Daisy Lowe's father was not the man Pearl Lowe had always assumed. She was in fact the result of a brief relationship between Pearl Lowe and Gavin Rossdale, frontman of the band Bush. Ironically Rossdale was Daisy's godfather before the truth came to light. The information caused problems with Gavin's marriage to American singer Gwen Stefani, but they have since recuperated.[15][16]
In July 2005, Goffey and Lowe finally married on the tenth anniversary of their first date, despite Danny proposing a year earlier (in 2004).[17]
Goffey and Lowe now live in Somerset with their two sons, Alfie, Frankie and daughter Betty. Alfie and Frankie board at All Hallows Preparatory School, near Shepton Mallet.
Danny Goffey is the son of Chris Goffey, motoring journalist and ex-presenter of Top Gear, and his mother is an ex-Labour Party councillor.[18] His brother is Nic Goffey, of the directing partnership Dom and Nic.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.strangeones.co.uk/press/articles/ms991001.htm
- ^ The Band - Danny Goffey. The Strange Ones.
- ^ http://www.strangeones.co.uk/press/articles/ms991001.htm
- ^ Edwards, M. "Supergrass's Consequences changes the charity single", The Sunday Times, February 17, 2008.
- ^ http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.2103626.0.pop_star_fights_post_office_axe.php
- ^ http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/03/08/rural-post-offices/
- ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a91924/supergrass-busk-at-river-thames.html
- ^ http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2008/diamond-hoo-ha-go-busking
- ^ http://www.strangeones.co.uk/band/index.htm
- ^ http://www.strangeones.co.uk/press/articles/ms991001.htm
- ^ http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/lowe%20and%20laws%20wifeswapping%20disaster
- ^ http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/law.s%20.wife.swapping%20sessions%20wrecked%20frost%20marriage.
- ^ http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Jude+Law-2393.html
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1007896.cms
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/tv-radio-reviews/daisy-lowe-pearls-girl-is-the-new-queen-bee-of-the-rocknroll-itgirls-819211.html
- ^ http://www.whowhatweardaily.com/website/full_article.php?id=391
- ^ http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/Supergrass-4783.html
- ^ http://www.strangeones.co.uk/press/articles/ms991001.htm
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