Martin McCarrick

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Martin McCarrick (born 29 July Luton, Bedfordshire) is an English cellist, keyboardist and guitarist.

He is best known for his work Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1987 until 1995. He recorded with them three studio albums : Peepshow, Superstition and The Rapture. His biggest hit with the band was in 1991 with the single "Kiss Them For Me" which reached the number twenty-three in the Billboard Hot 100.

McCarrick is also widely known for being part of 4AD records super group This Mortal Coil with whom he recorded three albums - It'll End in Tears, Filigree and Shadow, and Blood. Alongside his work with This Mortal Coil he contributed to the recording and live performances of a number of 4AD acts including Dead Can Dance, The Wolfgang Press, Peter Murphy, Heidi Berry, Lush, Throwing Muses and Kristin Hersh. He was later a member of rock band Therapy?:^[1] he joined them in 1996 (his first gig as a full-time member being a secret fan-club show in Dublin, Ireland on 10 April 1996), having previously supplied guest cello work on their albums Troublegum and Infernal Love, as well as various live appearances with the band since 1992. During the bands UK tour in 2003, McCarrick perforated his ear-drum and had to leave mid-tour. His last show with Therapy? was in Glasgow, Scotland on 28 November 2003. McCarrick left Therapy? in March 2004.

He has also had a long association with other musicians, recording and performing with This Mortal Coil,^[2] Marc Almond, including Almond's seminal work with Marc & the Mambas, Nick Cave, The The, Gary Numan, Biffy Clyro, Marianne Faithful and Bryan Ferry. Plus, he has become the cellist of choice for British rock bands, appearing on stage with both 3 Colours Red and Rico (to whose Violent Silences album he contributed).

In 2004,he has performed again with Siousxie on her Dreamshow performance, which featured a full orchestra and works from both her Siouxsie & the Bansheees as well as her The Creatures back catalogues.

In 2006 McCarrick (along with his violinist wife Kimberlee McCarrick) took part in Patti Smiths Meltdown festival at The Royal Festival Hall in London where they performed with Sinead O Connor, Marianne Faithful and Kristin Hersh.

In 2012, he was working—for the first time in almost 30 years—again with Marc Almond, for his performance of Almond's seminal Torment & Toreros album from 1983 - in its entirety, for the Meltdown 2012 festival. He was musical director for the string and choir sections and performed as well.

He and his wife, Kimberlee, now work together as The McCarricks.

Selected appearances

The Glove - Blue Sunshine (1983)
Marc & the Mambas - Torment & Toreros
Marc Almond - Vermin in Ermine (1984)
This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears (1984)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Marc Almond - Stories of Johnny (1985)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
The Wolfgang Press - Standing Up Straight (1986)
This Mortal Coil - Filigree & Shadow (1986)
Marc Almond - Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters (1987)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Through the Looking Glass (1987)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)
This Mortal Coil - Blood (1991)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Superstition (1991)
Heidi Berry - Love (1991)
Lush - Split (1994)
Kristin Hersh - Strings (1994)
Therapy? - Troublegum (1994)
Therapy? - Infernal Love (1995)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Rapture (1995)
Throwing Muses - Limbo (1996)
Skunk Anansie - Stoosh (1996)
Therapy? - Semi-Detached (1998)
Therapy? - Suicide Pact - You First (1999)
Therapy? - So Much For the Ten Year Plan (2000)
Therapy? - Shameless (2001)
Therapy? - High Anxiety (2003)
Oceansize - Effloresce (2003)
Biffy Clyro - The Vertigo of Bliss (2003)
Rico - Violent Silences (2004)
Siouxsie - Dreamshow (2005)
Gary Numan - Jagged (2006)
Kristin Hersh - Learn to Sing Like a Star (2007)
Therapy? - Music Through A Cheap Transistor (2007)

References

↑ Kellman, Andy. "Biography: Therapy?". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
↑ Huey, Steve. "Biography: This Mortal Coil". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 May 2010.

External links

v t e Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie Sioux Steven Severin Marco Pirroni Sid Vicious Kenny Morris Peter Fenton John McKay Budgie Robert Smith John McGeoch John Valentine Carruthers Jon Klein Martin McCarrick Knox Chandler

Studio albums	The Scream Join Hands Kaleidoscope Juju A Kiss in the Dreamhouse Hyæna Tinderbox Through the Looking Glass Peepshow Superstition The Rapture

Live albums	Nocturne The Seven Year Itch At the BBC

Compilation albums	Once Upon a Time: The Singles Twice Upon a Time: The Singles The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees Downside Up Voices on the Air: The Peel Sessions

EPs	The Thorn

Singles	"Hong Kong Garden" "The Staircase (Mystery)" "Playground Twist" "Mittageisen" "Happy House" "Christine" "Israel" "Spellbound" "Arabian Knights" "Fireworks" "Slowdive" "Melt!" "Dear Prudence" "Swimming Horses" "Dazzle" "Overground" "Cities in Dust" "Candyman" "This Wheel's on Fire" "The Passenger" "Song from the Edge of the World" "Peek-a-Boo" "The Killing Jar" "The Last Beat of My Heart" "Kiss Them for Me" "Shadowtime" "Fear (of the Unknown)" "Face to Face" "O Baby" "Stargazer"

Videos	Nocturne The Seven Year Itch At the BBC The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees

Related articles	Discography Personnel The Creatures The Glove Bromley Contingent

v t e The Glove

Steven Severin Robert Smith

Additional personnel	Jeanette Landray Andy Anderson Martin McCarrick Ginny Heyes Anne Stephenson

Studio albums	Blue Sunshine

Singles	"Like an Animal" "Punish Me with Kisses"

Related articles	Siouxsie and the Banshees The Cure

Authority control	VIAF: 103620782

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Name	McCarrick, Martin
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Short description	British musician
Date of birth	29 July 1962
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