Coyle Girelli

Coyle Girelli (Martin Coyle)
Origin Otley, West Yorkshire, England
Genres Alternative Rock, Pop, Hip hop, Musical Theater
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter, composer, lyricist, producer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, production
Years active 2005 – present
Labels Universal Republic, So Recordings, Sony Music Entertainment,
Associated acts The Chevin, Your Vegas, Robin des Bois, Westlife, Asher Roth, Serge Devant

Coyle Girelli is an English singer, songwriter and producer and lead singer of alternative rock band The Chevin.[1]

Music career

Girelli, along with Mat Steel, Jon Langford, Mal Taylor and Mark Heaton, formed alternative rock band Your Vegas. He was the singer[2][3] and songwriter in Your Vegas.[4] The band released debut album A Town And Two Cities[5] in May 2008 on Universal Republic.[6]

Girelli has made several network television appearances in the US including on Last Call with Carson Daly with Your Vegas[7] and on the Late Show with David Letterman[8] and Conan with The Chevin.

Steven Spielberg's Discovery Channel documentary Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attack in New York used "Salvador" as its theme music, written by Girelli.[9]

In 2010 he founded British alternative band The Chevin together with former Your Vegas bandmates Langford, Steel and Taylor.[10] Lead single "Champion" along with several other of his songs from Borderland have appeared in films, commercials, computer games and television shows across the globe, most notably "Champion" on the FIFA 13 soundtrack.[11]

Girelli has written songs for many other recording artists including Irish band Westlife,[12] Asher Roth[13] and DJ Serge Devant.[14]

He co-composed the music for the 2013 French musical Robin des Bois along with Micheal Malih, David Hallyday, Fred Château, Mathieu Mendès, Corneille, Shaka Ponk, John Mamann and Stanislas.[15] His song "Gloria" from the show is on opera singer Vincent Niclo's 2013 album Luis.

Discography


References

  1. ↑ "Review of Champion EP by The Chevin". Contact Music.
  2. ↑ "Music Review: Your Vegas A Town and Two Cities Universal Republic". Tone Audio.
  3. ↑ "Mark Hoppus' Pick of the Week: Your Vegas". Spin.
  4. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (1 March 2008). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 34–. ISSN 00062510.
  5. ↑ "Music Review: Your Vegas Releases Debut CD". CBS News, 30 May 2008.
  6. ↑ "A Town And Two Cities Review". Ultimate Guitar. 2008.
  7. ↑ "Last Call with Carson Daly - Season 7, Episode 93: May 6, 2008: John Cho, Dean Edwards, Your Vegas". TV.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  8. ↑ "Single review: The Chevin - Drive" Renowned for Sound, 26 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero Videos : Discovery Channel". Dsc.discovery.com. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  10. ↑ "Borderland - The Chevin | Credits". AllMusic. 2012-08-28. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  11. ↑ "FIFA 13 Soundtrack". FIFASoundtrack.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  12. ↑ "Discography - Westlife: Greatest Hits Box Set". Westlife. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  13. ↑ Shatzman, Ben. "Review: Asher Roth's 'RetroHash'". Hot New Hiphop.
  14. ↑ "Track Preview: Serge Devant’s ‘True Faith’ Releases May 15th + Remixes". EDM Insider.
  15. ↑ "Gloria (extrait de "Robin des Bois") - Nyco Lilliu". Tonlist.is. Retrieved 2013-09-23.

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