David Yarritu
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David Yarritu is an American musician and photographer. He was best known for his short stint as a member of new wave
group ABC
in the 1980s. He was featured in several videos from the band's How to Be a...Zillionaire!
album, including "Be Near Me
" (1985).
Yarritu's only credited role in the production of How to Be a...Zillionaire! was providing spoken passages on some tracks. He and Eden
(Fiona Russell) were hired for ABC's "Zillionaire!" era mainly for their unconventional look onstage and in videos. In Yarritu's case, it was his short stature, shaven head, oversized eyeglasses, and diminutive build. He was the lone American in the group.
Today Yarritu works as a freelance photographer, and is based in New York City.
Yarritu is openly gay
.
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
group ABC
ABC (band)
ABC are an English band, that charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. The band continues to tour and released a new album, Traffic, in 2008.-Formation:...
in the 1980s. He was featured in several videos from the band's How to Be a...Zillionaire!
How to Be a...Zillionaire!
How to Be a... Zillionaire! is an album by the band ABC. It was released in January 1985 . Four singles were released from this album, "Be Near Me" , " Millionaire" , and "Vanity Kills" , and the fourth was "Ocean Blue",...
album, including "Be Near Me
Be Near Me
"Be Near Me" is a song by ABC. The hit single from How to Be a...Zillionaire!, it is a message from the group's lead singer, Martin Fry, to an unknown addressee. He commands the addressee not to leave him. It peaked at #26 on the UK singles chart in 1985, then later in the year it went to #9 on the...
" (1985).
Yarritu's only credited role in the production of How to Be a...Zillionaire! was providing spoken passages on some tracks. He and Eden
Fiona Russell-Powell
Fiona Russell Powell is a British journalist. She is best known for her series of interviews throughout the 1980s in The Face magazine. For a brief period in the mid 1980s, she performed with the pop group ABC in videos and onstage to support their cartoon-synth album How to Be a...Zillionaire!...
(Fiona Russell) were hired for ABC's "Zillionaire!" era mainly for their unconventional look onstage and in videos. In Yarritu's case, it was his short stature, shaven head, oversized eyeglasses, and diminutive build. He was the lone American in the group.
Today Yarritu works as a freelance photographer, and is based in New York City.
Yarritu is openly gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
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External links
- David Yarritu at the Internet Movie Database