Mick Quinn
Encyclopedia
Mick Quinn is an English
musician
and singer-songwriter
, best known as founding member of English rock band
Supergrass
. He formed the DB Band with bassist Paul Wilson, formerly of Shake Appeal
in 2010 and released début EP "Stranger In The Alps" on the 17th September 2011. He also is a member of 60's garage/beat band the "Beat Seeking Missiles".
with Gaz Coombes
and Danny Goffey
in February 1993. Coombes had recently disbanded his first group The Jennifers
and become Quinn's co-worker at a local restaurant. The two realised they shared common musical interests and began song writing in Quinn's house in Oxfordshire
, joined by former Jennifer's drummer, Danny Goffey.
In 1995 the band released I Should Coco
selling over a million copies worldwide. Singles, Caught by the Fuzz
and Alright confirmed the bands popularity and they went on to release five further albums, four reaching the top ten in the UK Albums Chart
.
Children of the Monkey Basket, a website created by Quinn in September 1999, earned the band best Rock Website at the UK Online Music Awards in both 2000 and 2002. Other nominations in the category were Coldplay, Idlewild, Radiohead and U2.
In 2008 the band parted ways with Parlophone
records, recently acquired by Guy Hands
of Terra Firma
, and released single Rebel In You
on Supergrass Records, appointing Quinn as managing director.
The band announced in April 2010 that they were to split, stating that "cliche notwithstanding, musical differences" had led to their decision.
Quinn has said that in his opinion, one of Supergrass' greatest achievements was: "Not doing Calvin Klein
. Not doing Spielberg
", in reference to the band staying focused on their music career.
bass player Paul Wilson. The band has toured in Holland and France and played 2011's Truck Festival. The band released the début EP
, 'Stranger In The Alps' on 17th September 2011 on BAM Records.
Quinn is also a founding member of garage band The Beat Seeking Missiles with former members of The Wig Outs and Thee Headcoats
. Signed to Dirtywater records,the band will release their first single, "Break My Fall/Dr. Strangelove" in October.
, his father
is the lipid biochemist
Professor Peter Quinn, who is based at King's College London
. Quinn spent his very early childhood living in America before relocated to Oxford, England in the 1970s.
After leaving school he travelled to Australia but returned to England to continue his studies, graduating from Brighton University with a qualification in computing
.
On 21 August 2007, Quinn was hospitalized in Toulouse
, France
for an operation to repair two broken vertebrae and a smashed Calcaneus, sustained after falling out of a first floor window of a rented villa he was staying in with his family. He subsequently made a full recovery, returning to perform with the band in January 2008.
Quinn lives in Oxfordshire
with his wife and daughter.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, best known as founding member of English rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
Supergrass
Supergrass
Supergrass was an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consisted of brothers Gaz and Rob Coombes , Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey ....
. He formed the DB Band with bassist Paul Wilson, formerly of Shake Appeal
Shake Appeal
Shake Appeal is the name of a rock group from Oxford, England from 1984-1989. The last line-up of the band evolved into Swervedriver.-Origins:...
in 2010 and released début EP "Stranger In The Alps" on the 17th September 2011. He also is a member of 60's garage/beat band the "Beat Seeking Missiles".
1993-2010: Supergrass
Mick Quinn formed SupergrassSupergrass
Supergrass was an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consisted of brothers Gaz and Rob Coombes , Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey ....
with Gaz Coombes
Gaz Coombes
Gaz Coombes is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the English alternative rock band, Supergrass. He first entered the music scene aged sixteen as the lead singer of the band The Jennifers which featured Supergrass band mate Danny Goffey...
and Danny Goffey
Danny Goffey
Daniel Robert Goffey Daniel Robert Goffey Daniel Robert Goffey (born 7 February 1974 in Slough, Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire) is an English musician and singer-songwriter best known as the drummer and backing vocalist for the English Britpop band, Supergrass...
in February 1993. Coombes had recently disbanded his first group The Jennifers
The Jennifers
The Jennifers were a short-lived British rock group formed at Wheatley Park School and featuring vocalist Gaz Coombes, guitarist Nic Goffey, drummer Danny Goffey and bassist Andy Davies...
and become Quinn's co-worker at a local restaurant. The two realised they shared common musical interests and began song writing in Quinn's house in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, joined by former Jennifer's drummer, Danny Goffey.
In 1995 the band released I Should Coco
I Should Coco
I Should Coco is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Supergrass, released through Parlophone in May 1995. Supergrass were formed in 1993 by Gaz Coombes, Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey and they released their debut single from the album, "Caught by the Fuzz", in May 1995 on the...
selling over a million copies worldwide. Singles, Caught by the Fuzz
Caught by the Fuzz
-Background:Supergrass had released "Caught by the Fuzz" and "Mansize Rooster" as singles on Backbeat Records, which sold out quickly and gained the interest of record producer Sam Williams, who then offered to record some demos of the band's other songs at Sawmills Studio...
and Alright confirmed the bands popularity and they went on to release five further albums, four reaching the top ten in the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
.
Children of the Monkey Basket, a website created by Quinn in September 1999, earned the band best Rock Website at the UK Online Music Awards in both 2000 and 2002. Other nominations in the category were Coldplay, Idlewild, Radiohead and U2.
In 2008 the band parted ways with Parlophone
Parlophone
Parlophone is a record label that was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch was formed in 1923 as "Parlophone" which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz label. It was acquired in 1927 by the Columbia Graphophone Company which...
records, recently acquired by Guy Hands
Guy Hands
Guy Hands , is an English financier and investor. He is most notable as the founder and chairman of Terra Firma Capital Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Europe. Hands also previously served as Chairman of the U.K...
of Terra Firma
Terra Firma Capital Partners
Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd is a leading U.K.-based private equity firm, best known for its failed investment in British music company EMI. Financier Guy Hands founded the firm in 2002 through the spin-off of Nomura Principal Finance Group...
, and released single Rebel In You
Rebel In You
"Rebel In You" is a song by British rock band Supergrass. It is the third single from the album Diamond Hoo Ha, and is the band's final single release...
on Supergrass Records, appointing Quinn as managing director.
The band announced in April 2010 that they were to split, stating that "cliche notwithstanding, musical differences" had led to their decision.
Quinn has said that in his opinion, one of Supergrass' greatest achievements was: "Not doing Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. in 1968. In addition to clothing, Klein has also given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewelry....
. Not doing Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
", in reference to the band staying focused on their music career.
2010-present
In May 2010 Quinn formed The dB Band with former Shake AppealShake Appeal
Shake Appeal is the name of a rock group from Oxford, England from 1984-1989. The last line-up of the band evolved into Swervedriver.-Origins:...
bass player Paul Wilson. The band has toured in Holland and France and played 2011's Truck Festival. The band released the début EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, 'Stranger In The Alps' on 17th September 2011 on BAM Records.
Quinn is also a founding member of garage band The Beat Seeking Missiles with former members of The Wig Outs and Thee Headcoats
Thee Headcoats
Thee Headcoats 1989 - 2000, was a band comprising Billy Childish, Bruce Brand, and Johnny Johnson. Childish was featured on guitar and vocals, Brand on drums and backing vocals, and Johnson on bass. The band was the most prolific of Childish's many musical projects, releasing fourteen full...
. Signed to Dirtywater records,the band will release their first single, "Break My Fall/Dr. Strangelove" in October.
Personal life
His parents were born in AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, his father
Father
A father, Pop, Dad, or Papa, is defined as a male parent of any type of offspring. The adjective "paternal" refers to father, parallel to "maternal" for mother...
is the lipid biochemist
Biochemist
Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. Typical biochemists study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. The prefix of "bio" in "biochemist" can be understood as a fusion of "biological chemist."-Role:...
Professor Peter Quinn, who is based at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
. Quinn spent his very early childhood living in America before relocated to Oxford, England in the 1970s.
After leaving school he travelled to Australia but returned to England to continue his studies, graduating from Brighton University with a qualification in computing
Computing
Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...
.
On 21 August 2007, Quinn was hospitalized in Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
for an operation to repair two broken vertebrae and a smashed Calcaneus, sustained after falling out of a first floor window of a rented villa he was staying in with his family. He subsequently made a full recovery, returning to perform with the band in January 2008.
Quinn lives in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
with his wife and daughter.
External links
- dB Band - Current band website
- Children of the Monkey Basket - Website created by Mick Quinn