Roger Quigley
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Roger Patrick Martin Quigley (born 17 March 1969, Manchester, England) is a singer/songwriter and one-half of the indie pop
duo known as The Montgolfier Brothers
.
He has released multiple recordings, including two LP
s — 1969 Until God Knows When, and Quigley's Point. The latter effort was recorded under the At Swim Two Birds moniker, a name was inspired by At Swim-Two-Birds
, a classic tome by Irish novelist Flann O'Brien
.
Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
duo known as The Montgolfier Brothers
The Montgolfier Brothers
The Montgolfier Brothers is a British indie pop-dream pop duo which features gnac's Mark Tranmer and Lovewood drummer Roger Quigley.The group, which formed in 1999, has released several recordings.-Discography:*Seventeen Stars...
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He has released multiple recordings, including two LP
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
s — 1969 Until God Knows When, and Quigley's Point. The latter effort was recorded under the At Swim Two Birds moniker, a name was inspired by At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds is a 1939 novel by Irish author Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It is widely considered to be O'Brien's masterpiece, and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction....
, a classic tome by Irish novelist Flann O'Brien
Flann O'Brien
Brian O'Nolan was an Irish novelist, playwright and satirist regarded as a key figure in postmodern literature. Best known for novels such as At Swim-Two-Birds, The Third Policeman and An Béal Bocht and many satirical columns in The Irish Times Brian O'Nolan (5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966) was...
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External links
- Roger Quigley... details on artist (German)
- At Swim Two Birds artist's page at Indiepop (Italian)
- Quigley artist's page at Acetone Records (French)
- Quigley's Point music review (Spanish)