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Years active. 1978−present. Known for. Member of Fine Young Cannibals and Akrylykz. Children. 2. Roland Lee Gift (born 28 May 1961) [ 1] is a British musician and actor. He is the former lead vocalist of the pop rock band Fine Young Cannibals .
Fine Young Cannibals ( FYC) were an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1984 by former The Beat band bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox [ 5] with singer Roland Gift (formerly of the Akrylykz ). Their self-titled 1985 debut album contained "Johnny Come Home" and a cover of "Suspicious Minds", two songs that were top ...
She Drives Me Crazy. " She Drives Me Crazy " is a song by British group Fine Young Cannibals, released in 1988 by London Records as the first single from their second and final album, The Raw & the Cooked (1989). The song was written by the group's frontman Roland Gift with David Steele and produced by FYC with David Z.
Composition. Written by lead vocalist Roland Gift and bassist David Steele, "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" contains prominent drum beats with keyboards and finger-picked guitar accompaniment. The song utilises, throughout the track, a sample from "Funky Drummer" by James Brown. [1] Allmusic writer Jo-Ann Greene described the song as having "a ...
Fine Young Cannibals singles chronology. "She Drives Me Crazy". (1989) " Good Thing ". (1989) "Don't Look Back". (1989) " Good Thing " is a song by British band Fine Young Cannibals, released as the second single from their second and last album, The Raw & the Cooked (1989). The song was their second and final US number-one, topping the ...
Johnny Come Home. " Johnny Come Home " is a song by British band Fine Young Cannibals, released as the first single from their debut album, Fine Young Cannibals (1985). It is similar to the style of many other of the band's hits, a mixture of rock and ska with Roland Gift 's distinctive vocals, as well as a jazz -type trumpet solo.
Zoom rejoined X in 1999, but at first, the band’s classic lineup primarily toured and performed their old songs. Then, in April 2020, X celebrated the 40th anniversary of Los Angeles with the ...
The Raw & the Cooked. (1989) Fine Young Cannibals is the debut studio album released in 1985 by the band of the same name. The album features the UK #8 debut hit single "Johnny Come Home". This success did not continue with the next single, "Blue", which languished at #41 in the UK.