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Robyn Hitchcock
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The Soft Boys to the Egyptians (1972â1993)
{{See also|The Soft Boys}}Hitchcock was educated at Winchester College, where he was a "groovy and alternative" friend of Julia Darling.WEB, Julia Darling (1956â2005),weblink Literary Winchester, 10 January 2015, 2011, 2 April 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150402222617weblink">weblink dead, While at art school in London around 1972, Hitchcock was a member of the college band the Beetles.BOOK,weblink Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock, 331, Jim DeRogatis, Hal Leonard Corporation, 2003, 9780634055485, 18 August 2012, WEB,weblink Pre-Soft-Boys Bands, Bayard Catron, glasshotel.net, 2001, 18 August 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130719182126weblink">weblink 19 July 2013, dead, In 1974, he moved to Cambridge, where he did some busking, and joined a series of local bands: B.B. Blackberry and the Swelterettes, the Worst Fears, and Maureen and the Meatpackers.WEB,weblink The Soft Boys Biography : OLDIES.com, oldies.com, 18 August 2012, His next group, Dennis and the Experts, became the neo-psychedelia band The Soft Boys in 1976, recording their first EP, "Give It to the Soft Boys", at Spaceward studios, Cambridge, in 1977.WEB,weblink The Soft Boys â Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic, Denise Sullivan, allmusic.com, 2012, 17 August 2012, WEB,weblink fegMANIA! â Robyn Hitchcock Chronology, Bayard Catron, fegmania.org, 2001, 18 August 2012, 16 July 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120716235430weblink">weblink dead, After recording A Can of Bees (1979) and Underwater Moonlight (1980), the latter of which was described in Rolling Stone as a "classic" and influential on bands such as R.E.M. and The Replacements, the group broke up in 1981.BOOK, Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music, Colin Larkin (writer), Colin Larkin, Guinness Publishing, 1992, First, 0-85112-579-4, 137, In 1981, Hitchcock released his solo debut, Black Snake Diamond Röle, which included instrumental backing by several former Soft Boys. He followed it in 1982 with the generally critically maligned Groovy Decay.The Rough Guide to Rock, Peter Buckley, 2003 Following his solo acoustic album I Often Dream of Trains in 1984, he formed a new band, The Egyptians, comprising former members of the Soft Boys (Andy Metcalfe and Morris Windsor, supplemented at first by early keyboardist Roger Jackson), resulting in their 1985 debut Fegmania!, which featured typically surrealist Hitchcock songs such as "My Wife and My Dead Wife" and "The Man with the Lightbulb Head". (A live album, Gotta Let This Hen Out!, was released at the end of that year.) Their popularity grew with the 1986 album Element of Light and they were subsequently signed to A&M Records in the U.S. The album Globe of Frogs, released in 1988, further expanded their reach, as the single "Balloon Man" became a college radio and MTV hit, followed in 1989 by "Madonna of the Wasps" from their Queen Elvis album. In 1989, they also teamed up with Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Peter Holsapple of The dB's, playing two gigs as Nigel and the Crosses, mostly covers.WEB,weblink R.E.M. side-projects, Remchronicle.com, 22 March 2012, WEB,weblink Robert Loerzel interviews Hitchcock, Murmurs.com, 22 March 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120222063707weblink">weblink 22 February 2012, At the beginning of 1990, Hitchcock took a break from the Egyptians and A&M Records to release another solo acoustic album, Eye, then resumed with the band's Perspex Island release in 1991. 1993's Respect, influenced a great deal by his father's death,MAGAZINE,weblink Robyn Hitchcock: Respect : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 15 April 1993, 7 June 2017, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090114112714weblink">weblink 14 January 2009, marked the last Egyptians release and the end of his association with A&M Records.Reunions and solo career, 1994â2006
{{BLP sources section|date=August 2020}}Early in 1994, after disbanding the Egyptians, Hitchcock embarked on a short reunion tour with the Soft Boys. His work received a slight boost in 1995 when his back catalogue (including both solo releases and Egyptians albums) were re-packaged and re-issued in the United States by the respected Rhino Records label. For the rest of the decade he continued recording and performing as a solo artist, releasing several albums on Warner Brothers Records, such as 1996's Moss Elixir (which featured the contributions of violinist Deni Bonet and guitarist Tim Keegan), and the soundtrack from the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film Storefront Hitchcock in 1998. The 1999 release Jewels for Sophia, also on Warner, featured cameos from Southern California-based musicians Jon Brion and Grant-Lee Phillips, both of whom often shared the stage with Hitchcock when he played Los Angeles nightclub Largo. An album of outtakes from the Sophia sessions called A Star for Bram, released on Hitchcock's own label, followed, and his subsequent albums appeared on a variety of independent labels.In 2000 the Italian music writer Luca Ferrari released a long interview with Hitchcock, A Middle Class Hero (Stampa Alternativa), in the form of a 96-page booklet in English and Italian accompanying a three-song CD of unreleased tracks.In 2001 Hitchcock reunited and toured with Kimberley Rew, bassist Matthew Seligman, and Morris Windsor for the Soft Boys' re-release of their best-known album, 1980's Underwater Moonlight. The following year they recorded and released a new album, Nextdoorland, which was accompanied by a short album of outtakes, Side Three. The reunion was short-lived.The 2002 double album Robyn Sings comprised cover versions of Bob Dylan songs, including a live re-creation (performed in 1996) of Dylan's so-called Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1966 concert. Hitchcock celebrated his 50th birthday in 2003 with a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London at which his then-new solo acoustic album Luxor was given away as a gift to all those attending, and an original poem of his was read by actor Alan Rickman.WEB,weblink Robyn Hitchcock, Robyn Hitchcock, 11 June 2012, 7 June 2017, He continued collaborating with a series of different musicians, as on the album Spooked, which was recorded with country/folk duo (and longtime Hitchcock fans) Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. The Soft Boys re-formed again in 2006 to perform a live concert of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd covers in London, benefiting Médecins Sans Frontières.The Venus 3 to present
{{anchor|The Venus 3}}File:Robyn Hitchcock 2010 by John Stephen Dwyer.jpg|upright|thumb|Hitchcock at Coolidge Corner TheatreCoolidge Corner TheatreIn 2006 Olé! Tarantula was released with the Venus 3, a band which consisted of longtime friends and collaborators R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and Young Fresh Fellows' frontman Scott McCaughey, as well as Ministry's Bill Rieflin (by then also R.E.M.'s full-time drummer). The song "'Cause It's Love (Saint Parallelogram)" was written with Andy Partridge of XTC.In 2007, he was the subject of a documentary, (Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects), directed by John Edginton,WEB,weblink Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Deathâ¦and Insects | Otmoor Productions | Documentaries and Consultancy, Otmoor Productions, 7 June 2017, shown on the U.S. Sundance Channel and in the UK on BBC Four (and later released on DVD). "Food, sex and death are all corridors to life if you like. You need sex to get you here, you need food to keep you here and you need death to get you out and theyâre the entry and exit signs."Personal life
{{BLP sources section|date=August 2020}}Hitchcock was born in Paddington, London, England, son of novelist Raymond Hitchcock (writer of Percy).Harris, W. "A chat with Robyn Hitchcock," Bullz-eye.com, 10 February 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2013.Hitchcock collaborated with director Jonathan Demme in 1998 for a live concert and film Storefront Hitchcock, and later appeared in Demme's 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate, in which he played double agent Laurent Tokar. He also appeared in Demme's Rachel Getting Married in 2008, singing and playing guitar in the wedding-party band.In September 2008 Hitchcock joined the Disko Bay Cape Farewell expedition to the West Coast of Greenland. Cape Farewell is a UK-based arts organisation that brings artists, scientists and communicators together to instigate a cultural response to climate change.WEB,weblink Robyn Hitchcock, 10 September 2021, September 8, 2023, In August 2015, Hitchcock moved to Nashville, Tennessee.WEB, Hurt, Edd,weblink Robyn Hitchcock Reinvents Himself in Nashville, Nashville Scene, April 20, 2017, May 30, 2019, He lives in East Nashville with his partner Emma Swift and their cats.NEWS, Trageser, Stephen, March 19, 2020, Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift Settle In at Home,weblink Nashville Scene, Nashville, TN, May 14, 2021, He had a daughter, Maisie, from a previous relationship.WEB, April 30, 2013, Robyn Hitchcock feels jolly good,weblink SF Examiner, On August 13, 2023, he announced via his Instagram page that Maisie had died due to peritoneal cancer.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}Discography
{{See also|The Soft Boys#Discography}}Studio albums
- Black Snake Diamond Röle (1981)
- Groovy Decay (1982)
- I Often Dream of Trains (1984)
- Fegmania! (1985) â with the Egyptians
- Element of Light (1986) â with the Egyptians
- Globe of Frogs (1988) â with the Egyptians
- Queen Elvis (1989) â with the Egyptians
- Eye (1990)
- Perspex Island (1991) â with the Egyptians
- Respect (1993) â with the Egyptians
- Moss Elixir (1996)
- Jewels for Sophia (1999)
- Luxor (2003)
- Spooked (2004)
- Olé! Tarantula (2006) â with the Venus 3
- Goodnight Oslo (2009) â with the Venus 3
- Propellor Time (2010) â with the Venus 3
- Tromsø, Kaptein (2011)
- Love from London (2013)
- The Man Upstairs (2014)
- Robyn Hitchcock (2017)
- Shufflemania! (2022)
- Life after Infinity (2023)
EPs
- Eaten by Her Own Dinner (1982) â 7"
- I Something You (1995) â 7"
- Planet England (with Andy Partridge) (2019)
Compilations
- Groovy Decoy (1985) â A re-worked version of Groovy Decay, featuring demo versions of many of that album's songs)
- Invisible Hitchcock (1986) â Outtakes and rarities: 1980â1986
- Gravy Deco (1995) â A compilation of the Groovy Decay and Groovy Decoy sessions
- You & Oblivion (1995) â Outtakes and rarities: 1981â1987
- Mossy Liquor (1996) â Outtakes and prototypes from Moss Elixir
- A Star for Bram (2000) â Outtakes from Jewels for Sophia
- A Middle-Class Hero (2000) â Italian-English authorised interview book written by Luca Ferrari with CD-EP of outtakes included
- Obliteration Pie (2005) â Japan-only collection of live tracks, rarities, and new studio re-recordings
- I Wanna Go Backwards (2007) â Boxed set of reissued albums, with many previously unreleased outtakes and rarities
- Shadow Cat (2008) â Outtakes and rarities: 1993â1999
- Luminous Groove (2008) â Boxed set of reissued albums, with many previously unreleased live performances, outtakes and rarities
- There Goes the Ice (2013) â Vinyl-only collection of rarities, most previously issued as digital-only tracks between 2010 and 2013
- (The Man Downstairs: Demos & Rarities) (2020) â Outtakes and demos recorded in 2013 for the Man Upstairs sessions
Live albums
- Gotta Let This Hen Out! (1985) â with the Egyptians
- Give It to the Thoth Boys - Live Oddities (1993) â cassette-only release sold on tour in 1993
- The Kershaw Sessions (1994) â with the Egyptians
- Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival (1998) â with the Egyptians
- Storefront Hitchcock (2000) â soundtrack to the concert film
- Robyn Sings (2002) â Double live album of Bob Dylan cover songs
- This Is the BBC (2006)
- Sex, Food, Death... and Tarantulas (2007) â Live EP
- I Often Dream of Trains in New York (2009) â CD+DVD
Best-of compilations
- Robyn Hitchcock (1995)
- (Greatest Hits (Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians album)|Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians: Greatest Hits) (1996) â with the Egyptians
- Uncorrected Personality Traits (1997) â Rhino Records best-of compilation of solo material
- Chronolology (2011) â Yep Roc best-of including Soft Boys, Egyptians, and solo material
Compilation appearances
- Time Between - A Tribute to the Byrds (Imaginary Records, 1989) â "Wild Mountain Thyme"
- Pave the Earth (A&M Records, 1990) â "Birdshead (live)"
- Alvin Lives (In Leeds): Anti Poll Tax Trax (Midnight Music, May 1990) â "Kung Fu Fighting"
- The Best of Mountain Stage, Volume 2: Live (Blue Plate Music, 1991) â "The Arms Of Love"
- The Bob No. 42 (1991) â "A Day In The Life"
- The Bob No. 54 (1997) â "Alright, Yeah (German version)"
- Succour: The Terrascope Benefit Album (Flydaddy Records, September 1996) â "She Was Sinister But She Was Happy"
- (More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album) (Birdman Records, 1999) â "Broken Heart"
- Ernie: Songs of Ernest Noyes Brookings (Gadfly Records, 2001) â "Book"
- Listen to What the Man Said: Popular Artists Pay Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney (Oglio Records, 2001) â "Let Me Roll It"
- Wig in a Box (Off Records, October 2003) â "City Of Women"
- Terry Edwards Presents... Queer Street: No Fish Is Too Weird for Her Aquarium Vol. III (Sartorial Records, February 2004) â "Are 'Friends' Electric?"
- This One's for the Fellows: A Sonic Salute to the Young Fresh Fellows (BlueDisguise Records, April 2004) â "Mamie Dunn, Employee of the Month / Good Times Rock & Roll"
- Live at WMSE Vol. 10 (April 2009) â "NY Doll"
- Abbey Road Now! (Mojo Magazine Free CD, October 2009) â "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
- The Madcap Laughs Again! (Mojo Magazine Free CD, Mar 2010) â "Dark Globe"
- All Ready for the 25th? (Sartorial Records, 2012) â "There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evenin' Stage"
- (Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys) (ANTI-Records, February 2013) â "Sam's Gone Away"
- Way To Blue: The Songs Of Nick Drake (Story Sound Records, April 2013) â "Parasite"
- Songs in the Key of Paul (Mojo Magazine free CD, November 2013) â "Let Me Roll It"
- An Autumn Almanac (Uncut Magazine free CD, December 2010) Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 â "Belltown Ramble"
- Ramble On! (Uncut Magazine free CD, September 2014) â "Trouble in Your Blood"
References
{{Reflist}}Further reading
- "Robyn Hitchcock. A Middle-Class Hero" â an authorised book with a long interview with Luca Ferrari [Stampa Alternativa, Rome 2000]
- "Hitchcock on Hitchcock: Robyn Hitchcock picks his best songs" Rockerzine.com 2016
- "Robyn Hitchcock: I'm Not Bob Dylan" Interview with Robyn Hitchcock 2016. Rocker Magazine
- weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090112173722weblink">"Robyn Hitchcock: I wanna go Backwards" â an article at Crawdaddy!.
- "The Barrett/Hitchcock Connection" â an article at Perfect Sound Forever.
- Interview with Robyn Hitchcock with Andy Carvin in 1993.
External links
{{commons category}}- The Asking Tree, database of Soft Boys and Robyn Hitchcock live appearances and releases
- The Museum of Robyn Hitchcock (official site)
- Otmoor Productions Documentary Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Robyn Hitchcock collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
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