Finbarr Donnelly
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Finbarr Donnelly (25 April 1962 ā 18 June 1989) was a singer and songwriter from Northern Ireland, who moved to Cork city at a young age. He is best known as the vocalist with the post-punk band Five Go Down to the Sea? (earlier known as Nun Attax, later as Beethoven Fucking Beethoven).[1] Known for his striking stage presence and absurdist, surreal lyrics, he and the band were hugely influential on later generations of Irish musicians.[2] Mark McAvoy, author of "Cork Rock: From Rory Gallagher to the Sultans of Ping", said in a 2017 interview that "Donnelly probably would have been the most influential musician and songwriter in...the Cork music scene and the bands that stemmed from it."[2]
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Birth name | Finbarr Donnelly |
Born | (1962-04-25)25 April 1962 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Died | 18 June 1989(1989-06-18) (aged 27) Hyde Park, London |
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Occupation(s) | vocalist |
Years active | 1978ā1989 |
Labels | Reekus Records Abstract Sounds Kabuki Records Creation Records Setanta Records |
Their most widely regarded work, the EP Knot a Fish, was released in 1983. Donnelly's career peaked again in June 1989 when the EP Him Goolie Goolie Man, Dem was named "Single of the Week" by the NME.[3] Before he could build on this success, he drowned in a swimming accident on 18 June 1989 in Hyde Park's Serpentine Pond, aged 27.[2][4]