Danny Goffey
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Daniel Robert GoffeyDaniel 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 June 2010, it was announced he had become the drummer for Babyshambles
following their drummer's departure.
career as a child when he formed his first band, The Jubbly Spufflewubs, which consisted of his brother on guitar and friend David Mackay. He had no drums so had to accompany the others by hitting chopsticks
on lunch boxes. At age ten he received a high hat and snare from his parents, prompting him to start his other band, The Fallopian Tubes. They made songs such as "My Wife Shut My Gonads In The Door", Goffey saying: "That one was about sexual frustration I seem to recall. So were all the others [songs]...". At Wheatley Park School
, north of Oxford
, he became drummer for the four-piece The Jennifers
, which featured a sixteen year old Gaz Coombes
on vocals. The Jennifers began building a reputation in the Oxford indie music scene and released one single
in 1992 on Nude Records
before they disbanded.
Allegedly, before the split, Goffey and Coombes had agreed to continue to work together in the future.
, who at the time was working at a local Harvester
; "I imposed on Mick's life. I imposed on him greatly," Said Goffey. "He had a house, and I used to take people back and sleep with them on his sofa. That's how he built his foundation in this band. That's how I met him. I shagged too often on his sofa. But when we played together... we've still never been able to describe it in interviews. When we're in that room, we're all really similar. We know. We all have the same ideas. We're really quick. It just... happens."
The three of them soon started playing together and shortly after Theodore Supergrass, later just Supergrass, were formed. The band enjoyed a good start to their musical career with the release of their debut album I Should Coco
(1995) which reached number one in the UK Albums Chart
. This good start continued with the release of the single "Alright
" which peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart
. Several albums later and Supergrass are still together, currently recording their next album tentatively titled Release the Drones, slated for release in May 2010.
Danny's brother, Nic Goffey, who was also a part of The Jennifers, has directed most of Supergrass' music videos along with his friend Dom. They work under the name of Dom and Nic
. They have joked on the Supergrass Is 10
DVD about nearly killing the band on several occasions whilst filming music videos.
. He released tracks via MySpace
in August 2006, the first three being "Crack House Blues", "I Feel so Gaye" and "Natalie Loves the F". He was also a drummer for the collective of musicians called Twisted X who released a charity football song called "Born In England" which charted at number 8 in the UK Singles Charts in 2004.
In 2004 he joined other musicians including Paul McCartney
to record a Christmas
charity single called "Do They Know It's Christmas?
" which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart.
Danny appeared with Supergrass on a 'Top Gear
of the Pops' special programme for Comic Relief 2007. The band played "Richard III
" with Ade Edmondson on second guitar.
In 2007 and 2008, while Supergrass band mate Mick Quinn
was suffering from broken heel
and vertebrae, Danny and Gaz Coombes
went on a short tour of the country playing at small venues as the Diamond Hoo Ha Men. The tour was captured on film for a Rockumentary
called Glange Fever, released in 2008.
Goffey and Gaz Coombes
joined other musicians including Paul Weller to record a charity single called "Consequences" for the charity Crisis. The idea for the song came from Danny and his girlfriend, Pearl Lowe
, who is an ambassador for the Crisis charity. Their idea was to record a song in the same way that a person would play the game Consequences. A live event took place at the Roundhouse in London
on March 2, 2008.
On 7 March 2008, Goffey accompanied politician Boris Johnson
in a bid to try to save the post office near where he had grown up in Forest Hill
, at Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire
. Goffey commented; "I used to buy sweets
and cigarettes there and I want my family to be able to continue that tradition."
On 19 March 2008, the Diamond Hoo Ha Men played a gig on London
's South Bank
(having to change from the originally planned River Thames
due to crowd control problems) to raise money for Crisis, offering a free ticket to their London Astoria
show to whoever donated the most money. They were watched by around 75 spectators, having previously announced the busking session on radio station Xfm London
. This was filmed for the BBC 2 programme, The Culture Show
.
Goffey appeared as a contestant in the sixth series of Celebrity Masterchef on BBC One, in which he reached the semi-finals.
up until the age of 13, at which point his family relocated to the Oxfordshire
village of Forest Hill
, east of Oxford. He began to attend Wheatley Park School
, but would more often be found bunking off
in a field between his house and the school itself. When Goffey was 15, he met Gaz Coombes
, two years his junior, on the playing fields of Wheatley School and asked him to form a band with him (The Jennifers). Not long after this he was expelled for compulsive smoking, insolence and regular non-attendance. In 1993, (after The Jennifers had separated) he and Gaz began to share a house on Cowley Road, and Goffey later managed to complete his A-levels at Henley College, despite never making it to any of the computer lectures he was supposed to attend. Danny was also working as a dinner lady at this time.
During the recording of In It For The Money
, Goffey moved out of his and Gaz's house to live in London
with his partner, and singer in the band Powder
, Pearl Lowe
. This introduced Danny to Pearl's social circle of celebrities such as Liam Gallagher
and Kate Moss
, and led to a surge of appearances of him in the tabloids. During this time tensions within Supergrass began to increase, with Goffey often stalling recording of the album in Sawmills Studio
, Cornwall
by returning to London to record with his second band, Lodger
, of which Lowe was also a member. The lyrics for "Going Out
" were also causing arguments, as Danny presumed that Gaz had written them about the column inches he and Pearl had been achieving.
After being together for over thirteen years, Goffey and Lowe finally married on 4 December 2008, in a small chapel at Babington House
, near their home in Frome
, Somerset
, where they live with their two sons, Alfie Lennon (born 9 October 1996), Frankie (born 17 May 1999) and daughter Betty (born 2005). They then spent their honeymoon in Tobago
, the Caribbean
. Alfie and Frankie both attend Wells Cathedral School
. Lowe was expecting another baby, due in autumn 2010. However, it was announced by Goffey on May 19, 2010 that Lowe had suffered a miscarriage.
Danny Goffey is the son of Chris Goffey
, motoring journalist and ex-presenter of Top Gear, and his mother is an ex-Labour Party
councillor. His brother is Nic Goffey, of the directing
partnership Dom and Nic
.
Slough
Slough is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire, England. The town straddles the A4 Bath Road and the Great Western Main Line, west of central London...
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
(now Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
) is an English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
musician 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 the drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
and backing vocalist
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
for the English
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...
Britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
, 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 ....
. In June 2010, it was announced he had become the drummer for Babyshambles
Babyshambles
Babyshambles are an English indie rock band established in London. The band was formed by Pete Doherty during a hiatus from his former band The Libertines, but Babyshambles has since become his main project . Babyshambles has released two albums, three EPs and a number of singles...
following their drummer's departure.
1991–1993: The Jennifers
Goffey started his musicMusic
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
career as a child when he formed his first band, The Jubbly Spufflewubs, which consisted of his brother on guitar and friend David Mackay. He had no drums so had to accompany the others by hitting chopsticks
Chopsticks
Chopsticks are small, often tapered, sticks used in pairs of equal length as the traditional eating utensils of China and its diaspora, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Northern provinces of Laos, Thailand and Burma. Generally believed to have originated in ancient China, they can also be found in some...
on lunch boxes. At age ten he received a high hat and snare from his parents, prompting him to start his other band, The Fallopian Tubes. They made songs such as "My Wife Shut My Gonads In The Door", Goffey saying: "That one was about sexual frustration I seem to recall. So were all the others [songs]...". At Wheatley Park School
Wheatley Park School
Wheatley Park School is a secondary school of around 1150 pupils situated in Holton, about southeast of Oxford. Its current headteacher is Kate Curtis who was promoted to the position in 2005 to replace Nicholas Young.-History:...
, north of Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, he became drummer for the four-piece 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...
, which featured a sixteen year old 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...
on vocals. The Jennifers began building a reputation in the Oxford indie music scene and released one single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
in 1992 on Nude Records
Nude Records
Nude Records was a London based record label, set up in 1992 by Saul Galpern who had previously been involved in the success of artists such as Simply Red, the Fall, Julian Cope, The Triffids, The Slits and The Au Pairs. The label's first success was with Suede. Suede's debut album was the fastest...
before they disbanded.
Allegedly, before the split, Goffey and Coombes had agreed to continue to work together in the future.
1993–2010: Supergrass
In 1993 Coombes introduced Goffey to his co-worker Mick QuinnMick Quinn
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...
, who at the time was working at a local Harvester
Harvester (restaurant)
Harvester Restaurants is a popular family farmhouse-style licensed restaurant chain with more than 170 outlets in the United Kingdom.-History:-Courage:...
; "I imposed on Mick's life. I imposed on him greatly," Said Goffey. "He had a house, and I used to take people back and sleep with them on his sofa. That's how he built his foundation in this band. That's how I met him. I shagged too often on his sofa. But when we played together... we've still never been able to describe it in interviews. When we're in that room, we're all really similar. We know. We all have the same ideas. We're really quick. It just... happens."
The three of them soon started playing together and shortly after Theodore Supergrass, later just Supergrass, were formed. The band enjoyed a good start to their musical career with the release of their debut album 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...
(1995) which reached number one 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...
. This good start continued with the release of the single "Alright
Alright/Time
"Alright" is a song by British alternative rock band Supergrass. It was released with "Time" as a double A-side single from their debut album I Should Coco on 3 July 1995...
" which peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. Several albums later and Supergrass are still together, currently recording their next album tentatively titled Release the Drones, slated for release in May 2010.
Danny's brother, Nic Goffey, who was also a part of The Jennifers, has directed most of Supergrass' music videos along with his friend Dom. They work under the name of Dom and Nic
Dom and Nic
dom&nic is the working name of directors Nic Goffey and Dominic Hawley. They have been directing notable music videos and commercials since 1994....
. They have joked on the Supergrass Is 10
Supergrass Is 10
Supergrass Is 10 is a compilation album celebrating the first 10 years of the band Supergrass. It includes singles from their first release, "Caught by the Fuzz" , to their then latest release, "Kiss of Life" ....
DVD about nearly killing the band on several occasions whilst filming music videos.
Other projects
Goffey embarked on a solo project in 2006 using the pseudonym "Van Goffey", a name based on the artist Vincent van GoghVincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...
. He released tracks via MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
in August 2006, the first three being "Crack House Blues", "I Feel so Gaye" and "Natalie Loves the F". He was also a drummer for the collective of musicians called Twisted X who released a charity football song called "Born In England" which charted at number 8 in the UK Singles Charts in 2004.
In 2004 he joined other musicians including Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
to record a Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
charity single called "Do They Know It's Christmas?
Do They Know It's Christmas?
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 to raise money for relief of the 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia. The original version was produced by Midge Ure and released by Band Aid on 29 November 1984....
" which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart.
Danny appeared with Supergrass on a 'Top Gear
Top Gear (current format)
Top Gear is a British television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humorous style...
of the Pops' special programme for Comic Relief 2007. The band played "Richard III
Richard III (song)
"Richard III" is a song by the band Supergrass. It was the second single to be released from In It for the Money, the band's second album. The single was preceded by "Going Out", which was released over a year before...
" with Ade Edmondson on second guitar.
In 2007 and 2008, while Supergrass band mate Mick Quinn
Mick Quinn
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...
was suffering from broken heel
Heel
In human anatomy, the heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the foot. It is based on the projection of one bone, the calcaneus or heel bone, behind the articulation of the bones of the lower leg.- Human anatomy :...
and vertebrae, Danny and 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...
went on a short tour of the country playing at small venues as the Diamond Hoo Ha Men. The tour was captured on film for a Rockumentary
Rockumentary
The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a documentary about rock music or its musicians. The term was used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast, and by Rob Reiner in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap....
called Glange Fever, released in 2008.
Goffey and 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...
joined other musicians including Paul Weller to record a charity single called "Consequences" for the charity Crisis. The idea for the song came from Danny and his girlfriend, Pearl Lowe
Pearl Lowe
-External links:*...
, who is an ambassador for the Crisis charity. Their idea was to record a song in the same way that a person would play the game Consequences. A live event took place at the Roundhouse in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
on March 2, 2008.
On 7 March 2008, Goffey accompanied politician Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British journalist and Conservative Party politician, who has been the elected Mayor of London since 2008...
in a bid to try to save the post office near where he had grown up in Forest Hill
Forest Hill, Oxfordshire
Forest Hill is a village in Forest Hill with Shotover civil parish in Oxfordshire, about east of Oxford.-Manor:The toponym is derived from the Old English forst-hyll meaning "hill ridge". It has no etymological connection with forests....
, at Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
. Goffey commented; "I used to buy sweets
SweetS
was a Japanese idol group. Put together through auditions, the group debuted in 2003 on the avex trax label. Although the group met minor success, they disbanded after three years with the release of a final single in June 2006....
and cigarettes there and I want my family to be able to continue that tradition."
On 19 March 2008, the Diamond Hoo Ha Men played a gig on London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
's South Bank
South Bank
South Bank is an area of London, England located immediately adjacent to the south side of the River Thames. It forms a long and narrow section of riverside development that is within the London Borough of Lambeth to the border with the London Borough of Southwark and was formerly simply known as...
(having to change from the originally planned River Thames
River Thames
The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...
due to crowd control problems) to raise money for Crisis, offering a free ticket to their London Astoria
London Astoria
The London Astoria was a music venue, located at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England. It had been leased and run by Festival Republic since 2000. It was closed on 15 January 2009 and has since been demolished...
show to whoever donated the most money. They were watched by around 75 spectators, having previously announced the busking session on radio station Xfm London
Xfm London
Xfm London is a commercial radio station in the United Kingdom owned by Global Radio and broadcasts on 104.9 FM in London, on digital radio via 30 DAB multiplexes across the country, Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media....
. This was filmed for the BBC 2 programme, The Culture Show
The Culture Show
The Culture Show is a weekly BBC Two Arts magazine programme. It is broadcast in the UK on Thursday nights at 7pm, focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture, music, visual fashion and the performing arts...
.
Goffey appeared as a contestant in the sixth series of Celebrity Masterchef on BBC One, in which he reached the semi-finals.
Personal life
Goffey lived in BerkshireBerkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
up until the age of 13, at which point his family relocated to the Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
village of Forest Hill
Forest Hill, Oxfordshire
Forest Hill is a village in Forest Hill with Shotover civil parish in Oxfordshire, about east of Oxford.-Manor:The toponym is derived from the Old English forst-hyll meaning "hill ridge". It has no etymological connection with forests....
, east of Oxford. He began to attend Wheatley Park School
Wheatley Park School
Wheatley Park School is a secondary school of around 1150 pupils situated in Holton, about southeast of Oxford. Its current headteacher is Kate Curtis who was promoted to the position in 2005 to replace Nicholas Young.-History:...
, but would more often be found bunking off
Truancy
Truancy is any intentional unauthorized absence from compulsory schooling. The term typically describes absences caused by students of their own free will, and usually does not refer to legitimate "excused" absences, such as ones related to medical conditions...
in a field between his house and the school itself. When Goffey was 15, he met 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...
, two years his junior, on the playing fields of Wheatley School and asked him to form a band with him (The Jennifers). Not long after this he was expelled for compulsive smoking, insolence and regular non-attendance. In 1993, (after The Jennifers had separated) he and Gaz began to share a house on Cowley Road, and Goffey later managed to complete his A-levels at Henley College, despite never making it to any of the computer lectures he was supposed to attend. Danny was also working as a dinner lady at this time.
During the recording of In It For The Money
In It for the Money
In It for the Money is the second album by Supergrass, released in 1997. NME called it "more fun than watching a wombat in a washing machine" and named it the 10th best album of the year. In 1998, Q readers voted it the 68th greatest album of all time, while in 2000 the same magazine placed it at...
, Goffey moved out of his and Gaz's house to live in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
with his partner, and singer in the band Powder
Powder (band)
Powder were a Britpop band, who existed between 1994 and 1997, and released three singles on Parkway Records. Signed in late 1994 by music public relations agents John Best and Phill Savidge, they were the first band on the label. Powder were fronted by Pearl Lowe, with songwriters Mark Thomas on...
, Pearl Lowe
Pearl Lowe
-External links:*...
. This introduced Danny to Pearl's social circle of celebrities such as Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher
William John Paul "Liam" Gallagher is an English musician and singer-songwriter, the former frontman of the English rock band Oasis and currently of the band Beady Eye. Gallagher's erratic behaviour, distinctive singing style, and abrasive attitude have been the subject of commentary in the press...
and Kate Moss
Kate Moss
Kate Moss is an English model. Moss is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. She is also known for her controversial private life, high profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. Moss changed the look of modelling and started a global debate on...
, and led to a surge of appearances of him in the tabloids. During this time tensions within Supergrass began to increase, with Goffey often stalling recording of the album in Sawmills Studio
Sawmills Studio
Sawmills Studios, created in 1974 near Golant on the banks of the River Fowey in Cornwall, England is best known as the recording studio used by musicians such as Robert Plant, Oasis, The Coronas, The Verve, Supergrass, Muse, The Holloways, Razorlight, The Stone Roses, The Dukes of Stratosphear ...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
by returning to London to record with his second band, Lodger
Lodger (British band)
Lodger were a British indie rock supergroup containing members of Powder, Supergrass, and Delicatessen. They released three singles and an album in 1998 before the members went on to different projects.-History:...
, of which Lowe was also a member. The lyrics for "Going Out
Going Out
"Going Out" was the first single to be taken from In It for the Money, the second album by Britpop band Supergrass. It was released in February 1996, and reached 5 in the UK Charts. Apparently the song was originally written in the key of E, because the engine of Supergrass' tour bus would tick at...
" were also causing arguments, as Danny presumed that Gaz had written them about the column inches he and Pearl had been achieving.
After being together for over thirteen years, Goffey and Lowe finally married on 4 December 2008, in a small chapel at Babington House
Babington House
Babington House is a Grade II* listed manor house, located in the village of Babington, between Radstock and Frome, in the county of Somerset, EnglandConverted to a private members club and hotel by Nick Jones, it is currently owned by Soho House Ltd...
, near their home in Frome
Frome
Frome is a town and civil parish in northeast Somerset, England. Located at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills, the town is built on uneven high ground, and centres around the River Frome. The town is approximately south of Bath, east of the county town, Taunton and west of London. In the 2001...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, where they live with their two sons, Alfie Lennon (born 9 October 1996), Frankie (born 17 May 1999) and daughter Betty (born 2005). They then spent their honeymoon in Tobago
Tobago
Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada. The island lies outside the hurricane belt...
, the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
. Alfie and Frankie both attend Wells Cathedral School
Wells Cathedral School
Wells Cathedral School is a co-educational independent school located in Wells, Somerset, England. The school is one of the five established musical schools for school-age children in the United Kingdom, along with Chetham's School of Music, the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Purcell School and St....
. Lowe was expecting another baby, due in autumn 2010. However, it was announced by Goffey on May 19, 2010 that Lowe had suffered a miscarriage.
Danny Goffey is the son of Chris Goffey
Chris Goffey
Chris Goffey is a British journalist, best known as a presenter of the BBC motoring television series Top Gear. Goffey crossed over to Channel 4 in the mid 1980s and worked with two motoring programmes before returning to Top Gear...
, motoring journalist and ex-presenter of Top Gear, and his mother is an ex-Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
councillor. His brother is Nic Goffey, of the directing
Music video director
A music video director is driven by a given music track. These are called music videos and are then used as promotional tools for popular music singles...
partnership Dom and Nic
Dom and Nic
dom&nic is the working name of directors Nic Goffey and Dominic Hawley. They have been directing notable music videos and commercials since 1994....
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