Rob Malone
Encyclopedia
Robbie "Rob" Malone is the bass
player for English
musician David Gray
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, Dublin, Ireland, and previously played bass for Hothouse Flowers
, Hinterland, Damien dempsey , Mary Coughlan , Juliet Turner and Derek Herbert of Les Enfants to name but a few.
He is probably best known for his bass playing for Dublin prog rockers LiR
who were touted as the next big thing in Ireland in the early 90s.
Before embarking on a career with Lir, Malone played acoustic guitar for the church youth choir in Donaghmede.
Malone has co-written a number of songs and co produced on recent David Gray albums.
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
player for 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...
musician David Gray
David Gray (musician)
David Gray is an English singer-songwriter. He released his first studio album in 1993 and received worldwide attention after the release of White Ladder six years later...
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Biography
Malone hails from DonaghmedeDonaghmede
Donaghmede is a residential suburb of Dublin, in the province of Leinster, Ireland.-Location:Donaghmede is situated approximately to the north east of the Dublin city centre, and is in the constituency of Dublin North East...
, Dublin, Ireland, and previously played bass for Hothouse Flowers
Hothouse Flowers
The Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock group that combines traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel and rock.-Career:The group first formed in 1985 when Liam Ó Maonlaí and Fiachna Ó Braonáin began performing as street musicians, or buskers, on the streets of Dublin,Ireland as "The...
, Hinterland, Damien dempsey , Mary Coughlan , Juliet Turner and Derek Herbert of Les Enfants to name but a few.
He is probably best known for his bass playing for Dublin prog rockers LiR
Lir (Band)
LiR is an Irish rock band. The band formed in the late 1980s in Dublin, firstly under the name The Spontaneous Frogs, then Uproar. They released their first EP All Machines Hum in A, in 1992. In 1993, they released their first LP, Magico Magico! under the label Velo Records, in Ireland...
who were touted as the next big thing in Ireland in the early 90s.
Before embarking on a career with Lir, Malone played acoustic guitar for the church youth choir in Donaghmede.
Malone has co-written a number of songs and co produced on recent David Gray albums.
External links
- Rob Malone at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...