Genevieve McGuckin

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Genevieve McGuckin
BornBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
GenresPost-punk
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
  • Piano
  • organ
  • keyboards
  • harmonium
Years active1980–present

Genevieve McGuckin is an Australian musician, songwriter, film producer and graphic designer who was born in Brisbane. In 1986 she was a founder of These Immortal Souls on keyboards and has collaborated with fellow founder, and sometime domestic partner, Rowland S. Howard, and with his earlier band, the Birthday Party, on their album, Prayers on Fire (April 1981).

Biography[edit]

Genevieve McGuckin was born in Brisbane. She has been a long-time collaborator (both musically and romantically speaking, at various points) of rock musician, Rowland S. Howard.[1][2] During 1980, in London, the pair co-wrote two tracks, "Capers" and "Ho-Ho", for his band, the Birthday Party's debut LP Prayers on Fire (April 1981).[3][4]

In 1982 McGuckin provided piano and organ on Howard and Lydia Lunch's cover version of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's "Some Velvet Morning" (1967), which later appeared on Lunch's album, Honeymoon in Red (1987).[5][6] She also wrote the track, "Three Kings", for the album.[5]

In 1984 both McGuckin, on keyboards, piano and organ, and Howard on guitar were founding members of a post-punk group, These Immortal Souls.[7][8][9] Other founders were Rowland's brother, Harry on bass guitar and Epic Soundtracks (a.k.a. Kevin Godfrey) on drums.[7][8] They issued two albums, Get Lost (Don't Lie) in October 1987 and I'm Never Gonna Die Again in October 1992, before relocating to Melbourne in 1994.[7][8][10] While in the group she also wrote music and lyrics on both their albums and a single.

She also played organ on, and wrote the music for, the song "Silver Chain" on Howard's solo album Teenage Snuff Film. She lived in London and Berlin from 1980 to 1994 and now lives in Melbourne, working in film graphics, web design, and animation. She was the graphic designer on the 2000 film Chopper.

Recently, she has been playing piano and organ in Luxedo and Vera Cruz. She has also played on an LP by The Devastations.

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Year Title
1987 Honeymoon in Red
1987 These Immortal Souls - Get Lost (Don't Lie)
1992 These Immortal Souls - I'm Never Gonna Die Again
1995 You Can't Unring a Bell - The Songs of Tom Waits

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Year Title
2000 Chopper (Graphic Design)
2011 Autoluminescent (Producer/Contributor)

References[edit]

General
  • McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 6 February 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
  • Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara; Paul McHenry (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[11] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
Specific
  1. ^ Megalogenis, Anna-Maria (30 October 2014). "Melbourne Festival Live Review: Pop Crimes – Foxtel Festival Hub (23.10.14)". the AU review. Heath Media. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ^ Pepperell, Martyn (9 October 2014). "Genevieve McGuckin on Rowland S. Howard – Interviews at Undertheradar". Under the Radar. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  3. ^ McFarlane, 'The Birthday Party' entry. Archived from the original on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ^ Maurer, Greg. "Prayers on Fire – The Birthday Party". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Honeymoon in Red – Lydia Lunch | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  6. ^ Howard, Rowland S; McGuckin, Genevieve; Pew, Tracy; Moore, Thurston; Lunch, Lydia, Honeymoon in red, Torso, retrieved 24 September 2017
  7. ^ a b c McFarlane, 'Crime & the City Solution' entry. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  8. ^ a b c Holmgren, Magnus. "These Immortal Souls". hem.passagen.se. Australian Rock Database. (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  9. ^ Spencer et al, (2007) "McGuckin, Genevieve" entry.
  10. ^ "These Immortal Souls – Chronology". From the Archives. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  11. ^ Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry. National Library of Australia. September 2002. ISBN 9781865038919. Retrieved 6 February 2010. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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