Damien Rice
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| Birth name | Damien Rice | |
| Born | December 7, 1973 | |
| Origin |  Celbridge,County Kildare, Ireland |
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| Genre(s) | acoustic, folk, indie | |
| Website | www.damienrice.com | |
Damien Rice (born December 7, 1973 in Republic of Ireland) is an Irish musician, born in Celbridge, County Kildare. He is most famous for his album O.
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[edit] Biography
Rice was originally in the band Juniper, a rock band which released the singles "The World Is Dead" and "Weatherman". On the eve of recording their first full album for Polygram in 1999, Rice became disenchanted with the commercial label and quit. His Juniper bandmates became Bell X1. He moved to rural Italy where he played acoustic guitar, wrote songs, and busked around Europe until he was able to form a band and get coffeeshop gigs in the Dublin area. Exploiting a lucky connection to David Arnold, his second cousin, Rice was able to record O, for which he won the Shortlist Music Prize in 2003. The other members of the band are Lisa Hannigan who sings and occasionally plays guitar and bass; cellist Vyvienne Long; percussionist Tom Osander (aka: Tomo) a member of the 90's jam band God Street Wine; and bassist Shane Fitzsimons.
Many of his songs have soundtracked TV shows and films.
In 2004, 'Cannonball' was re-mixed for UK radio to make it more radio-friendly. Rice later was reported to be very unhappy with it, saying to Tom Dunne on PetSounds (Today FM) that he did not "...really like it". He stated that he had allowed the remix to go through only if he signed a contract that would forbid anyone from ever remixing one of his songs ever again.
Damien recorded an old Juniper track, "Cross-eyed Bear" (originally titled "Jewellery Box"), for the new War Child album.
Damien spent 2004 and 2005 recording the follow-up to O. During a recent concert in Toronto, he confirmed that the recording is done and a release is expected in late 2006.[1]. The new album, 9, was released in Ireland on November 3, 2006 [2] and North America on November 14, 2006 [3].
In recent years, with the increase of digital cameras and mobile phone cameras, Damien has stopped mid-song to ask the audience members to simply watch the concert rather than record it. At a gig in Toronto in 2006, he changed the lyrics of his song, "I remember" from "I remember it well, taxied out of a storm, to watch you perform, and my ships were sailing" to "I remember it well, when we used to watch concerts, not through a camera, please turn, them off please".[citation needed]
[edit] Activism
Damien Rice is also involved in a human rights campaign to free Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is presently being subjected to her third house arrest in Rangoon by the Burmese military. She has been confined to her home since September 2003. Damien and Lisa recorded a charity song, campaigning for her being set free, called "Unplayed Piano". [4]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
 1 February 2002 |
 3 November 2006(ROI) |
[edit] EPs
- Live From The Union Chapel (EP), 2003
- B-Sides (EP)
[edit] Singles
- "The Blower's Daughter", September 2001, #27 UK
- "Cannonball", May 2002, #32 (Original Release), #19 (Re-Release) UK
- "Volcano", October 2002, #29 UK
- "Woman Like A Man", March 2003
- "Lonelily" (Vinyl Only), April 2004
- "Lonely Soldier" (Featuring Christy Moore), June 2004
- "Unplayed Piano", June 2005, #24 UK
- "9 Crimes", November 2006
- "Rootless Tree", TBD 2007
[edit] TV appearances
- David Letterman (13 June 2003, 14 April 2004)
- Jay Leno (7 October 2003, 3 December 2004, 9 November 2006)
- Carson Daly (15 September 2003)
- Conan O'Brien (22 July 2003)
- Austin City Limits (16 October 2004)
- Nobel Peace Prize Concert (11 December 2005)
- Later With Jools Holland (10 November 2006)
- Episode music:
- "Delicate"
- Alias episode "Crossings"(Ending of episode)
- House MD episode "Role Model"(When Cameron tells House she is Leaving)
- Lost episode "...In Translation"(Ending of episode)
- Huff episode "Is She Dead!"
- "Older Chests"
- Jericho episode 7 - "Long Live the Mayor" (Ending of episode)
- "Delicate"
[edit] Collaborations
- Be Yourself, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club (September 2002)
- Skylarkin', Mic Christopher (November 2002)
- Burn the Maps, The Frames (September 2004)
- The Beekeeper, Tori Amos (February 2005)
- Don't Explain, Herbie Hancock, Lisa Hannigan (August 2005)
- Live At The Olympia Aslan (2005 - official bootleg)
- The Swell Season, Glen Hansard (April 2006)
