Cait O'Riordan
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Birth name | Caitlín O'Riordan |
Born | Lagos, Nigeria | 4 January 1965
Origin | London, England |
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Instrument(s) | Bass guitar |
Years active | 1979–present |
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Caitlín O'Riordan (born 4 January 1965)
Early life
Caitlín O'Riordan was born in
Career
In 1982, she was invited by MacGowan to join his newly forming band
In 1983, she became the singer in Darryl Hunt's jazz band Pride of the Cross. Hunt was familiar to her as a roadie for the Pogues. During her time with Pride of the Cross, she sang lead on their only single, "Tommy's Blue Valentine".
O'Riordan acted in the 1987 Alex Cox film, Straight to Hell, as the singing dancehall girl Slim McMahon, and also in the 1988 Frank Deasy film The Courier.[5]
O'Riordan became romantically involved with Elvis Costello in 1985, while he was producing the Pogues' album Rum Sodomy & the Lash; the relationship lasted 16 years.[4] Her former Pride of the Cross bandmate Darryl Hunt filled in for her on several shows during the Pogues' 1986 U.S. tour, and he replaced her permanently when she left later that year to join Costello on his King of America tour.
She co-wrote the track "Lovable" from that album, and wrote, co-wrote, and appeared on songs on Costello's subsequent albums Blood & Chocolate, Spike and Mighty Like a Rose.
In 2004, she joined Pogues' guitarist
In 2012, O'Riordan completed a BA in Psychology, followed by an MPsychSc 2013 in UCD. She is currently[when?] completing a PhD in Psychology in UCD.[7]
In 2018 O'Riordan joined Pogues tin whistle player Spider Stacy to perform Pogues songs accompanied by Cajun music band Lost Bayou Ramblers under the name Poguetry. In February and March 2020 Poguetry played an eight date tour of the US.[8]
Since 2020 O'Riordan has hosted a weekly radio show, "The Rocky O'Riordan Show" on
On 5 April 2023, it was announced that O'Riordan had joined the Bush Tetras on bass.[10]
Personal life
O'Riordan said she has suffered from severe depression all her life. She was formally diagnosed in 2002, and she initiated private clinical treatment. She said in 2008 that she was also an alcoholic, but had taken her last drink in February 2007.[4]
O'Riordan and Elvis Costello were reported to have married in May 1986 and media outlets described them afterwards as husband and wife.[11][12] O'Riordan denies a formal union: "We weren't married... no piece of paper with marriage on it".[4] Costello severed the relationship in 2002.[13]
References
- ^ "The BP Fallon Pogues interview 1985". YouTube. 31 October 1988. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Cait O'Riordan profile". Pogues.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ Sams, Aaron J. "U2 X-Radio Launches "The Rocky O'Riordan Show" Tomorrow". U2songs. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Life after rehab". Independent.ie. 30 March 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "The Courier (1988)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- Irish Times, January 6, 2007
- ^ O'Hare, Colm. "Cait O'Riordan on honouring Roddy Doyle". Hotpress. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Pogues' Spider Stacy on Crafting Poguetry with Lost Bayou Ramblers". 31 January 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "U2 X-Radio". SiriusXM. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Bush Tetras Announce Rocky O'Riordan Joins the Band on Bass". 5 April 2023.
- ^ O'Connor, Rob (24 March 1994). "Brutal Youth". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (19 October 1986). "Elvis Costello on Betrayal and the Many Troubles of Love". The New York Times.
- ^ "Celebs Are Winging It on Turkey Day". New York Daily News. 28 November 2002.