Candida Doyle
Candida Doyle | |
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Birth name | Candida Mary Doyle |
Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 25 August 1963
Genres | Alternative rock, post-punk, Britpop, indie rock, indie pop, art rock |
Occupations | Musician |
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Member of | Pulp |
Candida Mary Doyle (born 25 August 1963) is an Irish musician who is
Biography
Candida Mary Doyle was born in
Doyle attended piano lessons from age 8, but did not practise despite finding the experience enjoyable.[3] At the age 16 Doyle began suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, which was diagnosed when she was 17.[1] [4] She was informed that there was the possibility that her conditions could worsen to point that by the age of 30 she could be in a wheelchair. Depressed by the impact of the rheumatoid arthritis on her body she left school when she was in the sixth form.[4] She later commented, “I think because I was living every day and night with discomfort, and I wasn’t that interested,” she says. “I just wanted to date boys, go dancing and see groups.”[4]
When Pulp's keyboard player, Tim Allcard, left the band in 1984 her brother drummer
During Doyle's first few years in the group, Pulp were not enjoying financial success; she has been recorded as saying that she spent more money on the band than she made from it.[
When playing live with the band Doyle has used
When Pulp began a hiatus in 2002, Doyle went travelling for a year.[4] During the hiatus she occasionally appeared live with Jarvis Cocker, playing keyboards. Following this period, with Pulp's 2011 reunion, Doyle joined the rest of the Different Class line-up on stage in concert for their UK comeback gig at the Isle of Wight Festival on 11 June 2011.[6] This reunion ended in 2013, but a decade later, Doyle would return to the stage with Cocker and Pulp veterans Nick Banks and Mark Webber, performing new Pulp shows.
Personal life
Doyle has lived in many places, including Belfast (where she was born), Manchester, Sheffield from the age of ten and where Pulp formed, and London, her current home.
References
- ^ a b "Teen arthritis didn't slow Pulp's keyboard player". BBC News. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Allen, Paul (2 June 2015). "Rex Doyle obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Candida Doyle Press Cuttings". PulpWiki.net. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d Saner, Emine (11 February 2024). "'It was a dark time': Pulp's keyboardist Candida Doyle on being diagnosed with arthritis at the age of 17". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Knowles, Ben (August 1996). "Candida Doyle Interview". Acrylic Afternoons. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Bychawski, Adam (11 June 2011). "Pulp make UK comeback with triumphant Isle Of Wight show". NME. Retrieved 28 January 2016.