Danny Goffey

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Danny Goffey
Goffey performing with Supergrass on London's South Bank in 2008
Goffey performing with Supergrass on London's South Bank in 2008
Background information
Birth nameDaniel Robert Goffey
Born (1974-02-07) 7 February 1974 (age 50)
Eton, Berkshire, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Drums
  • keyboards
  • guitar
  • percussion
  • piano
  • vocals
Years active1990–present
LabelsDistiller Records
Spouse(s)
​
(m. 2008)​
Websitedannygoffey.com

Daniel Robert Goffey (born 7 February 1974) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the drummer and backing vocalist for Supergrass. He briefly toured with Babyshambles in 2010, following their drummer's departure.

Career

1990–1993: The Jennifers

Main article:
The Jennifers

Goffey was born on 7 February 1974 in

indie music scene and released one single in 1992 on Nude Records
before they disbanded.

Allegedly, before the split, Goffey and Coombes had agreed to continue to work together in the future.[3]

1993–2010: Supergrass

Main article: Supergrass
Onstage with Supergrass at the Crystal Palace Bowl, August 2021

In 1993, Coombes introduced Goffey to his co-worker Mick Quinn, who at the time was working at a local Harvester; "I imposed on Mick's life. I imposed on him greatly," said Goffey. "He had a house, and I used to take people back and sleep with them on his sofa. That's how he built his foundation in this band. That's how I met him. I shagged too often on his sofa. But when we played together... we've still never been able to describe it in interviews. When we're in that room, we're all really similar. We know. We all have the same ideas. We're really quick. It just... happens."[1]

The three of them soon started playing together and shortly after Theodore Supergrass, later just Supergrass, were formed. The band enjoyed a good start to their musical career with the release of their debut album

Release the Drones
, slated for release in May 2010. It remained unreleased and unfinished as, on 12 April 2010, the band announced that it was splitting up due to musical and creative differences. The group disbanded after four farewell gigs, the final one at La Cigale, Paris on 11 June 2010.

Danny's brother, Nic Goffey, who was also a part of The Jennifers, has directed most of Supergrass' music videos, along with his friend Dom. They work under the name Dom and Nic. They have joked on the Supergrass Is 10 DVD about nearly killing the band on several occasions while filming music videos.

Other projects

Goffey embarked on a solo project in 2006 using the pseudonym "Van Goffey", a name based on the artist

UK Singles Charts
in 2004.

In 2004, he joined other musicians including Paul McCartney to record a Christmas charity single called "Do They Know It's Christmas?"[4] which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart.

Goffey appeared with Supergrass on a '

Ade Edmondson
on second guitar.

In 2007 and 2008, while Supergrass bandmate

Rockumentary
called Glange Fever, released in 2008.

Goffey and

Paul Weller to record a charity single called "Consequences" for the charity Crisis. The idea for the song came from Danny and his girlfriend, Pearl Lowe, who is an ambassador for the Crisis charity. Their idea was to record a song in the same way that a person would play the game Consequences. A live event took place at the Roundhouse in London on 2 March 2008.[5]

On 7 March 2008, Goffey accompanied politician

sweets and cigarettes there and I want my family to be able to continue that tradition."[6][7]

On 19 March 2008, the Diamond Hoo Ha Men played a gig on London's

BBC 2 programme, The Culture Show.[8][9]

Goffey appeared as a contestant in the sixth series of

Celebrity Masterchef
on BBC One, in which he reached the semi-finals.

As "Vangoffey", he released solo albums Take Your Jacket Off & Get into It in 2015 and Schtick 2018.

Personal life

Goffey is the son of Chris Goffey, motoring journalist and ex-presenter of Top Gear, and his mother is an ex-Labour Party councillor.[1] His brother is Nic Goffey, of the directing partnership Dom and Nic.

Goffey lived in

catering assistant in a school at this time.[10]

During the recording of

Sawmills Studio, Cornwall by returning to London to record with his second band, Lodger, of which Lowe was also a member. The lyrics for "Going Out" were also causing arguments, as Goffey presumed that Coombes had written them about the column inches he and Lowe had been achieving.[1]

After being together for over thirteen years, Goffey and Lowe married on 4 December 2008, in a small chapel at Babington House,[11] near their home in Frome, Somerset, where they live with their two sons, Alfie Lennon and Frankie, and daughter, Betty. They spent their honeymoon on the island of Tobago.[12] Lowe was expecting another baby, due in autumn 2010,[13] however it was announced by Goffey in May 2010 that Lowe had suffered a miscarriage.[14]

Discography

Studio Albums

Vangoffey
  • Take Your Jacket Off & Get into It (2015) (Distiller Records)
Danny Goffey
  • Schtick (2018) (Distiller Records)
  • Bryan Moone's Discopunk (2022) (Distiller Records)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Strange Ones Supergrass Site". Strangeones.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ "The Strange Ones Supergrass Site". Strangeones.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ "The Band – Danny Goffey". The Strange Ones.
  4. ^ Robinson, Samantha (17 November 2014). "Battle of the Band Aids! As Band Aid 30 is released, we ask: which version of Do They Know It's Christmas is the best?". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. ^ Edwards, M. "Supergrass's Consequences changes the charity single", The Sunday Times, 17 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Pop Star Fights Post Office Axe (from Oxford Mail)". Oxfordmail.net. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Rural post offices". Boris-johnson.com. 8 March 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Music – News – Supergrass busk at River Thames". Digital Spy. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Diamond Hoo Ha Men Go Busking". Xfm. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  10. ^ "The Strange Ones Supergrass Site". Strangeones.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  11. ^ Sydney, Grace (9 December 2008). "120608: Pearl Lowe and Danny Goffey's Wedding". www.lovetripper.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008.
  12. ^ Garnett, Natasha (16 December 2008). "Pearl Lowe And Danny Goffey Marry in Style at Babington House". Hello!. No. 1051. pp. 76–96.
  13. ^ Scott, Elizabeth (13 April 2010). "'We're Not Alright': Supergrass Splits Up". Sky News Online. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  14. ^ "Designer Pearl Lowe suffers miscarriage". The Independent. 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

External links

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