Johnny Fingers

Johnny Fingers

Johnnie Fingers (born John Moylett, 10 September 1956, Ireland) is a pop pianist, and was a founding member of the new wave band, The Boomtown Rats. He was notable for his stage costume of striped pyjamas as well as his melodic piano style.

Background

Fingers came from a large family of actors, artists and musicians. His cousin is his fellow Boomtown Rat Pete Briquette, as their mothers, Margaret "Peggy" (Bowles) Moylett and Cecilia "Sheila" (Bowles) Cusack, are sisters. He learnt the piano from a young age from 'Miss Grist' who he claims stole his youth. [ [http://www.cyberspace7.btinternet.co.uk/fingersinterview.htm Cyberspace7.btinternet.co.uk] ] After the demise of The Rats, he founded Gung Ho with Simon Crowe and Yoko Kurokawa in 1987. Fingers is married with two children.

Recent projects

He currently lives in Tokyo, Japan where he continues to work in the music industry. Apart from producing and writing music for Japanese stars such as UA, and theme songs such as for the hit anime B't X, Fingers is the 'point man' [ [http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/430/feature.asp Metropolis.co.jp] ] with the concert music production company Smash Japan, producers of Fuji Rock Festival, the largest music festival in Japan.

Discography

With The Boomtown Rats

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* "Looking After No. 1" (1977) UK #11
* "Mary Of The Fourth Form" (1977) UK #15
* "She's So Modern" (1978) UK #12
* "Like Clockwork" (1978) UK #6
* "Rat Trap" (1978) UK #1
* "I Don't Like Mondays" (1979) UK #1
* "Diamond Smiles" (1979) UK #13
* "Someone's Looking At You" (1980) UK #4
* "Banana Republic" (1980) UK #3
* "The Elephant's Graveyard (Guilty)" (1981) UK #26
* "Never In A Million Years" (1981) UK #62
* "House On Fire" (1982) UK #24
* "Charmed Lives" (1982)
* "Tonight" (1984) UK #73
* "Drag Me Down" (1984) UK #50
* "Dave" (1984) UK #81
* "A Hold Of Me" (1985) UK #78
* "I Don't Like Mondays" (re-release) (1994) UK #38

Albums

* "The Boomtown Rats" (1977) UK #18
* "A Tonic For The Troops" (1978) UK #8
* "The Fine Art of Surfacing" (1979) UK #7
* "Mondo Bongo" (1981) UK #6
* "V Deep" (1982) UK #64
* "In the Long Grass" (1984)

Compilation albums

* "Rat Tracks" EP (U.S. only - 1981)
* "The Boomtown Rats' Greatest Hits" (1987)
* "Loudmouth" (1994) UK #10
* "The Best of the Boomtown Rats" (2003) UK #43

With Gung Ho

* "Play To Win", single (1987)
* "10", album (1988)

References

External links

* [http://streaming.scmp.com/podcasting/upload/music_FujiRock.mp4 Interview from the South China Morning Post during Fuji Rock Festival]


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