Kevin Coyne
Kevin Coyne ( born January 27, 1944 in Derby, England; † December 2, 2004 in Nuremberg) was a British rock musician, painter and author.
Life
Kevin Coyne attended from 1957 to 1961, the Joseph Wright School of Art and then studied from 1961 to 1965 at the Derby College of Art graphic design and painting.
He then worked for several years as a social worker. Dealing with drug addicts and the mentally ill also influenced him musically sustainable. Songs like Asylum and Mad Boy or Mona, Where's My Trousers testify. In 1969, he took with his band Siren for John Peel's Dandelion Records on his first records. After the end of Dandelion, he moved to Virgin Records. This record company, in the next few years, some of his best and most famous drives, including Beautiful Extremes and Millionaires and Teddy Bears.
In the 1970s, played in his band among others Zoot Money and Andy Summers, a circumstance about which he made fun of in later years frequently. He himself in 1971 had declined after the death of Jim Morrison, the offer to become the new singer of The Doors, allegedly because he did not like the leather pants, one may assume, however, that did not interest him a career as a pop star.
In Germany, where an appearance at the Rockpalast made him known to a wider audience, he had a small but loyal following. It therefore came as no surprise when, after a nervous breakdown in 1981, caused by alcoholism and overwork, Germany elected as a new food item.
Coyne lived since 1985 in Franconia. In 1992 he was awarded the "Prize of the City of Nuremberg for art and science." Numerous art exhibitions and musical performances with his Kevin Coyne Band made him known not only in England but also in Germany, Austria and France.
Coyne has long suffered from pulmonary fibrosis, his death on 2 December 2004 nevertheless came as a complete surprise. On December 10, 2004 Kevin Coyne wanted to introduce his new CD.