David Virgin
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Industrial Music, Classic Rock, Alt-Country, Psychedelic, Punk |
| Years active | 1978–Present |
| Labels | Beardfire Music |
| Website | [1] |
| Members | David Virgin Rohan Healy Alex "Al Quiff" Healy |
David Virgin (born 14 January 1962) is an Irish born musician, songwriter, author and music producer who emigrated to Australia with his family as a child. He found musical success initially during the 1980s in Sydney's punk scene with the industrial noise group SPK, and later with post-punk band Sekret Sekret. He remained active through the 1990s and 2000s touring Europe and Australia solo as well as performing and recording with a number of other bands. He has released eleven albums, mostly on his own label Beardfire Music.
David Virgin was born in North Dublin on 14 January 1962. At the age of 7 he emigrated to Australia with his family. In 1978, at the age of 16, David formed his first band The Broken Toys as bass player and main songwriter. He was joined by Peter Mullany (of Johnny Dole & The Scabs) on lead guitar, Andrew Campbell on rhythm guitar and vocals and David's brother John on drums, who was later replaced by Paul Cosgrove. The Broken Toys played 60's pop inspired melodic punk in the style of The Buzzcocks and performed regularly at the Grand Hotel, Broadway, Sydney. In 1979 Virgin joined Graeme Revell, Neil Hill and guitarist Dan Rumour as bassist for the industrial noise group SPK, where he co-wrote and recorded the early 7" records "No More" and "Mekano".
The Broken Toys disbanded in '79 and shortly after that David formed The Ugly Mirrors with Dan Rumour, Des Devlin and Peter McGregor. The Ugly Mirrors quickly became Sekret Sekret with the final line up including Colin Ellis on drums and Peter Mullany on second guitar who came over from Johnny Dole & The Scabs. Sekret Sekret performed and recorded for six years earning 5 number one singles on the Australian independent charts including the "noted underground classic New King Jack". Sekret Sekret's final line up included Ken Gormley (The Cruel Sea) on bass and James Elliot (The Cruel Sea) on Drums with Des Devlin moving to share the lead guitar duties with Dan Rumour. In 1985 Sekret Sekret released their last single "Just to Love You", disbanding shortly after. Three of the members of Sekret Sekret went on to form Australian rock band The Cruel Sea with singer Tex Perkins.
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