Roy Moller (born July 3, 1963) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, formerly with outfit , who embarked on a solo career in 2004. He is well respected in indie pop circles and has collaborated on numerous occasions with Belle & Sebastian guitarist Stevie Jackson. He writes 60s-influenced guitar pop and has earned comparisons to The Kinks' singer Ray Davies.
Biography
Roy Moller was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Leith before moving to Glasgow to attend Strathclyde University. He was the joint winner of the university's Keith Wright Poetry Competition in 1985 with two sonnets: one about Allen Ginsberg and one about Jim Morrison. After graduating, he played in The Huxleys (1989 to 1991) who were fronted by fellow student and future author Laura Marney.
Meth O.D.
In 1994, Moller joined Meth O.D., playing guitar alongside former Golden Dawn frontman Rob Smith. Moller featured prominently on 1995's Cyberbilly EP, 1996's Avoid Freud EP, 1997's Texas God Starvation album and 1998's Dry Riser album. After Meth O.D. split, Moller and frontman Rob Smith continued writing together under the RobRoy moniker.
The Wow Kafe
In 2000, Moller formed instrumental guitar band with Bill Wright. Their 2001 Over Kansas EP featured Moller on lead guitar on "Who Shall Apologise To The Emperor", a song "NME" described as "utterly ace".
Solo career
Moller released his first solo single, Maximum Smile, on the German label Felicite in 2003. The song, one of the tunes co-written with Rob Smith, received positive press and went on to appear on Moller's 2006 debut album.
After the success of the Maximum Smile single, Moller left The Wow Kafe to pursue a solo career. In 2004 he released Second City Firsts, a six-song polycabonate lathe-cut on Heliotone. The following year produced the Fermez La Bouch maxi-single on Pickled Egg and saw Moller begin recording songs for his debut album.
Moller's debut album, Speak When I'm Spoken To, was released in December 2006 on Book Club Records. It featured appearances from Belle & Sebastian members Stevie Jackson and Bobby Kildea, as well as Gary Thom (The Moondials, Astrid), Zac Ware (The Proclaimers touring member), Bill Wright (The Wow Kafe), Ulric Kennedy (Golden Dawn), Stef La Batteur (Meth O.D., The Wow Kafe, Twin Atlantic), Warren Macintyre (The Moondials, The Ducks), Craig Laurie (The Starlets), Ronan Breslin (Hardbody, The Ducks) and Sporting Hero. Stevie Jackson co-produced a number of tracks, while Ulric Kennedy produced two songs.
In 2007, Moller contributed Magnificent Dreams to the bonus disc of The Beautiful Music's second Television Personalites tribute album, I Would Write A Thousand Words.
Collaborations
Roy Moller has co-written Belle & Sebastian songs with guitarist Stevie Jackson, including "Seymour Stein" and "Chickfactor" (The Boy With The Arab Strap, 1998), "Roy Walker" (Dear Catastrophe Waitress, 2003), "I Believe In Travellin' Light" ("I'm A Cuckoo" single, 2004), "I Took A Long Hard Look" ("Funny Little Frog" single, 2006) and "Portland, Oregon" (unreleased). He also briefly appears in the video for Belle & Sebastian's "The Wrong Girl".
Moller and Jackson have been friends for approximately 15 years. They met at an Elvis Costello concert and bonded over a mutual love of the same music. They first worked together when Jackson produced Moller's Maximum Smile single for Felicite.
Moller also played guitar on German pop group The Happy Couple's 2005 single, "Hopeless Case". The song appeared on their Fools In Love EP, released on .
Roy Walker
As well as co-writing "Roy Walker", track 11 on 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress album, Roy Moller is also the subject of the song. In a 2006 interview with "Rave Magazine", Moller revealed the story behind the composition.
"I'm not a particularly good sleeper. And when I used to live in flats in the West End of Glasgow - the artsier part, cobbled streets, delis and so on - I would walk the streets with my walkman on, just soaking up the atmosphere. I would think about what it was like in the past in those places, ad that's where the song developed from really. Stevie and I wrote it about someone who's open to the idea of different times co-existing with the present."
Dyspraxia
In 2005, Roy Moller was diagnosed with dyspraxia. He formed Adult Dyspraxia Scotland with Sheena Wannan and became Executive Musical Director of Dyspraxia USA for which he wrote and recorded the theme song "I'm Wired".
Writing
An occasional writer, Moller has also contributed to magazines such as Strathcyle Telgraph (including an interview with Monty Python's Terry Jones in 1982), Top, Meantime, Bigwig (including an interview with Belle & Sebastian members Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David in 1986) and isthismusic? (interviews with Josef K, Orange Juice and Aztec Camera guitarist Malcom Ross in 2006).
Solo discography
*"Maximum Smile" (single on Felicité label, 2003)
*Second City Firsts (six-song polycarbonate lathe-cut EP on Heliotone, 2004)
*"Fermez La Bouche" (maxi-single on Pickled Egg, 2005)
*Speak When I'm Spoken To (album on Book Club Records, 2006)
Biography
Roy Moller was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Leith before moving to Glasgow to attend Strathclyde University. He was the joint winner of the university's Keith Wright Poetry Competition in 1985 with two sonnets: one about Allen Ginsberg and one about Jim Morrison. After graduating, he played in The Huxleys (1989 to 1991) who were fronted by fellow student and future author Laura Marney.
Meth O.D.
In 1994, Moller joined Meth O.D., playing guitar alongside former Golden Dawn frontman Rob Smith. Moller featured prominently on 1995's Cyberbilly EP, 1996's Avoid Freud EP, 1997's Texas God Starvation album and 1998's Dry Riser album. After Meth O.D. split, Moller and frontman Rob Smith continued writing together under the RobRoy moniker.
The Wow Kafe
In 2000, Moller formed instrumental guitar band with Bill Wright. Their 2001 Over Kansas EP featured Moller on lead guitar on "Who Shall Apologise To The Emperor", a song "NME" described as "utterly ace".
Solo career
Moller released his first solo single, Maximum Smile, on the German label Felicite in 2003. The song, one of the tunes co-written with Rob Smith, received positive press and went on to appear on Moller's 2006 debut album.
After the success of the Maximum Smile single, Moller left The Wow Kafe to pursue a solo career. In 2004 he released Second City Firsts, a six-song polycabonate lathe-cut on Heliotone. The following year produced the Fermez La Bouch maxi-single on Pickled Egg and saw Moller begin recording songs for his debut album.
Moller's debut album, Speak When I'm Spoken To, was released in December 2006 on Book Club Records. It featured appearances from Belle & Sebastian members Stevie Jackson and Bobby Kildea, as well as Gary Thom (The Moondials, Astrid), Zac Ware (The Proclaimers touring member), Bill Wright (The Wow Kafe), Ulric Kennedy (Golden Dawn), Stef La Batteur (Meth O.D., The Wow Kafe, Twin Atlantic), Warren Macintyre (The Moondials, The Ducks), Craig Laurie (The Starlets), Ronan Breslin (Hardbody, The Ducks) and Sporting Hero. Stevie Jackson co-produced a number of tracks, while Ulric Kennedy produced two songs.
In 2007, Moller contributed Magnificent Dreams to the bonus disc of The Beautiful Music's second Television Personalites tribute album, I Would Write A Thousand Words.
Collaborations
Roy Moller has co-written Belle & Sebastian songs with guitarist Stevie Jackson, including "Seymour Stein" and "Chickfactor" (The Boy With The Arab Strap, 1998), "Roy Walker" (Dear Catastrophe Waitress, 2003), "I Believe In Travellin' Light" ("I'm A Cuckoo" single, 2004), "I Took A Long Hard Look" ("Funny Little Frog" single, 2006) and "Portland, Oregon" (unreleased). He also briefly appears in the video for Belle & Sebastian's "The Wrong Girl".
Moller and Jackson have been friends for approximately 15 years. They met at an Elvis Costello concert and bonded over a mutual love of the same music. They first worked together when Jackson produced Moller's Maximum Smile single for Felicite.
Moller also played guitar on German pop group The Happy Couple's 2005 single, "Hopeless Case". The song appeared on their Fools In Love EP, released on .
Roy Walker
As well as co-writing "Roy Walker", track 11 on 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress album, Roy Moller is also the subject of the song. In a 2006 interview with "Rave Magazine", Moller revealed the story behind the composition.
"I'm not a particularly good sleeper. And when I used to live in flats in the West End of Glasgow - the artsier part, cobbled streets, delis and so on - I would walk the streets with my walkman on, just soaking up the atmosphere. I would think about what it was like in the past in those places, ad that's where the song developed from really. Stevie and I wrote it about someone who's open to the idea of different times co-existing with the present."
Dyspraxia
In 2005, Roy Moller was diagnosed with dyspraxia. He formed Adult Dyspraxia Scotland with Sheena Wannan and became Executive Musical Director of Dyspraxia USA for which he wrote and recorded the theme song "I'm Wired".
Writing
An occasional writer, Moller has also contributed to magazines such as Strathcyle Telgraph (including an interview with Monty Python's Terry Jones in 1982), Top, Meantime, Bigwig (including an interview with Belle & Sebastian members Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David in 1986) and isthismusic? (interviews with Josef K, Orange Juice and Aztec Camera guitarist Malcom Ross in 2006).
Solo discography
*"Maximum Smile" (single on Felicité label, 2003)
*Second City Firsts (six-song polycarbonate lathe-cut EP on Heliotone, 2004)
*"Fermez La Bouche" (maxi-single on Pickled Egg, 2005)
*Speak When I'm Spoken To (album on Book Club Records, 2006)
Ken Macklin is a designer, comic book artist and illustrator. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to computer and video games, among them designing the character Bubsy the bobcat as well as contributing creatively to a number of LucasArts graphic adventure games including Maniac Mansion, Loom and the second and third Monkey Island titles. His comic book work includes Dr. Watchstop and Weasel Patrol, the latter being a collaboration with his wife, Lela Dowling.
John Bonacheck is a fictional character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless played by Cliff De Young in 2007.
Character History
John came to Genoa City claiming to be a federal agent for the Department of the Treasury, looking for Plum who had apparently stolen money from his war buddy, Carson McDonald (Marsh Mokhtari). He accused Amber Moore (Adrienne Frantz), Kevin Fisher (Greg Rikaart), and Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei) of having knowledge of the whereabouts of the cash. He went on to kidnap Amber, Carson, and Cane Ashby (Daniel Goddard) to use them for a ransom of the stolen money. He threatened Amber and Carson to kill Cane if he didn't get the money. John called Daniel to give him the ultimatium and Daniel said he had the money. John went to meet Daniel, who stalled so that the police could come to arrest John for kidnapping. John held Daniel at gun point and was about to shoot him when Paul Williams (Doug Davidson), Maggie Sullivan (Tammy Lauren) and a police officer bursted into the apartment arresting John for kidnapping.
Character History
John came to Genoa City claiming to be a federal agent for the Department of the Treasury, looking for Plum who had apparently stolen money from his war buddy, Carson McDonald (Marsh Mokhtari). He accused Amber Moore (Adrienne Frantz), Kevin Fisher (Greg Rikaart), and Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei) of having knowledge of the whereabouts of the cash. He went on to kidnap Amber, Carson, and Cane Ashby (Daniel Goddard) to use them for a ransom of the stolen money. He threatened Amber and Carson to kill Cane if he didn't get the money. John called Daniel to give him the ultimatium and Daniel said he had the money. John went to meet Daniel, who stalled so that the police could come to arrest John for kidnapping. John held Daniel at gun point and was about to shoot him when Paul Williams (Doug Davidson), Maggie Sullivan (Tammy Lauren) and a police officer bursted into the apartment arresting John for kidnapping.
Formed in the fall of 2006 in New Delhi , India, Rampazze is a hardrock rock n' roll classic rock band.
The Band was formed by lead guitarist Abhishek Boro & bassist Joshringdao Phonglo. There were many line-up changes and several vocalists later....it was later settled down to Himangshu Rava on Vocals & Nayan Gogoi on drums. Rampazze mostly plays originals & they will be made available soon.
After several line-up changes, Rampazze now consists of Himanghsu Rava on vocals/guitars, Abhishek Boro on guitars, Gulshan Daolagupu ``Gulz`` on bass and Nayan Gogoi ``Fido`` on drums.
Line-up
Current members
* Himangshu Rava - Vocals/Guitars
* Abhishek Boro - Lead Guitar
* Gulshan ``Gulz`` Daolagupu - Bass
* Nayan ``Fido`` Gogoi - Drums
Former members
* R. Matthew - Vocals (2007)
* Prithvi Nunisa - Drums (2006-2007)
* Joshringdao Phonglo - Bass (2006-2007)
* Pankaj Langthasa - Bass (2007)
Achievements
The following is a chronological order of Rampazze's achievements:
2006
Delhi Regional Finalist CAMPUS ROCK IDOLS 2006
2007
North Zonal Finalist - DSP BLACK ROCKILUTION 2007
Finalists - ROCKTAVES 2007, BITS Pilani (Himangshu won Best Vocalist)
1st Runners-up - SYNCHRONICITY 2007, IIT KANPUR (Nayan won Best Drummer,
Best Original Compositon for "Cheap Liquor...Wicked Hangover" by MTV NORDIC HEAD)
Also an opening act for POETS OF THE FALL, IIT KANPUR
IIIT Allahabad, (Abhishek won Best Guitarist)
Delhi Regional Finalist - CAMPUS ROCK IDOLS 2007
Performed at Yamaha Roxx Asian Beat 2007 (Prelims), 21st Dec, SRCC, New Delhi
2008
Riff presents second Jack Daniel's Legendary Mash Annual Rock Awards
2008.
January 9th, 2008 at CTC, Guragaon.
January 12th 2008 at Bennigans, Saket, New Delhi.
The Band was formed by lead guitarist Abhishek Boro & bassist Joshringdao Phonglo. There were many line-up changes and several vocalists later....it was later settled down to Himangshu Rava on Vocals & Nayan Gogoi on drums. Rampazze mostly plays originals & they will be made available soon.
After several line-up changes, Rampazze now consists of Himanghsu Rava on vocals/guitars, Abhishek Boro on guitars, Gulshan Daolagupu ``Gulz`` on bass and Nayan Gogoi ``Fido`` on drums.
Line-up
Current members
* Himangshu Rava - Vocals/Guitars
* Abhishek Boro - Lead Guitar
* Gulshan ``Gulz`` Daolagupu - Bass
* Nayan ``Fido`` Gogoi - Drums
Former members
* R. Matthew - Vocals (2007)
* Prithvi Nunisa - Drums (2006-2007)
* Joshringdao Phonglo - Bass (2006-2007)
* Pankaj Langthasa - Bass (2007)
Achievements
The following is a chronological order of Rampazze's achievements:
2006
Delhi Regional Finalist CAMPUS ROCK IDOLS 2006
2007
North Zonal Finalist - DSP BLACK ROCKILUTION 2007
Finalists - ROCKTAVES 2007, BITS Pilani (Himangshu won Best Vocalist)
1st Runners-up - SYNCHRONICITY 2007, IIT KANPUR (Nayan won Best Drummer,
Best Original Compositon for "Cheap Liquor...Wicked Hangover" by MTV NORDIC HEAD)
Also an opening act for POETS OF THE FALL, IIT KANPUR
IIIT Allahabad, (Abhishek won Best Guitarist)
Delhi Regional Finalist - CAMPUS ROCK IDOLS 2007
Performed at Yamaha Roxx Asian Beat 2007 (Prelims), 21st Dec, SRCC, New Delhi
2008
Riff presents second Jack Daniel's Legendary Mash Annual Rock Awards
2008.
January 9th, 2008 at CTC, Guragaon.
January 12th 2008 at Bennigans, Saket, New Delhi.