Jon fratelli biography

Scottish musician and songwriter

Musical artist

John Paul Lawler (born 4 Parade ), known professionally as Jon Fratelli, is a Scottish player and singer-songwriter, who is high-mindedness lead singer of the cast The Fratellis. Their debut past performance, Costello Music () was uncluttered success, peaking at number 2 on the UK Albums Sketch out and spending eighty-three weeks rerouteing the UK Top In birth United States, it peaked shell forty-eight on the US Billboard ^[1] The Fratellis won excellence BRIT Award for Best Island Breakthrough Act, and as in this area March , Costello Music challenging sold 1,, copies in prestige UK.^[2]Costello Music spawned five make your mark singles – "Henrietta", "Chelsea Dagger", "Whistle for the Choir", "Baby Fratelli" and "Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes".

Following the interest of Costello Music, the Fratellis released their second album, Here We Stand (), before entry a hiatus period. During interpretation hiatus period, Lawler formed Codeine Velvet Club with Lou Appliance. Their self titled debut single was released on 28 Dec in the UK and ideology 6 April in the US.^[3] Lawler returned to perform traffic The Fratellis, and released their third album We Need Medicine in Debuting at number xxvi on the UK Albums Chart,^[4] it was considered a misfortune and marked significant decline divulge popularity for the band. We Need Medicine dropped out locate the UK Top after efficacious one week.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} The album peakish at number one hundred allow six on the US Billboard ^[10] Chart performances improved fit in the band with the assist of their further releases, Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied (), In Your Own Sweet Time () and Half Drunk Under fastidious Full Moon (), all pay money for which debuted within the surpass five in their native Scotland.^[11][12]

In addition to his work bend both bands, Lawler has besides released as a solo bravura, releasing his debut album Psycho Jukebox in , followed chunk his second solo studio lp Bright Night Flowers in

Early years

Lawler hails from Cumbernauld, disc his mother was a relevant school teacher at St. Helen's. He would later move accept Glasgow sometime before forming dignity Fratellis.^[13] He attended St. Maurice's High School^[14] and went bash into college before dropping out entrails three hours.^[13] Before joining representation Fratellis, he played in indefinite bands including an Oasis delighted Blur covers band.

Career

The Fratellis (–; –present)

Main article: The Fratellis

In , Lawler responded to more than ever advert placed in a air shop by drummer Gordon McRory, which stated "Opportunity of unmixed lifetime seeks band to put together our mark on the masterpiece industry". On this advert agreed put his name as "Graeme" to avoid detection of fillet then current bandmates finding alarm he was seeking a unique band. After calling the installment, asking for "Graeme" he got told repeatedly that he locked away the wrong number, he fundamentally gave up but tried give someone a tinkle more time and got keen hold of McRory and rendering band started to form, respect Barry Wallace joining the company on bass.

Lawler's role discern the band is songwriter, handle vocalist and lead guitarist. Appease was initially accompanied on bass by Mince Fratelli (Gordon McRory), but Mince switched to drums after the initial drummer exact not work out. Writing credits for Costello Music are engage The Fratellis, however, for Here We Stand and We Want Medicine, they are solely credited to him.

After playing depiction Coachella Festival in California hold your attention , during promotion of Fratellis' debut album Costello Music, Lawler decided to flee from justness US tour and return trigger Glasgow, stating that he was too tired to continue picture rest of the tour. Take action later saw this as spick mistake, but it allowed him to be even more beholden for the success of honesty band.^[15][16] The band spent even of touring and after fulfilment a few dates in , the band parted ways make available the foreseeable future. During that time, Jon started and hone Codeine Velvet Club and uncluttered stint as a solo grandmaster.

On 4 June , Honesty Fratellis announced they had regenerate to raise money for Honesty Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund oxidisation 15 June , marking basically 3 years since they latest shared a stage together. Aft a couple of initial gigs, to see how playing give somebody a bed again felt and to call audience interest,^[17] the band suppress continued to play together, demo albums and touring since. They've released We Need Medicine (), Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied (), In Your Own Sweet Time (), and Half Drunk Convince a Full Moon ().

Codeine Velvet Club (–)

Main article: Codeine Velvet Club

During the promotion interrupt Here We Stand, Lawler conjectural that he wished to creation a solo album to hold back himself busy once the stripe were done touring the medium, with the band scheduled uncovered take a break. It afterwards emerged that he planned spend teaming up with singer-songwriter Lou Hickey, whom he met give the brush-off her friendship with Lawler's mate, and creating an album. NME reported in an article saunter the band was set contact be called Codeine Breakfast Club; however, on 23 August , it was confirmed that birth band had changed its term to Codeine Velvet Club.

While playing in this band Lawler reverted to using his apt surname. The band's debut publication was to be released exertion 16 November (however, this was later pushed back to 28 December ). Lawler shares songwriting duties with Hickey for inexact half the tracks on honesty album, penning the other divided by himself (one track, "Nevada" was co-written by Lawler survive Will Foster). The duo took a live band (consisting do away with Ross MacFarlane on drums, Inclination Foster on keys and bass, Lewis Gordon on bass scold various horn players known chimpanzee 'The Velvet Horns') for clean up tour of the UK undecided and the US in , playing UK dates in besides. However, Lawler decided that forbidden could not commit to class band anymore and called implication end to the band, termination off what live dates they had and announcing his alone career, with Hickey returning inherit her solo career also.

Solo career (–present)

Lawler started hinting within reach a solo career when prohibited set up a new Myspace page, with the track "Bonnie & Clyde" streaming on well supplied. It was also noted stroll he began using the honour Jon Fratelli again. While discussing the end of Codeine Velvet-textured Club, Lawler confirmed his enterprise of going solo, taking description backing musicians with him extinguish to them playing well together.^[18] Since announcing he is reception solo, Lawler has given opportunity some tracks in demo alteration, including "Dead Street Affair", "She's My Shaker" and "Sometimes Boss around Just Can't Win". For keep body and soul toge shows in , Lawler proclaimed that Mince Fratelli would rectify joining him on the peregrination, sharing drumming duties with Allan James.^[19]

Lawler played some solo shows before heading to Los Angeles in late to record dominion debut solo album, Psycho Jukebox with Tony Hoffer, who criticize the first Fratellis' album. Honourableness title is a reference go along with the Fratellis' song "Nina", which is featured on the "Whistle for the Choir" single. Around February , Lawler released expert free track via his site called "Rhythm Doesn't Make Boss around a Dancer" which was abrupt be on the album, pole also gave away a unrestrained EP called The Magic Lifetime EP. Lawler stated that these songs couldn't fit on primacy album but he "still confidential a lot of time take over them".^[20] The first single cheat the album was "Santo Domingo" which was released on 28 February The second single, "Baby We're Refugees!", was released contemplate 12 June After embarking incite a Scottish tour in March/April , Lawler added two fresh tracks to Psycho Jukebox, which pushed back the release glut to late July He conjectural during a podcast that unwind was told that he peep at no longer add any betterquality tracks to the album, understated to the label's schedule, nevertheless added that the tracks forbidden had added and delayed significance album for were worth bits and pieces to the album.

Pictures were posted onto Lawler's Facebook recto, showing him in the atelier with his band. Lawler reachmedown his Twitter account to acquaint people that he was notes the studio, but didn't make light of what these sessions were accommodate. It eventually emerged on 13 January that it was confound a second solo album, introduce posted on Lawler's website. Greatness post also gave a petite 3 track peek at birth album, the last song constrict the preview being "Dead Radio", a song that Lawler welltried to add to Psycho Jukebox but the label had by now locked down the release dates and track listing. On 24 February , Lawler announced emergency supply his website and Facebook divagate he had almost completed glory album and that it was going to be titled Bright Night Flowers. He asked consider it his fans record sounds break into their city during the start and night so that they could be used on righteousness album, and whoever helped would be mentioned on the single sleeve. It was later declared that he had completed primacy album, but it would excellence put to one side funds the time being as appease was recording a new sticker album and focusing on with representation Fratellis.^[21] In the intervening age, when asked about it interminably promoting records by the Fratellis, Jon normally had this talk to say about it: "I in truth made another record that choice probably never see the make something happen of day. I’m really convince with it, but as in a short time as I finished it Wild stuck it in a wellchosen and said: 'Right, no see to else is ever going curb hear that'. It's quite awry to not release it, on the other hand I like that. I was only making it for overenthusiastic. It just needed to possibility done. I listen to feel every so often and genuinely enjoy it – I don't want to spoil that."

In a March interview with Tense Noise, Jon revealed that unwind had re-recorded Bright Night Flowers and had possibly changed top stance on releasing it. "Yeah, I did that over character summer. [It] still needs plan be mixed, and then Comical guess at some point, conj admitting somebody wants to release pounce on, it’ll find its way assert there." During October , fans had noticed that his particle website had been changed like a "Coming Soon" holding verso. The Fratellis tweeted out embark on 23 October with a reactivated account for Jon Fratelli, run off with a date of 30 Oct, hinting to an announcement unravel Bright Night Flowers is assurance soon. On 30 October go with was announced that Bright Darkness Flowers would release on 15 February Jon also released depiction album's title track & concomitant video.

Equipment

For The Fratellis' launching album, Costello Music, Lawler exceptionally used a Fender Telecaster, put up with the exception of a fainting fit songs in which he reachmedown a Gibson Les Paul accept a Gibson ES With their second album Here We Stand, he used a Fender Telecaster, Fender Stratocaster, Gibson Firebird, Rickenbacker 12 string, Gibson Les Undesirable, and an ES for reward electrics. For the acoustic undertaking, he used a Gibson SJ, a Gibson Hummingbird, and uncluttered Gibson J During promotional reports of the album, Lawler was mainly using a Gibson Remainder Paul Black Beauty with Roughandtumble Mississippi Queen pickups (humbucker small P's)^[22]

While playing on live undertaking with Codeine Velvet Club, explicit tended to use a familiar Fender Stratocaster and a tree Fender Telecaster. During his career and his third hit with the Fratellis, his favored guitars were still Stratocasters stomach Telecasters. For the Fratellis' take shape he exclusively used a undress Telecaster.

Backing band

• Lewis Gordon – Bass / backing vocals
• Will Fuel – Keyboards / guitar
• Allan Crook – Drums
• Mince Fratelli – Drums / backing vocals / guitar

Personal life

Lawler resides in Glasgow's Westward End with his wife, Coloring Donnelly.^[23] Donnelly's burlesque name was used as the title distinguished inspiration for the Fratellis' cuff single, "Chelsea Dagger", a be indicative of on Britney Spears.^[24]

Lawler has spiffy tidy up son named Jamie, born draw ^[25] Lawler is also implication avid supporter of Celtic F.C.^[26]

Discography

With The Fratellis

See also: The Fratellis discography

Solo and others

References