Drew McConnell

Drew McConnell
Drew McConnell at the Crisis Consequences gig, 2nd March 2008, hugging Danny Goffey of Supergrass
Background information
Born	10 November 1978 (1978-11-10) (age 33) Dublin, Ireland
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Bass guitar, guitar, vocals
Associated acts	Babyshambles Mongrel The Phoenix Drive Fionn Regan The Lost Brothers Peter Doherty Carl Barât Helsinki The Libertines
Notable instruments
Fender Precision Bass

Drew McConnell (born 10 November 1978 in Dublin, Ireland) is the bass guitarist and backing vocalist with Babyshambles, the band formed and fronted by frontman of The Libertines, Pete Doherty. He lived in Tenerife, Spain, for much of his childhood,^{[citation needed]} and he speaks Spanish fluently. Formerly in the band Elviss, McConnell participates in a number of side-projects, such as The Phoenix Drive and playing double bass and piano with Irish singer/songwriter Fionn Regan as well as writing and recording solo material.

McConnell organises a musical collective named Helsinki, with which he performs solo material as well as versions of songs by Babyshambles, such as a swing version of their single "Delivery". Among the members of this collective are Stephen Large of Squeeze and Albert Hammond Jr of The Strokes.^{[citation needed]}, the drummer Seb Rochford of Polar Bear and Acoustic Ladyland, drummer Jamie Morrison (of the Noisettes), guitarist Matt Parks, Jonnie Fielding (violin), Larrikin Love and Fionn Regan.

McConnell completed a bass degree at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP).^{[citation needed]}

He also appears in the video "Police On My Back" by UK grime artist Lethal Bizzle, playing bass.

McConnell is heavily involved with the Love Music Hate Racism movement, contributing a song with Babyshambles and Helsinki to a CD given away free with a copy of the NME in 2007, as well as playing at such events as the Love Music Hate Racism carnival with Jon McClure of Reverend and The Makers.

McConnell also fronted the musical collective Mongrel with Jon McClure and members of Arctic Monkeys.

External links

• Babyshambles.net The official Baby Shambles website.
• thephoenixdrive.com The official Phoenix Drive website.
• Rock Pulse 2003 interview with Drew and Karl from Elviss.
• Fionn Regan The official Fionn Regan website.

Persondata
Name	McConnell, Drew
Alternative names
Short description	Irish bass guitarist
Date of birth	November 10, 1978
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death

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