Owen Fegan

Owen Fegan (born November 1, 1972) is Creative Director at New York Magazine. Born in Cork, Ireland, he is a founding member of Irish rock band Rubyhorse, formed in 1987 with schoolmates Dave Farrell, Decky Lucey, Joe Philpott, and Gordon Ashe.^[1] Upon the band's move from Cork, Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts in 1997, the band signed to Los Angeles based label, Interscope Records.^[2]

After a musical career which saw two major-label recording contracts (Interscope Records and Island Records), a single ("Sparkle") which peaked at #21 on the Billboard charts in the summer of 2002,^[3] a collaboration with George Harrison on the track "Punchdrunk",^[4] appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman,^[5] Late Night with Conan O'Brien,^[6] Good Morning America,^[7] as well as international tours, sharing stages with artists as including R.E.M.,^[8] INXS,^[9] and Def Leppard,^[8] Fegan finally left Rubyhorse behind,^[10] and moved to New York City to pursue a solo musical career, and indulge his lifelong passions of art and photography.

Soon after his move to New York city, Fegan accepted a position as a Creative Director at SPIN magazine,^[11].

He continues working as a photographer, his work appearing in major commercial campaigns, as well as magazines such as SPIN, Rolling Stone, Blender, High Times, as well as Tom Petty's Runnin' Down A Dream biography^[12] alongside Mark Seliger, Annie Leibovitz, and Danny Clinch (who shot Rubyhorse's Rise album cover).^[13]

Following four years as Design Director at Rolling Stone magazine^[11], he accepted the position of Creative Director at New York Magazine.^[14] Fegan currently resides in New York city.

References

1. ^ http://www.rubyhorse.com/rh/band/bio.html
2. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rubyhorse/dp/B001EQ1VCK
3. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?keyword=rubyhorse&x=0&y=0&exposeNavigation=true&applicationName=bbcom&matchType=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&rangePropertyName=FORMATTED_DATE&rangeFilterType=BTWN
4. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Rubyhorse/dp/B000066EZT
5. ^ http://www.movieweb.com/tv/episode/TECOKJGFoVThHD
6. ^ http://www.movieweb.com/tv/episode/TEyOzADCWUPrDz
7. ^ http://www.independent.ie/national-news/rock-band-playing-up-a--storm-in-america-296417.html
8. ^ ^{a b} http://www.bookrags.com/highbeam/rubyhorse-answers-label-woes-with-hb/
9. ^ http://www.trinh-cong-son.com/wpma_news.html
10. ^ http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2003/09/05/boston_music_awards_miss_a_chance_to_shine/
11. ^ ^{a b} http://www.linkedin.com/in/ofegan
12. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Runnin-Down-Dream-Petty-Heartbreakers/dp/0811862011
13. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/rise-rock-album-12
14. ^ http://www.mediabistro.com/Owen-Fegan-profile.html

External links

• Official Rubyhorse website

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