ArtistInfo

Larry Kirwan

voc, g, *1948 US, County Wexford
Singer / Musician of Rock
A.k.a. Laurence Lucifer

Larry Kirwan (born in Wexford, Ireland) is an expatriate Irish writer and musician, most noted as the lead singer for the New York-based Irish rock band, Black 47.Prior to Black 47, Kirwan and fellow Wexfordian Pierce Turner were the house band in Malachy McCourt's Bells of Hell in Greenwich Village. Their music was a blend of folk, trad, progressive rock, Celtic rock and punk. The group was one of the few groups banned from CBGB's.[citation needed] In the words of Hilly Kristal they were "too demonic". They then led the new wave band Major Thinkers for some years. Their song Avenue B (is the place to be) became a radio hit whereupon they were signed to Epic-Portrait Records. They recorded an album: Terrible Beauty, that was never released and after a performance in Irving Plaza on St. Pat

Instruments

• Vocals
• Guitar
• Percussion
• Keyboards
• Mandolin

Genres

• Rock
• Folk
• World
• Pop
• Electronic

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