Danny Farrant (born in Weston-super-Mare, England) is the current drummer in the British punk band Buzzcocks. He joined the group following Phil Barker's departure in 2006.
As a schoolboy, Farrant was a member of a short-lived New Wave group called Safreak - a name that was culled from a half-erased piece of graffiti. After leaving Safreak, Farrant formed a band called Burning Hearts, which appeared in a "Battle of the Bands" style competition on...
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Danny Farrant (born in Weston-super-Mare, England) is the current drummer in the British punk band Buzzcocks. He joined the group following Phil Barker's departure in 2006.
As a schoolboy, Farrant was a member of a short-lived New Wave group called Safreak - a name that was culled from a half-erased piece of graffiti. After leaving Safreak, Farrant formed a band called Burning Hearts, which appeared in a "Battle of the Bands" style competition on BBC television's Going Live. The group did not win the contest.
An interview with Farrant, conducted in the late 1980s when he was an A level student, was included in the text book Teaching Music by Gary Spruce, published in 1995.
Farrant also plays guitar, bass, keyboards and other musical instruments. Through the 1990s, he frequently played jazz and blues with the groups of Leo Green and Dominic Green. A feature of these shows was Farrant's performance of falsetto soul vocals, in the persona of 'Little Danny Farrant'. Farrant has also...
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