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Andrew Cash (born January 22, 1962) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and an NDP politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto-area Davenport electoral district from 2011 to 2015. He grew up in Toronto, where he befriended future MP, Charlie Angus, and along with Angus founded the Toronto punk band L'Étranger. In the late 1990s, he also became a journalist, writing for the Toronto weekly ''Now''. ==Music career== Cash began his career in the Toronto punk band L'Étranger, which also included Charlie Angus. When the band broke up in 1986,〔 Cash signed to Island Records as a solo artist.〔"Cash among new pop generation sure enough to face its insecurities". ''Toronto Star'', June 30, 1989.〕 His first release on the label was a reissue of L'Étranger's last recording, ''Sticks and Stones''. He released three albums as a solo artist and had a number of hits, including "Time and Place", "Boomtown", "What Am I Gonna Do with These Hands" and "A Lot of Talk". In 1993, his album ''Hi'' was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario. He then formed the band Ursula, who released the album ''Happy to be Outraged'' in 1995. However, that band was not successful, and broke up after just the one album.〔 Around the same time as Ursula's demise, however, his brother Peter Cash also decided to leave his band, Skydiggers.〔 Both available at the same time for the first time in their careers, Andrew and Peter decided to write and record together, and released their debut album as The Cash Brothers, ''Raceway'', in 1999. Since 1999, Cash has also provided the soundtrack music for various television shows, mostly Canadian productions. He also wrote for the Toronto-based ''Now'' magazine.〔 In 2000 he collaborated with Hawksley Workman and Jason Collett on ''Chrome Reflection'', an album credited to Bird. In 2007 Cash released his latest solo album ''Murder=''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Cash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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