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Andrew "Falco" Falkous is an English musician best known for being the founding member/frontman for seminal Cardiff-based punk rock outfit Mclusky,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/mclusky/ )〕 current lead singer/guitarist of the band Future of the Left and the sole member of Christian Fitness. ==Musical history== Falco's professional musical career began in 1996 with the band Best. After a few line-up changes and release of a 3-track single ''Huwuno'' on London-based label Seriously Groovy, Best changed its name to Mclusky in 1999. The line-up consisted of Falco fronting the band, serving as its main songwriter along with Mat Harding on drums and Jon Chapple on bass/backing vocals. Falco and Mclusky released its first full-length album ''My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours'' in 2000 on the Fuzzbox imprint before drawing international attention with their critically praised second album ''Mclusky Do Dallas'' in 2002. Harding left the group in 2003 with Falco telling The Telegraph "It was due to differences on just about every imaginable level – personal, musical and professional.".〔(British rock's best kept secret – Telegraph )〕 Mclusky recruited drummer Jack Egglestone for their 2004 album ''The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire''.〔(Mclusky | Punknews.org )〕 On 7 January 2005 Mclusky announced its break-up. Falco released this announcement on the band's website on three days later: :''The three piece rock band known as mclusky have disbanded, as of Friday 7 January 2005. The reason for this parting is private, though probably not as entertaining as you'd imagine. Personally, I would like to thank all the people, places and times that occurred on or near us. I'm grateful for the love and to a lesser degree, the hate. There'll be more music soon, from all of us.'' Little was said of the reasons behind Mclusky's split, but it later emerged that tensions had arisen between Falco and Chapple. Falco didn't stay silent for long, in 2006, he announced the formation of Future Of The Left with Mclusky drummer Jack Egglestone and former Jarcrew frontman Kelson Mathias assuming bass duties. Their first release was a single, "Fingers Become Thumbs". It came out to minimal fanfare but paved the way for their first CD release Curses on Too Pure Records in September 2007. They followed-up with Travels With Myself And Another on June 2009 on 4AD.〔(4AD Store )〕 NME ranked Future of the Left's 2009 live album Last Night I Saved Her from Vampires at No. 42 on their list of 50 Greatest Live Records of all Time.〔(NME's 50 Greatest Live Albums Of All Time – What Are Yours? | The latest music blogs, free MP3s, best new bands, music videos, movie trailers and news analysis )〕 and Pedestrian TV calling Future of the Left one of the greatest live bands of all time.〔(Meredith Music Festival 2011 Highlights – Pedestrian TV )〕 In a 2010 interview with NME Falco stated that Mathias was no longer in the band and bassist Julia Ruzicka and guitarist Jimmy Watkins have joined the group as a quartet.〔(Future Of The Left – New Line-Up, New Interview | The latest music blogs, free MP3s, best new bands, music videos, movie trailers and news analysis )〕 In late 2011, the band announced they signed to Xtra Mile Records and released the EP Polymers Are Forever and the album The Plot Against Common Sense.〔http://www.punkrockistnichttot.com/news-future-of-the-left-sign-to-xtra-mile-and-announce-ep/〕 In 2013, the band released the album How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident. In 2014, Falco released an album under the moniker Christian Fitness titled I Am Scared of Everything That Isn't Me, and in 2015 the follow up Album, Love Letters In The Age Of Steam. 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 Falkous」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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