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Gruff Rhys News

Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys: 'Saxophones are vomit-inducing'

Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys: 'Saxophones are vomit-inducing'

Rhys says he hates the brass instrument

Super Furry Animals film set to debut

Gruff Rhys will play special show to mark launch

  • Jan 8, 2008

Gruff Rhys maps North American tour

Super Furry frontman takes solo show on the road

  • Jun 11, 2007

Gruff Rhys collaborator readies debut release

Cate Le Bon’s double A-side comes out this month

  • Apr 3, 2007

Boom Bip reveals details of Gruff Rhys collaboration

Neon Neon album is a 'celebration of simple pop'

  • Feb 27, 2007

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Gruff Rhys YouTube Videos

Gruff Rhys 'Candylion'

Gruff Rhys 'Candylion' (02:35)

Gruff Rhys ft Lisa Jen 'Candylion' Music Video

gruff rhys "candylion"

gruff rhys "candylion" (03:20)

watch gruff build his very own candylion

'gyrru gyrru gyrru' - gruff rhys

'gyrru gyrru gyrru' - gruff rhys (03:31)

Starring the blue 1976 pick up that is now owned by Roberto Hughes and sat in Christian Lewis's Patagonian field for the previous 5 years. More a less around the world in 3 and a half minutes, it's also a monument to...

Gruff Rhys ~ Gwn Mi Wn

Gruff Rhys ~ Gwn Mi Wn (03:24)

Gruff Rhys ~ Gwn Mi Wn

Gruff Rhys-GWN MI WN-Fyw! Sherman2000+5

Gruff Rhys-GWN MI WN-Fyw! Sherman2000+5 (09:38)

Clip yn dangos Gruff Rhys ar ei daith 'Yr Atal Genhedlaeth'(Chwefror 2000+5), yn perfformio'r gan 'Gwn Mi Wn' yn Theatr y Sherman, Caerdydd. Performance of 'Gwn Mi Wn',a song from Gruff Rhys's first solo album 'Yr...

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Gruff Rhys Reviews

Gruff Rhys

Gruff Rhys

Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru (Rough Trade)

  • Mar 9, 2007

Gruff Rhys: Candylion

The Super Furry Animal alone again doesn't disappoint

  • Jan 5, 2007

Gruff Rhys: Candylion

Straight-edged pub-rock… Only joking!

  • Nov 24, 2006

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Gruff Rhys Biography

b. 18 July 1970, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Rhys is the vocalist and principal songwriter of the Super Furry Animals. The band runs parallel with his own solo projects, with his work providing a vehicle for songs considered for the Furries but suiting the more intimate confines offered by a solitary artist.

Rhys first played drums in a band named Emily, before fronting Ffa Coffi Pawb (translated as "Everyone's Coffee Beans'). Early signs of his prolific songwriting ability were apparent on the band's three albums for the Ankstmusik label, released in the early 90s. Ffa Coffi Pawb split in 1993, whereupon the Super Furry Animals began to take shape. While the band took off with Rhys" first experience of singing in English, solo projects were inconspicuous until early 2005, when the comparatively lo-fi Welsh language recording Yr Atal Genhedlaeth was released, with Rhys playing most of the instruments. With typical humour he considered splitting up on the back of that record, but with musical differences put aside he joined the Super Furry Animals on the Rough Trade Records label and released the imaginatively scored Candylion, with concept songs in English, Spanish and Welsh featuring vocalist Lisa Jên.

Rhys is a sought after collaborator, lending vocals to album tracks by Mogwai, and electronica acts FC Kahuna and Boom Bip. He also recorded as Neon Neon with the latter.

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Gruff Rhys Discography

Gruff Rhys albums.

  • Yr Atal Genhedlaeth - 2005 (Placid Casual)
  • Candylion - 2007 (Rough Trade)

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