Frank Rynne is an Irish-born singer, record producer, art curator, film-maker, writer, and historian. He has played in three bands

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in 1984,

The Baby Snakes The Baby Snakes were an Irish rock band formed in 1985. The original line-up featured Frank Rynne, Niall O'Sullivan and Johnny Bonney. In October 1985 they recorded a radio session for Dave Fanning's RTÉ radio show and reached No. 13 in Fanning ...

(1985-1994) and Islamic Diggers (1996- ). He has produced three CDs of Moroccan folk music by the

Master Musicians of Joujouka The Master Musicians of Joujouka are a collective of Jbala Sufi trance musicians, serving as a modern representation of a centuries-old music tradition. The collective was first documented by Western journalists in the early 1950s, and was b ...

. In 1992 Rynne co-organised The Here to Go Show, an international art show featuring the works of

William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

and Brion Gysin and, with fellow organisers Joe Ambrose and Terry Wilson, co-wrote ''Man from Nowhere''. He co-produced the CD ''10%: file under Burroughs'' (1996).

Early years

Rynne first came to national prominence in Ireland playing rhythm guitar with

Those Handsome Devils Those may refer to: * ''those'', plural English distal demonstrative (the plural of the word ''that'') * Those, Nepal {{Dab ...

, a Dublin-based rockabilly band with a large national following. In 1985 he formed

, a rock'n'roll band strongly influenced by

The New York Dolls New York Dolls were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1971. Along with the Velvet Underground and the Stooges, they were one of the first bands of the early punk rock scenes. Although the band never achieved much commercial succ ...

and

Alex Chilton William Alexander Chilton (December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s ...

. The Baby Snakes released an EP and two LPs, '' This City Sucks'' and '' Sweet Hunger'', before moving to Brixton,

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in 1988. Their third and final LP was produced by Sex Pistols audio engineer, Dave Goodman. In 1990, the band recruited drummer

Nigel Preston Nigel Preston (4 April 1963, Birmingham, England – 1 April 1992) was an English drummer. He was a founding member of the Cult. He also played and recorded with Theatre of Hate, Sex Gang Children, the Baby Snakes, the Gun Club and DeLuca. H ...

, a founder member of

The Cult The Cult are an English rock band formed in 1983 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead singer Ian Astbury' ...

. After Preston's death in 1992, Rynne began to work on projects related to Burroughs and Gysin.

External links

Master Musicians of Joujouka official siteObituary of Hamri by Frank Rynne.
''The Independent'', London, 19 October 2000
Ira Cohen obituary
by Frank Rynne. ''The Guardian'' (UK), May 13, 2011 Moroccan music Irish male singers Living people Irish film directors Irish film producers Musicians from County Dublin Year of birth missing (living people) {{film-producer-stub

Early years

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