Cyril John Curnin (born 12 December 1957,

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, England) is a singer/songwriter and musician and is the lead vocalist for the new wave music group,

the Fixx The Fixx are a rock band from London, England, founded in 1979. The band's hits include "One Thing Leads to Another", "Saved by Zero", "Are We Ourselves?", and "Secret Separation", each of which charted in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, ...

. As a songwriter, he has co-written over a dozen songs that have appeared on the ''Billboard'' charts. He is also known for his solo career, with five albums to date, ''Mayfly'' in 2005, ''The Returning Sun'' in 2007, ''Solar Minimum'' in 2009, ''The Horse's Mouth'' in 2013 and ''Lockdown'' in 2020. He also released an EP of ambient music with no vocals called ''Cinema For The Blind'' in 2012. He appeared in the

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music video "

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" along with Fixx guitarist Jamie West-Oram. They both appeared on the ''

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'' album. In addition to singing lead vocals, Curnin has occasionally played piano or guitar on various Fixx albums. While Curnin tours regularly with The Fixx, he has also toured as a solo performer in the U.S. and in Europe. On occasion he has been joined by English singer/songwriter/guitarist

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. Recently, he was the special guest of

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for gigs in Europe. Curnin supports the music-based cancer charity,

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. With them, he has participated in treks to the base camp of Mt. Everest, Kilimanjaro, Machu Picchu, and Pikes Peak to raise awareness and funds for cancer treatment facilities in remote areas of the world. When not touring the world with The Fixx, Curnin lives in Santa Cruz, California, creating new music.

Biography

Early life

At age of 16, Curnin graduated from high school at the Wimbledon College. He then began participating in drama in college, where he studied with Fixx drummer Adam Woods.

Participations

Curnin provided vocals on

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's "With One Look (The Wildest Dream)", which featured on the soundtrack to the 1985

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film, Better Off Dead. In 1990, Curnin participated with Rupert Hine and many other artists in the world music album ''

One World One Voice ''One World One Voice'' is a world music album intended to raise awareness of environmental issues, produced by Rupert Hine in 1990. A video of the entire album was produced for television together with a "Making of" documentary. It was created ...

''. He played piano and sang with many artists. In October 2007, Curnin began an association with the

Love Hope Strength Love Hope Strength Foundation is a charitable foundation whose purpose is to raise funds and awareness in order to benefit people with cancer and leukaemia. The charity sponsors treks and climbs to the world's highest mountains, often performing mus ...

Foundation (LHSF), a music-centric cancer charity. Cy participated with Mike Peters from

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from Squeeze, and

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from

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in a trek to perform at the base camp of

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

in Nepal. Curnin has since participated in other LHSF treks to

Machu Picchu Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain range.UNESCO World Heritage Centre. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province above the Sacred Valley, which ...

Pike's Peak Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America. The ultra-prominent fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, west of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The town of Manitou Sprin ...

Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and ab ...

and in December 2012, Curnin returned to Everest with the organization.

Solo discography

*2005 - ''Mayfly'' *2007 - ''The Returning Sun'' *2009 - ''Solar Minimum'' *2012 - ''Cinema For The Blind - EP'' *2013 - ''The Horse's Mouth'' *2020 - ''Lockdown'' *2021 - ''Superseded - EP''

References

External links

Love Hope Strength Foundation
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