Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock

Birth : 1953-03-03, Paddington, London, England, UK

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar. Coming to prominence in the late 1970s with The Soft Boys, Hitchcock afterward launched a prolific solo career. Hitchcock's musical and lyrical styles have been influenced by the likes of Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Syd Barrett. Hitchcock's lyrics tend to include surrealism, comedic elements, characterisations of English eccentrics, and melancholy depictions of everyday life. He was signed to two major American labels (A&M Records, then Warner Brothers) over the course of the 1980s and '90s, but mainstream success has been limited. Still, he has maintained a loyal cult following and has often earned strong critical reviews over a steady stream of album releases and live performances. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robyn Hitchcock, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Robyn Hitchcock

Movies

Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up
Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up
Despite the mantra of 'live fast, die young', Britain's first rock 'n' roll generations are now enjoying old age. What was once about youth and taking risks is now about longevity, survival, nostalgia and refusing to grow up, give up or shut up. But what happens when the music refuses to die and its performers refuse to leave the stage? What happens when rock's youthful rebelliousness is delivered wrapped in wrinkles?
The Songs of Nick Drake: Way to Blue
The Songs of Nick Drake: Way to Blue
Herself
Filmed at the Barbican in January 2010 and curated by Joe Boyd, producer and general champion of Nick Drake, 90 minutes of performance highlights from a diverse but renowned cast of modern day troubadours. Presenting their own interpretations of Drake's songs are Vashti Bunyan, Green Gartside, Lisa Hannigan, Scott Matthews, Teddy Thompson, Krystle Warren, Robyn Hitchcock, Kirsty Almeida and Harper Simon.
Burning Ice
Burning Ice
Self
Women in Trouble
Women in Trouble
Original Music Composer
A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, etc. All of them with one crucial thing in common. Trouble.
Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married
Wedding Guest
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
Music
A documentary that goes inside the dark, witty, surreal world of cult English singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock.
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
Himself
A documentary that goes inside the dark, witty, surreal world of cult English singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock.
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
Laurent Tokar
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
Himself
The full bizarre, tragic but celebratory story of Syd Barrett, the co-founder of Pink Floyd.
Elixirs & Remedies
Elixirs & Remedies
self
90 minutes of music and laughter courtesy of cult recording artists Robyn Hitchcock and Grant Lee Phillips.
Amerikana
Amerikana
Original Music Composer
Peter and Chris, two young American friends in their late 20s, go from South Dakota to California on a scooter, and as they travel across the American landscape they see their country through different eyes, ranging from Peter's cynically nihilistic point of view, to Chris' high expectations and romantic notions of the United States.
Storefront Hitchcock
Storefront Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock
Live performance by Robyn Hitchcock, in... well, a storefront.