Gerry Laffy


Gerry Laffy is a singer and guitarist who has played in the bands Girl, London Cowboys, Sheer Greed,, and Ultravox among others. Girl are still cited as an influence by many major artists twenty years later, even though they disbanded after only three years, allegedly due to their record company and mismanagement. In total Gerry Laffy has released 30 albums; he has played in venues as diverse as Wembley Arena, Taipei Hard Rock Cafe, the Reading Festival.

Musical career

In 1978, Laffy was a founding member of the band Girl. Girl were first discovered by promoter Jon Lindsay, a partner of the former manager of The Who, Kit Lambert. Lambert and Lindsay were seeking out bands to sign to Lambert's new record company during the fledgling Nu Romantics era. The band were first introduced to music publisher Simon Napier-Bell of Nomis but eventually signed a recording deal with Jet Records. The band became famous after their now infamous three-night residency at the former Marquee Club in Wardour St. and recorded three albums and put out two between 1980 and 1983. Killing Time was finally released in 1998, and two live albums and an anthology were released later. After Girl disintegrated, Laffy joined London Cowboys,, which released two albums in 1985. He then played guitar on demos of Duran Duran's 1986 Notorious album. In 1990, Laffy founded Die Laughing Records and released the solo album Money & the Magic. The song "Shoot 'Em Down" from this album was included on the European soundtrack to the film . Laffy formed Sheer Greed with some of Girl's alumni, which put out two albums in 1992 and 1993. He followed up with a joint Gerry Laffy/Simon Laffy album called Lying With Angels, then a guest appearance on the 1994 album Revelation from Ultravox. From mid-1997 to mid-2000, Laffy was lead guitarist in Terroristen, John Taylor's band while on hiatus from Duran Duran. Terroristen recorded constantly and gigged all over the United States and Japan, also travelling to Taiwan and Germany. In 2001, he released a second solo album All Day Long. In 2005, Gerry was a guest vocalist with ex-Freddie Mercury guitarist Chris Chesney on his album Diabolical Liberties. In 2007, a third solo album - The Icebox Studio Sessions was released. Self performed, written and produced. In July 2009 Girl were approached to reform for a 30th Anniversary tour of Japan & UK in 2010. It is yet to be confirmed. 2013 saw Gerry Laffy solo albums No.4. Entitled 'Just A Little Blurred'and 'Wrecked But Not Crushed' BOTH self performed, written and produced. 'Just A Little Blurred' features an update of the Girl classic 'My Number' with guest Craig Bundy on bass.

Film career

For fifteen years, from 1982 to 1997, Laffy worked as personal manager for film director Russell Mulcahy. They formed the company LeBad Films together. Laffy also served as Mulcahy's personal assistant on his first three features Razorback, Highlander, and Duran Duran's Arena. He managed Mulcahy through the pinnacle of his career, including ten feature films and dozens of award-winning music videos and commercials. In 1995, he established his own film production company Laffy Michaels Filmworks, which set up the John Carpenter's $20 million film Vampires, starring James Woods.

Art career

Before his first band, Laffy started his career as a graphic artist at London Weekend Television. Since 2001, he has come full circle and is now a successful London-based artist with an international celebrity clientele for his quirky, funky pop art/mixed media canvases. http://www.gerrylaffyart.com/
He has a son, Conor Jack.

Music videos

"Mandy"

Duran Duran

  1. 1980 - Girl: Sheer Greed
  2. 1982 - Girl: Wasted Youth
  3. 1998 - Girl: Killing Time
  4. 1999 - Girl: Live at the Marquee
  5. 1999 - Girl: Live at the Exposition Hall, Osaka, Japan
  6. 2002 - Girl:
  7. 1985 - London Cowboys: Dance Crazy
  8. 1985 - London Cowboys: Live at the Milkweg Amsterdam
  9. 1990 - Gerry Laffy: Money & the Magic
  10. 1990 - Highlander II European Soundtrack: song: Gerry Laffy "Shoot 'Em Down" from Money & The Magic
  11. 1992 - Sheer Greed: Sublime to the Ridiculous
  12. 1993 - Sheer Greed: Live in London
  13. 1994 - Gerry & Simon Laffy: Lying with Angels
  14. 1994 - Ultravox: Revelation
  15. 1997 - John Taylor, Feelings Are Good
  16. 1998 - John Taylor Terroristen, 5.30.98
  17. 1998 - Roxy Music Tribute album: Dream Home Heartaches
  18. 1999 - John Taylor, Meltdown
  19. 1999 - John Taylor, Juicy Jeans Promo Sampler
  20. 1999 - John Taylor, The Japan Album
  21. 2000 - John Taylor, Japanese
  22. 2000 - John Taylor, Live Cuts
  23. 2001 - John Taylor, Techno for Two
  24. 2001 - Gerry Laffy: All Day Long
  25. 2005 - Chris Chesney & Gerry Laffy - Diabolical Liberties
  26. 2006 - Girl - Live Bootlegs - Tokyo 1980
  27. 2006 - Girl - The Rare DVD Collection
  28. 2007 - Gerry Laffy - The Icebox Studio Sessions
  29. 2013 - Gerry Laffy - Just a Little Blurred + Free promo Girl - Live at The Greyhound 1982
  30. 2013 - Wrecked But Not Crushed + Free promo Girl Live at the Paris Theater 1980
  31. 2016 - Girl: Sheer Greed - Rock Candy re release
  32. 2016 - Girl: Wasted Youth - Rock Candy re release