With his work on the soundtrack to In The Name Of The Father bringing him into the full glare of media attention Gavin Friday takes this opportunity to put to rest any accusations of riding on U2’s coat-tails. Confident and brimming with ideas for his solo career, The Spotlight Kid gives the lowdown to an eager BILL GRAHAM.
As someone who’s never been shy of the spotlight, you wouldn’t think Gavin Friday has a problem with profile. Yet he has. The musician and artist regularly get hidden behind the other roles the media has allotted him.
Instead he’s The Guy Who Knows Bono, The Wan Who Used To Be In The Virgin Prunes, Mr. Cabaret And Crossdressing. Consequently, he can get caricatured as a shaper not a maker, Dublin’s leading social accessory, a courtier when he has both the ambition and the ability to play the prince himself.
