Dave McCabe
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dave McCabe
| image = The Zutons (53546587280).jpg
| caption = McCabe performing with The Zutons in 2024
| birth_name = David Alan McCabe
| alias =
| birth_place = Whiston, Merseyside, England
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|01|03|df=y}}
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| genre = Indie rock
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| label = 1965 Records
| associated_acts = The Zutons, Tramp Attack, Dave McCabe & The Ramifications, Mark Ronson, SILENT-K
| website =
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David Alan McCabe{{cite web | url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/Catalog.aspx?detail=writerid&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyid=926169&subid=0 | title=McCabe, David Alan | work=BMI Repertoire | access-date=16 January 2018}} (born 3 January 1981) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, the frontman of The Zutons and a former member of Tramp Attack.
History
McCabe was a member of Liverpool band Tramp Attack with Brookside actor Kristian Ealey. The band released their debut single "Rocky Hangover" in 2001,{{cite web|url=http://defnetmedia.com/entertainment-and-culture/item/250-tramp-attack-interview.html|title=Tramp Attack Interview - |last=Editor|publisher=Defnet Media|access-date=15 January 2018}} before McCabe left to form The Zutons. The band released 3 albums, before quietly disbanding in 2008.
In 2008, McCabe collaborated with singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore on the song "Old Soul", which appeared on the album Liejacker.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/xqxm|title=BBC - Music - Review of Thea Gilmore - Liejacker|first=Chris|last=Long|publisher=BBC|access-date=15 January 2018}}
In 2010, McCabe co-wrote the Mark Ronson single The Bike Song, which appeared on the producers 2010 album Record Collection.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/mark-ronson/53180|title=Mark Ronson reveals Dave McCabe writing session secrets – video |date=27 September 2010|work=NME|access-date=15 January 2018}}
In 2012, McCabe provided vocals along with the likes of Paul McCartney and Robbie Williams to The Justice Collective Hillsborough charity single, a cover version of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother".{{cite web|url=http://www.beverleyknight.com/news.php?id=131|title='He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' Single - News|first=|last=|publisher=Beverley Knight/retrofuzz|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116135208/http://www.beverleyknight.com/news.php?id=131|archive-date=16 January 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/watch-hillsborough-justice-collective-aint-3326595|title=Watch Hillsborough Justice Collective He Ain't Heavy video in full|first=Neil|last=Macdonald|date=4 December 2012|work=Liverpool Echo|access-date=15 January 2018}}
In 2015, McCabe launched his solo career with the release of his debut album Church Of Miami on 1965 Records. In contrast to previous output, the album isn't guitar based and has been compared to the likes of Kraftwerk and Depeche Mode{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/100428/dave-mccabe-from-the-zutons-announces-new-album|title=The Zutons' Dave McCabe announces new album Church Of Miami|website=Gigwise|access-date=15 January 2018}}
McCabe currently plays bass guitar in Liverpool alternative rock band SILENT-K.
McCabe and The Zutons reformed to play several one-off gigs between 2016 & 2023, when the band announced that their fourth studio album would be released in spring 2024.{{cite web |last1=Dunworth |first1=Liberty |title=The Zutons announce first album in 16 years |url=https://www.youtube.com/ |website=NME |publisher=NME Networks |access-date=14 November 2023}}
Personal life
In September 2012, McCabe was found guilty of assault after headbutting and breaking the nose of a 23-year-old student in Liverpool city centre.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-zutons/53109|title=The Zutons' Dave McCabe found guilty of assault |date=22 September 2010|work=NME|access-date=15 January 2018}} Reportedly provoked by the victim and his friends laughing about his girlfriend's coat, McCabe claimed he was protecting himself after the group surrounded him. The victim maintained that McCabe lunged at him after overhearing the group laughing.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/22/zutons-dave-mccabe-court|title=The Zutons' Dave McCabe broke man's nose 'in self-defence'|first=Sean|last=Michaels|date=22 September 2010|website=The Guardian|access-date=15 January 2018}} He was given a community order and ordered to pay the victim £1,500 plus court costs of £3,500.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8095973/Zutons-singer-Dave-McCabe-ordered-to-compensate-headbutt-victim.html|title=Zutons singer Dave McCabe ordered to compensate headbutt victim|date=29 October 2010|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=15 January 2018}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Church Of Miami (2015)
References
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{{The Zutons}}
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Category:English rock guitarists
Category:English male guitarists
Category:Musicians from Liverpool
Category:21st-century English singers