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About Me

THE REFLEX - LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY Christmas 1999
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NEW RELIGION also from Juicy Couture Party Xmas 1999
John Taylor Band Live at the Key Club, Sunset Blvd, LA May 2000
Gerry Laffy was a founding member of the glam rock band GIRL formed in 1978 along with LA Guns front man Philip Lewis and Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen. Girl were loved and loathed in equal measure but in their short 3 year career did clock up a top 40 album in UK & Germany and gold albums in Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand and are still cited as an influence by many major artists over twenty years later.Gerry Laffy is a singer, guitarist and producer who has steered his 27 year career across TV, film, music and art. He has played in the bands Girl, London Cowboys, Sheer Greed, Ultravox, Duran Duran bassists John Taylor Band and with ex Freddie Mercury guitarist Chris Chesney amongst others. He has been offered gigs with Def Leppard, LA Guns, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Human League and Andy McCoy of Hanoi Rocks, but declined them all due to other commitments in his multi-faceted career.After the demise of GIRL (from 1982 to 1997) Laffy worked as personal manager for film director Russell Mulcahy. In 1983 they formed LeBad Films together and worked on feature films Razorback, Highlander (both the original and the dreadful No.2) Duran Duran’s Arena (An Absurd Notion) Joel Silvers Ricochet with Denzel Washington, The Real McCoy (Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer) Blue Ice (Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins) The Shadow (Alec Baldwin) all followed. He managed Mulcahy through the pinnacle of his career, including not only 9 films but also dozens of (Grammy, American Video Award, MTV Awards, The Brit Awards etc) award-winning music videos for Queen, Duran Duran, Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Culture Club, Spandau Ballet etc and commercials for Ford Motor Company, Doritos, Smirnoff, Opel, British Petroleum, Universal Studios, Miller Brewing to name just a few.
In 1995, he established his own film production company Laffy Michaels Filmworks in Los Angeles, which set up the $20 million film Vampires starring James Woods.
In 1997 just as his management contract with Russell was due to expired in July Laffy got a call from John Taylor who had just quit Duran Duran. John wanted Gerry to be his muse and partner in a John Taylor band project. Initially it was ’one gig in Stuttgart’ but that turned out to be a 3 year stint with ’Terroristen’ John’s new outfit based in LA. Terroristen and various John Taylor solo projects saw Gerry play on 10 CD’s with John through this time, they consistantly toured the USA, made several trips to Japan, and played a couple of shows in Tapei in Taiwan too. By the end of 2000 due to John deciding to rejoin the original line up Duran Duran, Laffy having back problems and deciding to stop touring and the fateful 911 events making the name Terroristen outdated the band was no more.
Before his first band, Laffy started his career as a graphic artist at London Weekend Television and 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 to be found at http://www.myspace.com/gerrylaffyart and (cut and paste this one) http://www.artwanted.com/gtheartist84
Discography
1. 1980 - Girl: Sheer Greed
2. 1982 - Girl: Wasted Youth
3. 1998 - Girl: Killing Time (*finally released)
4. 1999 - Girl: Live at the Marquee (*r)
5. 1999 - Girl: Live At The Exposition Hall, Osaka, Japan (*r)
6. 2002 - Girl: My Number: The Anthology
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 Euro Soundtrack: Gerry Laffy "Shoot ’Em Down"
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 (EP)
17. 1998 - Roxy Music Tribute album: Dream Home Heartaches
18. 1999 - John Taylor, Meltdown (recorded in 1992)
19. 1999 - John Taylor, Juicy Jeans Promo Sampler (EP)
20. 1999 - John Taylor, The Japan Album
21. 2000 - John Taylor, Japanese (EP)
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 - Original line up Bootleg 1980-1982 (Japan & UK)
27. 2006 - Girl, Sheer Greed, Gerry Laffy - The Rare DVD Collection
28. 2007 - Gerry Laffy - The Icebox Studio Sessions 2006
SHEER GREED RE-RELEASE ~ G: note: ’IT’S NOW PRETTY EVIDENT ROCK CANDY HAVE CHANGED THIER MINDS ABOUT THIS: SO PLEASE STOP ASKING ’WHEN ?’...I AM SO OVER IT. I say the best bet anyhow is - the Girl Anthology MY NUMBER - on CD Universe or online: If in doubt try ebay...I bet you find it there. For more info on what happened, etc please email Dante or Derek at the label, [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/3/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/gerrylaffyart
Band Members: ..
I have been lucky enough to play on tape or on stage with (alphabetically) Alan D'Alverez, (London Cowboys) Barry Jones, (London Cowboys) Billy Currie, (Ultravox) Brian Setzer, (Stray Cats) Bruce Willis, (movie star who plays a MEAN harp) Bryson Graham, (Spooky Tooth) Chris Chesney (Freddie Mercury) Chris Martin, (NOT the singer of Coldplay) Dan Chase, (John Taylor Band) Dave Gaynor, (Girl) Glen Matlock, (Sex Pistols) Ian Mc Lagan, (Small Faces) Jerry Nolan, (New York Dolls) John Amato, (Duran Duran, Goo Goo Dolls, Ringo Starr) John Benson (later discovered All Saints) John Taylor, (Duran Duran) Larry Aberman, (Stevie Ray Vaugh) Lee Rocker, (Stray Cats) Michael Railton, (Live, Nsync) Mike Macavoy, (Bee Gees) Pete Barnacle, (Yngwie Malmsteeen) Phil Collen, (Def Leppard) Philip Lewis, (LA Guns) Ritchie Blackmore, (Deep Purple, Rainbow) Rosko Gee, (Traffic) Simon Laffy, (ManRaze) Simon Le Bon, (Duran Duran) Skunk Baxter, (Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers) Slim Jim Phantom, (Stray Cats) Steve Council, (who I lent the name Boysie from!! cheers Steve) Steve Dior, (London Cowboys) Tio Banks, (Boneshakers) Tony Fenelle, (Ultravox) Tony Forsythe, Tracy Guns, (Guns & Roses, LAG)and probably a load more that I can't remember now...but it will come to me.
GERRY LAFFY - Pix thru the ages:
2007 (Playing Jimi Hendrix Flying V at the London Hard Rock Cafe Vaults, where I have some artwork on display)

OH YEAH...AND THIS LOVELY LOT....(Philip Lewis, Steve Riley, Stacy Blades, Adam Hamilton...ladies and gentlemen...The LA Guns...

2000 (in Tokyo with John Taylor)

1997 (Dad time, with Conor on my lap, and Pete Barnacles daughter Naomi on Simon's)

1990 (Money & The Magic a still from the video - Photo Katy Lynn, and the Hollywood sign - photo Grant Sainsbury)

1985 (Music video era, with Simon Le Bon on his yatch, in the Greek Islands)

1982 (Girl in Thailand - last tour)

Influences:

SEE MORE GERRY LAFFY ART @ (suprisingly) www.myspace.com/gerrylaffyart
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MY INFLUENCES: The Bowie / Ronson combo, Jim Marshall, Les Paul (thanks Les) Alan Holdsworth (HOW???), Queen, Rolling Stones, Japan, Aerosmith, Van Halen, UFO, David Lee Roth, Steve Vai, Joni Mitchell, Tom Petty, Coldplay, The Police, Porno For Pyros, Jane's Addiction, Nirvana, John Lennon, Bono, The Who, Phil Collen and Steve Clarke, The Sex Pistols, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, John Taylor, Simon Laffy, Johnny Cash and a million others...

Other LIFE influences are my family and friends, nurses, doctors, dentists, police, firemen / women, rescue workers and people who do our necessary. His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mohammed Ali, JFK, Oskar Schindler. ART: Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Seurat and most impressionists, Warhol, Francis Bacon, Lichtenstein, Sir Peter Blake, Allen Jones, Dali, Damien Hirst, Banksy all the rule breakers and of course the old geezers with the real juice...Rembrandt..and Leonardo da Vinci.
CREATIVE BUSINESS: Alexander Mc Queen, Anita Roddick (RIP), Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward, Robert Redford, The Gates Foundation, Richard Branson, Stephen Spielberg, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Anthony Hopkins, Leonardo Decaprio, Johnny Depp, Francis Ford Coppola, David Lean, Craig Emanuel (Leob & Leob LA) Milton Marks and many others.
I'd like to thank ALL the people that can be kind and considerate above the usual requirements of a civilised human being..people who think of others first, who don't shout with nothing to say and who can offer something to the world without demanding or expecting a return. People who create rather than consume, who are selfless and caring, who give something rather than pollute. Try to give a little however small, some joy, a song, some meaningful words, some money if you have some, some comfort to someone who needs it...a smile of affection where it will mean something...a random act of kindness as often as you remember....but do SOMETHING...any positivity helps out weigh the crap we all deal with daily on this fragile planet. We are all brilliant and flawed in a million ways, we are just humans, but use that little difference we all have; your concience. I thank God for being. (human).
Sounds Like:

QUOTE 'GIRL SOUND LIKE A CROSS BEWTEEN THE NEW YORK DOLLS IF THEY HAD LEARNED TO PLAY, AND LIKE DURAN DURAN IF THEY HAD ANY TESTOSTERONE'...CLICK THE OFFICIAL GIRL LINK BELOW TO GO STRAIGHT THERE...DROP US A REQUEST, WE'LL ADD YOU.

Record Label: Jet / CBS, Die Laughing Records, Sanctuary Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

NEW EXHIBITION THRU MAY - @ HOLLYWOOD ROAD GALLERY, CHELSEA

There are several of my newer pieces (including the first 3 Kabukis in a series I am doing this year) on display and for sale at the Hollywood Road gallery just off Fulham Road, Chelsea. Go check em o...
Posted by GERRY LAFFY on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:29:00 PST

GERRY LAFFY EXHIBITION @ ARTISTIC GALLERY (LONDON)

One man show FEB - MARCH - APRIL 2008 @ The Artistic Galleries, 132 West End Lane, West Hampstead London NW6 England. ...
Posted by GERRY LAFFY on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:47:00 PST

Iran

I support the Iran Liberty Association. They are an organisation dedicated to civil rights in Iran. To find out why they are so important please check out the website. Click Here Here’s a few b...
Posted by GERRY LAFFY on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:09:00 PST

NEW WORK

Here's a couple of my new paintings...being guarded by my son. They are acrylic paintings with gold leaf. They are 100cm x 100cm boxed canvas. These 2 are currently on show at the Artistic Gallery in ...
Posted by GERRY LAFFY on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:20:00 PST

WIN A 500 CARAT BAG OF GENUINE NATURAL UNCUT EMERALDS

As I have Irish roots and have a spare bag of genuine uncut Emeralds lying around I thought it would be fun to give them up as a gift / prize. So, any Girl DVD purchases between now and St Patrick's D...
Posted by GERRY LAFFY on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:39:00 PST

GERRY LAFFY - HIT BY A CAR !

Well it was 22 years ago, and in the film Highlander:The trouble with immortals is they have no respect for pedestrians - in this scene of 'chicken' the two guys on the sidewalk who are hit by The Kur...
Posted by GERRY LAFFY on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:44:00 PST