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Roland Lee Gift (born 28 May 1961) [1] is a British musician and actor. He is the former lead vocalist of the pop rock band Fine Young Cannibals.
Roland Gift. Actor: Highlander. Roland Lee Gift was born in Birmingham, England. He and his two sisters, Helga and Ragna, grew up in Hull where his mother, Pauline, ran several second-hand clothes shops.
The Fine Young Cannibals were a British rock band formed in Birmingham in 1984. They consisted of bassist David Steele, guitarist Andy Cox (both previously in The Beat), and singer Roland Gift. The group were created after The Beat came to an end.
Lead Singer of the Pop Group, Fine Young Cannibals. He was listed among the "50 Most Beautiful People" in People magazine in 1990. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. Roland had previously sung with the Akrylykz, a ska band, who released 2 singles.
ROACHFORD - THIS GENERATION - STUDIO LIVE SESSION - LITTLE BIG BEAT STUDIOS. Roland Gift performs Good Thing at Jools' Annual Hootenanny. Watch more Later... with Jools Holland on BBC...
It’s a home that gives few clues to the remarkable life story the 59-year-old is about to recount: how the “first black punk in Hull” went on to become an international pop and movie star ...
FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS’ ROLAND GIFT | INTERVIEW As both hit albums from these 80s UK smart-pop icons get the fancy pre-Christmas reissues they deserve, David Nobakht takes a deep dive and speaks to FYC vocalist Roland Gift about his life and times.
Good Thing: Roland Gift is back for a UK tour showcasing his solo material and Fine Young Cannibals days. It was an appreciation of the soulful voice of Otis Redding that helped inspire Roland Gift to seek out a life as a performer.
Following eight months spent sifting through more than 500 audition tapes, they settled on 23-year-old Roland Gift, a uniquely handsome Brummie (in 1990, he was named by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world) with a killer voice who’d previously supported The Beat as part of his old band Akrylykz.
roland gift was the unique voice and charismatic frontman of fine young cannibals (a band formed by david steele and andy cox, formerly of the beat). briefly one of the most successful acts of the 1980s, the trio's second album the raw and the cooked topped both the uk and us charts and spawned two…