1. Nicholas John McCarthy was born on 13 December 1974 and is an English-German musician.
12 Facts About Nick McCarthy
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Nick McCarthy's main focus is on songwriting and song production.
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Nick McCarthy was guitarist, vocalist, and keyboardist of the Glasgow-based band Franz Ferdinand until his departure in 2016.
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Nick McCarthy grew up in Vagen near Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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Nick McCarthy graduated from High School in Bad Aibling and was trained classically as a pianist and double bassist at the Munich Conservatory.
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On 2 July 2005, Nick McCarthy married his Austrian fiancee Manuela Gernedel in Bavaria, Germany.
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Nick McCarthy played double bass, cello and Arabic lute in the band Embryo, whose music is described as a "fusion of jazz, rock and ethnic world music".
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Nick McCarthy is active in numerous bands and music projects and works as songwriter and producer at "Flokati Studios" in Munich as well as at "Sausage Studios" in Hackney Lane in London.
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Nick McCarthy co-founded Sausage Studios with Sebastian Kellig in 2012.
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Nick McCarthy left the band in 2016 to focus on family matters and other musical projects.
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Nick McCarthy says about "Sausage Studio Sessions" this is an album he always had in mind to record after leaving Franz Ferdinand.
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In May 2011, Box Codax released their second studio album called Hellabuster, which Nick McCarthy wrote and produced.