Rice, Damien

Early career

Rice was a member of the rock band Juniper . After releasing the singles “The World Is Dead” and “Weatherman” in Ireland, the band was about to record their first album. But, having quarreled with the label, Rice left the group and began a solo career. Juniper later changed its name to Bell X1 .

After leaving the band, Rice went to Italy and wandered around Europe until he collected enough money to resume concert activity in Ireland . Permanent members of his new band are cellist Vivien Long , percussionist Tom Osander and bassist Shane Fitzsimons . The second vocalist was Lisa Hannigan . Hannigan, Fitzsimons and Osander left the group in 2007 ^[1] .

Wide success

Thanks to his relative, producer David Arnold , Rice was able to record the debut album “O”, released in 2003. "O" is dedicated to Irish musician Mick Christopher . The album was a great success and won the Shortlist Music Prize .

Three years later, following O's commercial success in Ireland and around the world, Rice released his second studio album, 9 . The album was recorded in 2004-2005, released on November 3, 2006 in Ireland, November 6 in Europe and November 14 in North America.

Rice also recorded one of Juniper 's old songs, "Cross-eyed Bear" for one of War Child 's charity albums .

In popular culture

Rice's songs sound in the soundtracks for many films and television series.

• "The Blower's Daughter" - in the movie " Intimacy " and the television series " Bones ".
• “Cold Water” - in the films “The Girl from the Cafe ”, “ I am David ”, “ Stay ”, “ Little Secrets ” and in the television series “ Ambulance ”.
• "Cannonball" - in the film " In Good Company " and the television series " OC ", Spring Waltz and " Bones ".
• "Delicate" - in the television series " Lost ," " Spy ," " Doctor House ," "The Misfits," " Dregs, " and the movie " Dear Frankie ."
• "Older Chests" - in the television series " Jericho ", in the film "The Sum of All My Parts".
• “9 Crimes” - in the television series “ Anatomy of Passion ”, “ True Blood ”, “ Jericho ” and the animated film “ Shrek the Third ”.
• “Gray Room” - in the television series “ One Tree Hill ”, “ Think Like a Criminal ” and “ Doctor House ”.
• "Amie" - in the television series " CSI: New York ".

Charity

Rice participated in the US Liberation Campaign and the Burmese Campaign, with the goal of freeing Burmese Democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi , who is currently under house arrest. ^[2] For charitable purposes, Rice and Hannigan recorded a song called "Unplayed Piano", which was performed at a concert dedicated to the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in 2006. In addition, the singer’s official website contains links to non-governmental charitable organizations. ^[3]

In 2008, Rice took part in the recording of an album called Songs for Tibet , which aims to support Tibet , the Dalai Lama Tenjin Gyamtsho and draw attention to the Tibet conflict. The album has been distributed via iTunes since August 5th and since August 19th has been freely available worldwide ^[4] .

Albums

• O (2002)

Ireland # 3

UK # 8 - Thrice Platinum (900,000)

USA # 114 - Gold (500,000)

IFPI - Platinum (1,000,000)

Worldwide - 2 million [1]

• B-Sides (2004)

Great Britain # 143

• 9 (2006)

Ireland # 1

Great Britain # 4 - Gold (100,000)

US # 22 - No Certificate (200,000)

Worldwide: 882,575

• Live at Fingerprints Warts & All (2007)
• ' Live from the Union Chapel ' (2007)

Great Britain # 179

• My Favorite Faded Fantasy (2014)

Singles

• Official site
• Label Website
• Eskimo Friends - FanSite