Martin McCarrick

Martin McCarrick (born 29 July 1962, Luton, Bedfordshire) is an English cellist, keyboardist and guitarist.

He is best known for his work Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1987 until 1995. He recorded with them three studio albums: Peepshow, Superstition and The Rapture. His biggest hit with the band was in 1991 with the single "Kiss Them For Me" which reached the number twenty-three in the Billboard Hot 100.

McCarrick is also known for his membership in the hard rock band "Therapy?": he joined them in 1996 (his first gig as a full-time member being a secret fan-club show in Dublin, Ireland on 10 April 1996), having previously supplied guest cello work on their albums Troublegum and Infernal Love, as well as various live appearances with the band since 1992. During the bands UK tour in 2003, McCarrick perforated his ear-drum and had to leave mid-tour. His last show with Therapy? was in Glasgow, Scotland on 28 November 2003. McCarrick left Therapy? in March 2004.

He has also had a long association with other musicians, recording and performing with This Mortal Coil, Marc Almond, and Bryan Ferry. Plus, he has become the cellist of choice for British rock bands, appearing on stage with both 3 Colours Red and Rico (to whose Violent Silences album he contributed).

McCarrick's sister, the violinist Gini Ball, has been married to Soft Cell instrumentalist David Ball.

He and his wife, Kimberlee, now work together as The McCarricks.

Selected appearances

 * The Glove - Blue Sunshine (1983)
 * Marc Almond - Vermin in Ermine (1984)
 * This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears (1984)
 * Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
 * Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
 * The Wolfgang Press - Standing Up Straight (1986)
 * This Mortal Coil - Filigree & Shadow (1986)
 * Marc Almond - Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters (1987)
 * Siouxsie and the Banshees - Through the Looking Glass (1987)
 * Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)
 * This Mortal Coil - Blood (1991)
 * Siouxsie and the Banshees - Superstition (1991)
 * Heidi Berry - Love (1991)
 * Lush - Split (1994)
 * Kristin Hersh - Strings (1994)
 * Therapy? - Troublegum (1994)
 * Therapy? - Infernal Love (1995)
 * Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Rapture (1995)
 * Throwing Muses - Limbo (1996)
 * Skunk Anansie - Stoosh (1996)
 * Therapy? - Semi-Detached (1998)
 * Therapy? - Suicide Pact - You First (1999)
 * Therapy? - So Much For the Ten Year Plan (2000)
 * Therapy? - Shameless (2001)
 * Therapy? - High Anxiety (2003)
 * Oceansize - Effloresce (2003)
 * Biffy Clyro - The Vertigo of Bliss (2003)
 * Rico - Violent Silences (2004)
 * Siouxsie - Dreamshow (2005)
 * Gary Numan - Jagged (2006)
 * Kristin Hersh - Learn to Sing Like a Star (2007)
 * Therapy? - Music Through A Cheap Transistor (2007)