Momus

Quick Facts

Full Name	Momus
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	Feb 11, 1960(1960-02-11)
Age	64
Birthplace	Paisley
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Scotland
Horoscope	Aquarius

Momus Biography

Momus is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on February 11, 1960 in Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom. Nicholas “Nick” Currie, born 11 February 1960, is an author, blogger, and songwriter from Scotland. He was also a journalist for Wired.

Momus developed a working relationship in the early 1990s with several J-Pop artists. Momus’ cult following and the indie labels on which he had issued his first records – especially el records – led to the formation of ShibuyaKei musicians and Cru-el Records. This also saw the rise of artists like Cornelius and The Poetry Girlfriend, who performed Momus’ songs. Currie started writing for nOrikO, aka Kahimi Karie. Kahimi Karie’s Momus-penned “Good Morning World”, which reached number one in 1995, was featured prominently in an ad that was heavily syndicated. This gave Currie his first hit and financial stability.

Momus said in 1991 that “In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen people”, which has evolved into a meme, “On the web, everyone will be famous to fifteen people”. The quip parodies Andy Warhol’s famous prediction that, “In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes”.

In December 1997, he contracted acanthamoeba keratitis in his right eye due to a contact lens mishap sustained whilst on holiday in Greece, causing loss of vision on that side. Although his sight subsequently improved following surgery, he has suffered lingering effects from the infection since, causing him to often be photographed in an eyepatch, very dark glasses, or squinting.

The single “The Hairstyle of the Devil”, from his album Don’t Stop The Night, peaked at No. It reached No. 94 on the UK Singles Charts in May 1989 and was a local smash. 32 on a year end list, San Francisco’s KITS Live 105 radio station.

Momus Net Worth

Momus is one of the richest Musician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Momus 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jarvis Cocker was influenced greatly by Momus’ 1980s albums. He wrote Currie asking for future Pulp albums. These same albums had a significant influence on Brett Anderson. Currie’s promotion of Suede, a result of his friendship with Anderson, and especially bass player Justine Frischmann, got them early attention before she left for Elastica. Bad Vibes, the memoir of Luke Haines whom Currie called ‘The Hitler of Britpop”, also features Momus.

Nicholas Currie began his musical career in 1981 with The Happy Family, which featured ex-members of Josef K. They released a single and a concept album The Man on Your Street : Songs of the Dictator Hall on the hip UK indie label 4AD.

In 1991 following the release of the album Hippopotamomus Momus was threatened with legal action by the Michelin tyre company for his song ‘Michelin Man’ which saw the company’s eponymous mascot, an anthropomorphic pile of rubber inner-tubes as a metaphor for hypersexual rubber fetishism. Remaining copies of the album were destroyed, and the track was withdrawn from subsequent pressings of the album, and the album’s cover was amended to remove a hippo- headed pastiche of the Michelin Man character, the lyrics to the track were included in the lyric book Lusts of a Moron under the amended title ‘Made of Rubber’. The 2018 box set Recreate restored both the track and title, with the accompanying booklet by Anthony Reynolds ‘Sons of Pioneers’, detailing the legal wrangle but not explaining the track’s reinstatement.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Momus Dating?

According to our records, Momus is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Momus’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Momus Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Momus celebrates birthday on February 11 of every year.

What is Momus the god of?

MOMOS (Momus) was the god or personified spirit (daimon) of mockery, blame, ridicule, scorn, complaint and harsh criticism. He was expelled by Zeus from heaven for ridiculing the gods.

Is Momus a Greek god?

Momus was the god of satire, mockery, and poets in Greek mythology ; as well as a spirit of evil-spirited blame and unfair criticism. His name meaned ‘blame’ or ‘censure’ and he was depicted as lifting a mask from his face. He was the son of the Titan goddess Nyx (night).

What Momus means?

: the Greek god of censure and mockery.

What symbol is Momus?

Momus is typically depicted as a man lifting a mask from his face. In more modern art, he is depicted as a fool or king’s jester. What is this?

Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.