Roger O’Donnell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Roger O'Donnell
Occupation	Pianist
Date Of Birth	Oct 29, 1955(1955-10-29)
Age	69
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Roger O'Donnell Biography

Roger O'Donnell is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on October 29, 1955 in London, England, United Kingdom. Roger O’Donnell, born 29 October 1955, is an English keyboardist. He is best known for his work in The Cure. O’Donnell is also a performer in The Psychedelic Furs as well as the Thompson Twins and Berlin. He also has an active solo career.

O’Donnell was fully integrated into the band for the next album Disintegration. His songwriting contributions can also be heard on “Out of Mind” (the B-Sides of the hit singles “Lullaby”, and “Lovesong”) Entreat, a live album that he recorded during this time, also features O’Donnell. O’Donnell quit The Cure’s Prayer Tour 1989 and returned to the band in 1990.

O’Donnell’s current solo career commenced when he was asked to submit a song for a documentary being made about Bob Moog, “Moog”. This was in early 2004 whilst he was still a member of The Cure. Later that year whilst helping to promote the film with its producer Ryan Page at the Sheffield Documentary Festival, conversation led to the suggestion that O’Donnell should write an entire album of music composed and recorded in the same way as the song “Another Year Away”. The song was composed entirely and performed solely on a Minimoog Voyager.

In summer 2005, O’Donnell and his longtime partner and collaborator Erin Lang formed their own label with the idea of supporting and encouraging otherwise unsignable artists, mainly in the electronic genre, and releasing their own music. The first release was in September 2005, a sampler “Nothing Concrete” featuring songs from 10 unsigned artists. The label is called 99 Times Out of 10 or 99X/10.

After being friends for many years with Boris Williams, O’Donnell joined The Cure for the first time in 1987. O’Donnell was a part of The Cure’s Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Tour, but he didn’t contribute to the album. He does appear in music videos for “Just Like Heaven” (and “Hot Hot Hot !!!”). He also appeared in promotional art. Porl Thompson could focus full-time on guitar instead of assisting Tolhurst with keyboards for many songs. O’Donnell was the keyboard player. You can hear some of O’Donnell’s performances on this tour in the deluxe edition Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.

Roger O'Donnell Net Worth

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

O’Donnell was the son of a musical family. He was born in East London to a musical family. O’Donnell went to art school, but he left to become a professional musician. His first paid gig was in 1976 at Oxford Town Hall, backing the legendary British pop singer Arthur Brown.

O’Donnell joined Thompson Twins in July 1983 as a live keyboardist. He was playing with future Cure drummer Boris Williams. O’Donnell and Williams both completed the Side Kicks Tour 1983, as well as the Into the Gap/Out of the Gap tours 1984. O’Donnell loved Sequential Circuits synthesisers in the 1980s. He was a fan of the Prophet T8 and Prophet VS. O’Donnell, while on tour with the Psychedelic furs, set the record for having the largest number of Sequential models at once.

During the period of the Cure’s greatest success, O’Donnell was the band’s only member to play piano and keyboards as his primary instrument. Previous keyboardist Lol Tolhurst also played drums for a time and subsequent keyboardist Perry Bamonte later switched to guitar. O’Donnell rejoined The Cure in late 1994 and appeared on the albums Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, and The Cure. He also appears on the live DVD The Cure: Trilogy. During this period it is notable that O’Donnell introduced the band to digital recording.

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Future projects nearing completion as of Spring 2010 are a collection of songs for piano, cello and voice entitled Two/Three – Before. The trio features O’Donnell on piano, Erin Lang, vocals and longtime friend Paul van Dongen on cello. A preview concert performance in Toronto in February 2010 with the Corktown Chamber Orchestra led to another project which O’Donnell has composed for the orchestra, Quieter Trees.

Facts & Trivia

Roger Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Roger O'Donnell celebrates birthday on October 29 of every year.

Quieter Trees is a group of six songs inspired by a painting by British artist David Hockney “Bigger Trees Near Warter”. It was performed in London Morley College by the Centre for Young Musicians on 2 July 2011 and it will be performed in November in Toronto this time with O’Donnell playing piano.

Top Facts about Roger O'Donnell

1. Roger O’Donnell was born in East London in 1955.
2. He joined the Thompson Twins as a keyboardist in 1983 and was an avid Sequential Circuits fan.
3. He was the only member of The Cure to play piano and keyboards as a primary instrument between 1987 and 1990.
4. He rejoined The Cure in 1994 and stayed until 2005
5. He released his solo album “The Truth in Me” in 2006
6. He and Erin Lang formed their own label 99 Times Out of 10 in 2005
7. He released two albums with Great Society”The Truth In Me” in 2006 and “Songs from the Silver Box” in 2009
8. O’Donnell wrote the music for a documentary about Bob Moog in 2004
9. He released his album Love and Other Tragedies in 2015 featuring Julia Kent of Anthony and the Johnsons.
10. Roger O’Donnell and Laurence Tolhurst reunited with The Cure to perform Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds, and Faith in 2011.
11. He is a guest star in Australian Comedy Show “These New South Whales”
12. He composed a suite for Chamber Orchestra entitled “Bernhard” inspired by the literary works of Thomas Bernhard.
13. O’Donell and Adam Donen collaborated on a work for a small ensemble of violin, viola, two celli, French horn, woodwinds and two female voices called Requiem.
14. O’Donnell wrote a collection of songs for piano, cello and voice entitled “Two/Three – Before”.
15. He composed a piece for the Corktown Chamber Orchestra called “Quieter Trees”.