![]() ![]() The last record, their only full-length, was titled The Half-Life of Kissing and was released by Yorkshire DIY hardcore label Sakari Empire after the band had broken up. The band released three records and played several shows around the UK. Turner's musical career began at school, with the short-lived alternative band Kneejerk. Metal was the first genre of music he fell in love with, and he remains a passionate fan. The first record Turner owned was the album Killers by Iron Maiden. Musical career Beginnings and Million Dead After leaving school, he studied at the London School of Economics where he read History. Whilst at Eton, he became engaged in anarchist scenes and began attending gigs in London and forming bands. He has since described his experiences of being at boarding school as traumatic, having led to periods of self-harm and suicidal ideation, and cited music, in particular the punk scene, as a "life raft" during that period. Turner was educated at Summer Fields and subsequently on a scholarship at Eton College, where he studied alongside Prince William. He discovered his love for music through seeing an Iron Maiden poster on his friends bedroom wall whilst playing Games Workshop, and he convinced his parents to buy him a copy of the album Killers and later a guitar. Īs a child, Turner played the piano, before teaching himself to play the guitar at the age of 11. Through Miranda, his grandparents are Sir (Ronald) Mark (Cunliffe) Turner (1906–1980), a merchant banker who was also the chairman of high street retailer BHS, and Margaret, daughter of Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Baronet. His maternal grandfather is Richard Fox Cartwright (1913–2009), Bishop of Plymouth. Upon returning to England, the family settled first in Winchester before moving to Meonstoke. Turner's ninth and most recent studio album, FTHC was released on 11 February 2022 and reached number 1 in the UK albums chart in the week following its release.įrancis Edward Turner was born in Bahrain, to Jane Cartwright, a primary school head teacher, and Miranda Turner, an investment banker, who came out as a trans woman in 2015. To date, Turner has released nine solo albums, four rarities compilation albums, one retrospective "best of" album, one split album and five EPs. In the studio and during live performances, Turner is accompanied by his backing band, The Sleeping Souls, which consists of Ben Lloyd (guitar, mandolin), Tarrant Anderson (bass), Matt Nasir (piano, mandolin) and Callum Green (drums). ![]() He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon a primarily acoustic-based solo career following the band's split in 2005. Francis Edward Turner (born 28 December 1981), is an English punk and folk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke, Hampshire. ![]()
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