Birth name Mark Andrew Heaney Instruments Drums, percussion Origin London, England Years active 1980 – present | Genres Rock, pop, jazz, funk Name Mark Heaney Occupation(s) Musician Role Drummer | |
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Music groups Gang of Four (2006 – 2013), The Seahorses, The Shining, Threshold (1996 – 2000) Albums Clone, Do It Yourself, Content, Decadent, Extinct Instinct Similar People Jon King, Andy Gill, Hugo Burnham, Dave Allen, Damian Wilson Profiles | ||
Mark Andrew Heaney (born 14 August 1970) is an English drummer and composer from London. He has worked with The Seahorses (1998–1999), The Shining (2001–2002) and Gang of Four (2006–2013).
Heaney's interest in drumming began at the age of 5 when his father bought him his first drum kit and at the age of 10 he started working all over the UK as the feature drummer in his father's band.
Heaney has recorded/toured the world extensively including tours of China, Japan, North America, Canada, South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand with artists and Producers such as Mark Howard (producer) (Bob Dylan, U2, Neil Young), John Squire (The Stone Roses and The Seahorses), Simon Tong, Simon Jones and Nick McCabe (The Verve), The Freelance Hellraiser; The Klaxons, Badly Drawn Boy; Shit Disco; Howie Day, Gail Ann Dorsey (David Bowie and Gwen Stefani), Threshold, Youth, Garret Lee, David Botrill, Andy Gill and many others.
Heaney also composes music for use in Film and TV worldwide, having created soundscapes utilising samples and sounds from all genres of music coupled with his own heavy drumming. He has created bespoke works for many Music Production houses including De Wolfe, EMI, Sony and Wrong Planet.