Birth name Matthew Timothy Healy Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano Role Musician Music group The 1975 (Since 2002) | Also known as Matty Name Matthew Healy Parents Denise Welch, Tim Healy | |
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Born 8 April 1989 (age 35)
London, England ( 1989-04-08 ) Origin Manchester, England, United Kingdom Genres Alternative rock, indie rock Occupation(s) Musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist Similar People George Daniel, Adam Hann, Denise Welch, Tim Healy, Ross MacDonald |
Matthew Healy (The 1975) - Hallelujah
Matthew Timothy "Matty" Healy (born 8 April 1989) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and pianist for the indie rock band The 1975.
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Early life

Healy was born in London, the son of actors Denise Welch and Tim Healy. He was raised in Newcastle in Northumberland before his parents moved to Macclesfield when Healy was 10 years old. He left school at 16 and worked in call centres and cafes.
The 1975

In 2001, Healy met his to-be bandmates—guitarist and keyboardist Adam Hann, drummer and backing vocalist George Daniel, and bassist and backing vocalist Ross MacDonald—at Wilmslow High School in Wilmslow, a town close to Manchester. He states that a "hippy council worker" was putting on gigs for teenagers in Manchester and Hann approached him and MacDonald about forming a band. They started off with punk-rock and pop covers, until they wrote a song. Healy was originally the drummer for the band. However, the lead singer left to join another band, so he took over the position of lead vocalist. George Daniel was then recruited as the drummer, which completed the current lineup. The group kept going from then, performing under names like Drive Like I Do, TALKHOUSE!, the Big Sleep and the Slowdown until they settled with the name the 1975. A common question asked in interviews is where the band came up with their name. Healy was given a book at the age of 19 which was previously used as a diary. One of the dates written within the book was 1 June the 1975. He said the use of 'the' was very interesting and the name stuck with him. At first he did not see it as the name of his band but when they were trying to think of a new one he remembered that "and it was just perfect."

The band are currently in the process of recording their second album, titled "I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It" that is set to be released on the 26th February 2016.
Personal life

Healy is an atheist and humanist, and a Patron of the British Humanist Association. He has one sibling, a younger brother, Louis Healy (born in 2001) who also starred as Healy's younger self in the 1975 music video 'Heart Out'. Healy lives in Shepherd's Bush, West London with his band mate, George Daniel.
Songs
Chocolate
Robbers
Settle Down
Fallingforyou
Sex
Heart Out
Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You
The City
HeadCarsBending
She Way Out
HNSCC
Girls
Anobrain
So Far
Haunt // Bed
Menswear
Intro / Set 3
An Encounter
What Makes You Beautiful
Facedown
Antichrist
Medicine
12
I like it when you sleep - for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
First Time Caller
The Ballad Of Me And My Brain
Please Be Naked
She Lays Down
Woman
Nana
She's American
Love Me