Dave McCabe

{{Short description|English musician (born 1981)}} {{Lead too short|date=March 2026}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dave McCabe | image = The Zutons (53546587280).jpg | caption = McCabe performing with [[The Zutons]] in 2024 | birth_name = David Alan McCabe | alias = | birth_place = [[Whiston, Merseyside]], England | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|01|03|df=y}} | origin = | instruments = | genre = [[Indie rock]] | occupations = | years_active = 2000–present | label = [[Deltasonic]], [[Sony Records|Sony]], 1965 | associated_acts = [[The Zutons]], [[Tramp Attack]], Dave McCabe & The Ramifications, [[Mark Ronson]], [[SILENT-K]] | spouse = {{marriage|Paula|2024}} | current_member_of = [[The Zutons]] | past_member_of = {{hlist|[[Tramp Attack]]|[[The Justice Collective]]|The Ramifications|SILENT-K}} | website = }} '''David Alan McCabe'''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/Catalog.aspx?detail=writerid&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyid=926169&subid=0 | title=McCabe, David Alan | work=[[BMI Repertoire]] | access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> (born 3 January 1981) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, the frontman of [[The Zutons]] and a former member of [[Tramp Attack]].

==History== McCabe was a member of Liverpool band [[Tramp Attack]] with [[Brookside (television programme)|Brookside]] actor [[Kristian Ealey]]. The band released their debut single "Rocky Hangover" in 2001,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://defnetmedia.com/entertainment-and-culture/item/250-tramp-attack-interview.html|title=Tramp Attack Interview - |last=Editor|publisher=Defnet Media|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> before McCabe left to form [[The Zutons]]. The band released 3 albums, before quietly disbanding in 2009.

In 2008, McCabe collaborated with singer-songwriter [[Thea Gilmore]] on the song "Old Soul", which appeared on the album ''Liejacker''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/xqxm/|title=BBC - Music - Review of Thea Gilmore - Liejacker|first=Chris|last=Long|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2010, McCabe co-wrote the [[Mark Ronson]] single "[[The Bike Song]]", which appeared on the DJ and producer's 2010 album ''[[Record Collection (album)|Record Collection]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/mark-ronson/53180|title=Mark Ronson reveals Dave McCabe writing session secrets – video |date=27 September 2010|work=[[NME]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2012, McCabe provided vocals along with the likes of [[Paul McCartney]] and [[Robbie Williams]] to [[The Justice Collective]] Hillsborough charity single, a cover version of "[[He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beverleyknight.com/news.php?id=131|title='He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' Single - News|first=|last=|publisher=[[Beverley Knight]]/retrofuzz|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116135208/http://www.beverleyknight.com/news.php?id=131|archive-date=16 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/watch-hillsborough-justice-collective-aint-3326595|title=Watch Hillsborough Justice Collective He Ain't Heavy video in full|first=Neil|last=Macdonald|date=4 December 2012|work=[[Liverpool Echo]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

McCabe returned as a solo artist in 2015, backed by new band the Ramifications, and adopted a more [[Electronic music|electronic]] style.<ref name="Ransom15">{{cite web|url=https://www.theransomnote.com/music/interviews/dave-mccabe-talks/|title=Dave McCabe Talks|date=2015|website=Ransom Note|access-date=19 December 2025}}</ref> McCabe had long wanted to explore such music but was unable to do so within the framework of the Zutons; he has expressed a love of electronic acts such as [[Depeche Mode]], [[Kraftwerk]], [[the Human League]] and [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]].<ref name="Ransom15"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukmusicreviews.co.uk/interviews/interview-dave-mccabe/|title=Interview: Dave McCabe|last=Cooper|first=Kevin|date=14 February 2025|website=UK Music Reviews|access-date=19 December 2025}}</ref> Later in 2015 he released the album ''Church of Miami'' on 1965 Records.<ref name="Ransom15"/>

Between 2017 and 2018 McCabe played bass guitar in Liverpool alternative rock band SILENT-K.

McCabe and The Zutons reformed to play several one-off gigs between 2016 & 2023, when the band announced that their fourth studio album would be released in spring 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dunworth |first1=Liberty |title=The Zutons announce first album in 16 years |url=https://www.youtube.com/ |website=NME |publisher=NME Networks |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>

==Assault charge== [[File:DaveMcCabe.jpg|thumb|McCabe performing in 2005]] In September 2010, McCabe was found guilty of assault after headbutting and breaking the nose of a 23-year-old student in Liverpool city centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-zutons/53109|title=The Zutons' Dave McCabe found guilty of assault |date=22 September 2010|work=NME|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> Reportedly provoked by the victim and his friends laughing about his coat, McCabe claimed he was protecting himself after the group surrounded him. The victim maintained that McCabe lunged at him after overhearing the group laughing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/22/zutons-dave-mccabe-court|title=The Zutons' Dave McCabe broke man's nose 'in self-defence'|first=Sean|last=Michaels|date=22 September 2010|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> He was given a community order and ordered to pay the victim £1,500 plus court costs of £3,500.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8095973/Zutons-singer-Dave-McCabe-ordered-to-compensate-headbutt-victim.html|title=Zutons singer Dave McCabe ordered to compensate headbutt victim|date=29 October 2010|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 2024, McCabe confirmed he is married to a woman named Paula,{{clarify|last name needed|date=February 2026}}<ref>{{cite web |date=January 2024 |title=Instagram post by Dave McCabe |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DEQUzSNMJPh/ |access-date=1 August 2025 |website=Instagram}}</ref> who he has son with. McCabe has said in many interviews in the press and on TV that his wife Paula changed his life and he ‘might not even be here’ without her, while giving her credit as the main reason the Zutons had its recent{{when?|date=February 2026}} resurgence stating that fatherhood and falling for his wife saved him and the band.<ref>{{cite news |last=Young |first=Richard |date=28 July 2024 |title=Zutons star saved by love |url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/2062180/Zutons-star-saved-by-love/amp |access-date=1 August 2025 |work=Daily Express}}</ref>

==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Church of Miami'' (2015)

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