Danny McCormack


Danny McCormack is an English rock musician, best known for several tenures as the bassist and backing vocalist for The Wildhearts.

Biography

McCormack became the bass player for The Wildhearts at age 19 in 1991, enjoying success during their commercial peak, until the band split in 1997. McCormack went on to form The Yo-Yos with Tom Spencer, and the band released an album on Sub Pop Records before splitting in 2000.
He re-joined The Wildhearts when they reformed in 2001, but only played with the band sporadically due to drug abuse, and left again in 2003. At the time the group's frontman Ginger Wildheart penned an open letter to Kerrang! magazine documenting McCormack's drug problems and wished him a complete recovery. McCormack briefly played with Dogs D'Amour before re-forming The Yo-Yos in 2005. That band released the EP Given Up Giving Up. He subsequently supported his younger brother Chris McCormack's band, 3 Colours Red, on tours of Germany and the UK, but that band fired him following further drug problems.
After a prolonged absence from the music scene for a number of years, McCormack returned to live guest performances with various bands in 2012. In 2015 he formed a new band called The Main Grains, which released an EP called Don't Believe Everything You Think. Later that year, McCormack nearly died after suffering an aneurysm, which later culminated in the amputation of his lower leg.
After many years of a contentious relationship, McCormack and Ginger Wildheart reconciled in 2018 and reformed the mid-1990s lineup of The Wildhearts. The band released new albums in 2019 and 2021. The band again split acrimoniously in 2022, with Ginger continuing with yet another lineup. The following year, McCormack released his autobiography I Danny McCormack, Once a Wildheart, Always a Wildheart. Written with journalist Guy Shankland, the book was self-published and printed by B&B Press. The book's release was delayed due to the threat of legal action from one of McCormack's former bandmates.

UK albums

Earth Vs The Wildhearts – The Wildhearts P.H.U.Q. – The Wildhearts Fishing For Luckies – The Wildhearts Endless Nameless – The Wildhearts Uppers and Downers – The Yo-Yos Don't Believe Everything You Think – The Main Grains Renaissance Men – The Wildhearts

UK Mini-albums & EPs

Mondo Akimbo A Go Go – The Wildhearts Don't Be Happy... Just Worry – The Wildhearts Red Light – Green Light EP – The Wildhearts Onwards & Upwards – The Chasers Giving Up, Giving Up Again – The Yo-Yos
  • "Don't Believe Everything You Think" – The Main Grains

UK Compilations

The Best of The Wildhearts – The Wildhearts Landmines and Pantomimes – The Wildhearts Coupled With – The Wildhearts The Works – The Wildhearts

Live albums

Anarchic Airwaves – The Wildhearts Geordie in Wonderland – The Wildhearts

International releases

Tokyo Suits Me – The Wildhearts Riff After Riff After Motherfucking Riff – The Wildhearts

Solo Career

  • ''I Don't Want To Be Nobody Else''

DVDs

Live at the Castle – The Wildhearts