Frankie Poullain
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15 April 1967
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| Background information | |
| Born | Francis Gilles Poullain-Patterson 15 April 1967 |
| Genres | Hard rock, glam metal, heavy metal |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument | Bass |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Member of | The Darkness |
Francis Gilles Poullain-Patterson (born 15 April 1967), better known as Frankie Poullain, is a Scottish bass player, best known for playing with The Darkness. He was raised in Milnathort, then Edinburgh, Scotland.[1][2]
His father was Austin Patterson, a classical violinist, who played with The Edinburgh Quartet and BBC Concert Orchestra in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He uses his mother Catherine's[3] surname, Poullain, as she brought him up from the age of 7, when his father left him to live in the Caribbean. He is the step-brother of comedian, Phil Kay.[2]
Poullain wanted to be a football commentator growing up, but he developed a stammer and moved to wanting to be a football journalist, but "when all else failed I thought fuck it I will be a rock star".[4] A big influence in Poullain's style of music came when he was eleven, when he saw a punk band live.[3]
Poullain attended the Royal High School, leaving in 1985.[1] He undertook a succession of menial jobs and played in local west country bands, before moving to London in order to become a serious musician. Poullain began a BA Honours in English literature at Bath University in 1986 but left in his second year, becoming disillusioned with the teaching and intent on becoming a writer or musician in his own right.
