Jem Finer
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Jeremy 'Jem' Finer (born July 20, 1955) is a musician and composer who was one of the founding members of The Pogues. He was primarily banjoist, but he played a handful of other instruments as well, including mandola, saxophone, hurdy-gurdy, and guitar. Apart from Shane MacGowan (with whom he co-wrote several songs) Finer was the most prolific composer for the band.
Finer is currently the "Artist in Residence" at the Astrophysics Sub-department of the University of Oxford. His latest band, "The Big Eyed Beans from Venus", have just finished recording their (as yet untitled) first album.
Finer has written articles on copyright and the Creative Commons License.
External link
- Article in The Guardian Newspaper 'Download Revolution' (http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1260735,00.html)