Draft:Liam McKahey

Liam McKahey is an Irish-born singer and songwriter; he is the vocalist of the London-based chamber pop and indie rock group Cousteau (later and also known as CousteauX).

Biography
McKahey was born in Cork; he moved to London in the mid-1980s when he was 16.

Before the formation of Cousteau, McKahey was the vocalist of the group That Mangled Langer. In London That Mangled Langer played a few music gigs, including once being the supporting act for the group Stump of which McKahey's older brother Rob McKahey was the drummer.

From 1998 to 2005 McKahey was the vocalist of the group Cousteau. In addition to McKahey, Cousteau originally consisted of Davey Ray Moor (songwriter and pianist), Robin Brown (electric guitarist), Joe Peet (bassist and violinist) and Craig Vear (drummer). Following Moor's departure from Cousteau after the release of their second album Sirena, McKahey became the songwriter for the group's third album Nova Scotia. Legal technicalities saw the group's third album released in the USA under the name Moreau. Dan Moore (keyboardist) who had joined the group for Nova Scotia left shortly after the album's release. During 2005 McKahey, Brown and Peet briefly continued to tour as Cousteau where they were joined by Chloe Brown (pianist), Tom Clues (acoustic guitarist) and Paul Wigens (drummer).

Following the dissolution of Cousteau in 2005, in 2009 McKahey released his first solo album Lonely Road under the name Liam McKahey and the Bodies. Lonely Road was produced by Blair Jollands and recorded in London with members of the group Copenhagen. McKahey had previously provided additional vocals for Copenhagen's 2004 album Sweet Dreams.... After the recording of Lonely Road, he and his family emigrated to Canberra in Australia. There, McKahey reformed Liam McKahey and the Bodies with musicians John Coates, Niall Howe, Alex Ross, Jenny Spear, and Pete Velzen (drummer of Falling Joys, The Gadflys and The Plunderers). Liam McKahey and the Bodies released a second album titled Black Vinyl Heart in 2014; Black Vinyl Heart was funded through a Pozible crowdfunding campaign.

In 2016 McKahey and Davey Ray Moor reformed Cousteau as a duo. Cousteau was relaunched under the name CousteauX as the Cousteau Society disputed the duo's right to use the name Cousteau. The pronunciation of the group's name remains the same as the X is silent.

Cousteau

 * Cousteau (1999)
 * Cousteau (reissue) (2000)
 * Sirena (2002)
 * Nova Scotia (2005)
 * CousteauX (2017)
 * Stray Gods (2021)

Liam McKahey and the Bodies

 * Lonely Road (2009)
 * Black Vinyl Heart (2014)

Appearing as a featured vocalist

 * Alessandro Magnanini - Someway Still I Do (2009)
 * Stephen Emmer - International Blue (2014)
 * Philip Kane - Book of Broken Things (2021)