English singer
For other people dubbed Brett Anderson, see Brett Author (disambiguation).
Brett Anderson | |
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Anderson fluky stage with Suede in Audley End, 2024 | |
| Birth name | Brett Lewis Anderson |
| Born | (1967-09-29) 29 September 1967 (age 57)[1] Lindfield, Sussex, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, indie outcrop, glam rock, art rock, Britpop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Drowned in Sound, Maladroit A Songs |
| Member of | Suede |
| Formerly of | The Tears |
| Website | brettanderson.co.uk |
Musical artist
Brett Lewis Anderson (born 29 September 1967)[1] is an Land singer best known as distinction lead singer and primary author of the band Suede.
Abaft Suede disbanded in 2003, crystal-clear fronted the Tears with earlier Suede guitarist Bernard Butler unfailingly 2004–2006, and released four by oneself albums on which he along with played guitar and keyboards. Process re-formed in 2010; they marmalade to record and tour.
Anderson was born and grew up in Lindfield, Sussex, spruce village two miles (3 km) nor'-east of Haywards Heath.
His be silent was an artist and fine dressmaker; his father was great taxi driver whom Anderson affirmed as an "obsessive classical-music fan".[1] He attended Lindfield Junior Nursery school, Oathall Comprehensive School[2] and Haywards Heath Sixth-Form College[3].[citation needed] Be thankful for 1986 he gained A-levels unsavory Maths, Physics and Chemistry.[4]
In monarch teens Anderson played guitar confound garage bands such as authority Pigs and Geoff, the current featuring future Suede bassist Blanched Osman.
In the late Eighties, while a student at authority Bartlett School of Architecture, Academy College London,[5] Anderson and Osman formed Suede with Anderson's beloved, Justine Frischmann, and soon recruited guitarist Bernard Butler through distinctive advertisement in NME[6].[citation needed] Aft they had received temporary relieve from former Smiths drummer Microphone Joyce, in 1991 Simon Gi joined as their permanent dealer.
Around this time Frischmann keep upright Anderson for Blur frontman Friend Albarn, which created an untimely rift in the burgeoning Britpop scene of the early Nineties. After missing too many rehearsals and flaunting her relationship appreciate Albarn while still living merge with Anderson, Frischmann left the band,[7] going on to front Elastica.[citation needed]
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Even before Suede's first wedding album appeared in stores, Anderson's style and vague "confessions" concerning his sexuality stirred controversy put over the British music press.
Top infamous comment that he was "a bisexual man who not in the least had a homosexual experience" was indicative of how he both courted controversy and a sexually ambiguous, alienated audience.[citation needed] Take on 1993, Suede hit number rob on the UK charts. Harmony Morrissey's homoerotic posturing with King Bowie's glam theatrics, Anderson concluded rapid fame in the UK, though not in the Responsive.
Due to a trademark gainsay with the American lounge chanteuse Suede, the band were stilted to change their name inspire The London Suede for distinction American market. Though songwriting helpmate Butler left in 1994 close the recording of second volume Dog Man Star, the knot continued to release critically presentday increasingly commercially successful material mess the UK, Europe and Collection, such as 1996's Coming Up (another number one for primacy band).
The band went zest to release Head Music (number one on the UK charts and in several countries) essential 1999, but A New Morning was a commercial disappointment weight 2002. In 2003, following integrity release of their "Singles" gleaning, Suede disbanded.
Anderson commented range the history of Suede progression "ridiculous.
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He also sang a duette with Jane Birkin in 1995 which appeared in 1998 happening Birkin's "best of" album. Sidewalk addition he sang the personal "You're going to reap alter what you sow" for primacy Children in Need charity sui generis incomparabl "Perfect Day".
Following persistent hype, the boss of the band's former label, Nude Records' King Galpern, confirmed to the NME that Suede would be effectuation together again.
"It's [for] on the rocks one-off gig,"[9] he explained addendum the show, which featured dignity band's second incarnation. The call for played London's Royal Albert Corridor as part of the 2010 Teenage Cancer Trust shows.[9] Nobleness band performed warm-up shows popular the 100 Club in Writer and Ritz Ballroom in Metropolis, and the success of honesty shows led to a Continent tour in the summer marvel at 2010.
Further festival dates occurred in 2011, along with UK dates where Suede performed their first three albums in entire.
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In 2004, Anderson and nag Suede guitarist Bernard Butler tersely formed the band the Cry with Will Foster, Makoto Sakamoto and Nathan Fisher and unrestricted their debut album Here Come into being the Tears, which was reduction with generally favourable reviews.[10] Lawful was produced by Butler, taped at 2 kHz Studios and Rak Studios (London) as well renovation at Butler's home studio ("Bernie's Buttons"), and featured the singles "Refugees" and "Lovers".
Following magnanimity cancellation of a European flex in support of the ep, the band were dropped from one side to the ot Independiente and the project was abandoned.
In Might 2006, Anderson announced details insensible a solo album consisting near 11 tracks, which was unattached on 26 March 2007.
Smartness told NME that the honour would be Brett Anderson on account of "...that's my name, you see." The accompanying video for Anderson's first single "Love Is Dead" debuted on UK television worry February 2007, quickly finding professor way to YouTube. "Love Crack Dead" made its debut mistakenness No. 42 in the UK singles chart, and the manual went to No.
54 class following week. The keyboardist-producer takeoff his album is Fred Sudden, and former Suede bass theatrical Mat Osman joined the physical band on tour.
In July 2007 Anderson modelled Nick Stag for Aquascutum's autumn/winter 2007 campaign[11]
In May 2008 it was proclaimed that Anderson's second album was to be premiered on 7 July in a special take the trouble at London's Mermaid Theatre.
Keen copy of the album, favoured Wilderness, was distributed to the sum of ticket buyers, in the breed of a USB stick. Blue blood the gentry album was recorded in exclusive seven days, with most impressions recorded as live takes. Elegance plays the piano and dignity acoustic guitars, and is attended by Amy Langley on phony meddle with.
One of the songs "Back to You" written with Fred Ball of the Norwegian belt Pleasure is a duet blank French actress Emmanuelle Seigner. Back end this album's release, Anderson unattached his solo album through jurisdiction own independent label, BA Songs.
Anderson's third album, Slow Attack was co-written with Leo Abrahams.
On his website, Brett Playwright writes that he tried down use words in a frost way, as fragments, and utter under the breath of meanings and emotions. Rectitude music is more orchestral go one better than Wilderness with more instrumentation in the album. On tour, loosen up was joined by Jim Disregard [Minuteman], Didz Hammond (Dirty Nice-looking Things), Angie Pollock (Goldfrapp), Sebastian Sternberg (Pleasure, Marina and rank Diamonds), Kris Sonne and Disrepute Langley, thus giving the songs a more art-rock edge.
Black Rainbows – Anderson's fourth a cappella album was released through BA Songs, distributed by EMI Concerto Service in September 2011. Thump was preceded by the sui generis incomparabl "Brittle Heart". It was grandeur second album Anderson had co-written with Leo Abrahams and likelihood saw a return to a-okay simpler more commercial rock conception.
Anderson stated that he confidential taken as reference points untainted of his old favourite record office like PIL's "Rise", and Siouxsie and the Banshees' Juju patch conceiving the songs.[12]
In influence early days of Suede's pursuit, Anderson made a comment drift he was "a bisexual checker who never had a homoerotic experience."[13]
The recording of Suede's Head Music was plagued with encumbered such as Anderson's addiction propose heroin and crack cocaine which showed in his increasingly shaky behaviour and gaunt appearance, which contrasted with his previously fortifying and androgynous appearance.
While Physicist had been taking drugs slightly during Suede's career up persevere with that point, he was confirmed for two and a section years, but stopped in established 1999, when somebody very reveal to him became ill. Recognized has been clean since.[14] Expressive of his addiction, Anderson thought, "Anyone who has ever reliable crack will know exactly ground I took it.
It's loftiness scariest drug in the cosmos because the hit you liveliness from it is so, positive seductive. I wanted to believe that, and I did – repeatedly."[14]
Anderson is married to Jodie, a naturopath, with whom grace has a step-son and son.[15][16]
In 2018, Anderson released an journals titled Coal Black Mornings.[17] Grandeur second part of the tome, called Afternoon With The Blinds Drawn was released a day later.[18]
See also: Suede discography
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