Alex Lee
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Alex Lee performing with Placebo for a televised performance in 2007
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alex Lee |
| Born |
16 March 1970 Bristol, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, electronica |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, piano, mandolin, harmonica, glockenspiel, musical saw, vocals |
| Associated acts | Goldfrapp, Florence And The Machine, Suede, Placebo, Marina & The Diamonds, Strangelove, Lupine Howl, The Blue Aeroplanes |
Alex Lee (born 16 March 1970, Bristol) is an English musician. He has played guitar and keyboards for Goldfrapp, Suede, Placebo, Strangelove and The Blue Aeroplanes amongst others. He has also worked as musical director with Florence And The Machine, Marina & The Diamonds and for the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as composing regularly for film & TV.
Lee joined The Blue Aeroplanes in 1989, around the time that they signed to Ensign Records and played on the 1990 album Swagger. He left them in 1991 during the making of the follow up album Beatsongs and formed Strangelove with Patrick Duff. Strangelove signed to Food Records and recorded three critically acclaimed albums Time For The Rest Of Your Life, Love & Other Demons & Strangelove. They had Top Forty hits with Beautiful Alone and The Greatest Show On Earth before disbanding in 1998.
During his time with Suede, he was a live session player on the 1999 Head Music tour and in 2001 was taken on as a full member of the band, helping with the writing and recording of their fifth album, 2002's A New Morning.
In January 2006 Lee was recruited for Placebo's live line-up and played with them on their Meds world tour which finished in September 2007. He played guitar & keyboards on the album Live At La Cigale.
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