Andy Bell (musician)
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Andy Bell performing with Beady Eye in 2011
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Andrew Piran Bell |
| Born |
11 August 1970 Cardiff, Wales |
| Origin | Oxford, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, shoegazing, Britpop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, bass guitar, guitar |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Creation, Big Brother |
| Associated acts | Ride, Hurricane #1, Oasis, Beady Eye |
| Notable instruments | |
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Burns Bison Bass Fender Precision Bass Rickenbacker 330/12 Gibson Trini Lopez |
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Andrew Piran "Andy" Bell (born 11 August 1970) is a Welsh musician who plays guitar in the band Ride. He is a songwriter, singer, producer, DJ and former member of the band Hurricane #1. He is also well known as the former bass guitarist for the British rock band Oasis and the guitarist for its successor band Beady Eye.
Bell formed Ride with Mark Gardener (guitarist), whom he met at Cheney School in Oxford and Laurence Colbert (drummer) and Steve Queralt (bassist), whom he met doing Foundation Studies in Art and Design at Banbury in 1988. While still at Banbury the band produced a tape demo including the tracks "Chelsea Girl" and "Drive Blind". In February 1989, Ride were asked to stand in for a cancelled student union gig at Oxford Polytechnic that brought them to the attention of Alan McGee. After supporting The Soup Dragons in 1989 McGee then signed them to Creation Records. This was a key musical event in Bell's life.
With Ride, Bell released three EPs between January and September 1990, entitled 'Ride', 'Play' and 'Fall'. While the EPs achieved a degree of chart success per release, enough critical praise was received to make Ride the darlings of music journalists. The first two EPs were eventually released together as 'Smile' in 1992, while the 'Fall' EP was later incorporated into CD releases of their debut LP, 'Nowhere', released in October 1990, which was hailed as a critical success, with the media dubbing Ride "the brightest hope" for 1991. On 'Nowhere' (1990) Bell contributed “Seagull”, “Kaleidoscope”, “In A Different Place”, Polar Bear”, “Dreams Burn Down”, “Paralysed”, and “Vapour Trail”.
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