Andy Partridge
| Andy Partridge | |
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Partridge with XTC playing Toronto's Music Hall, February 1980
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Andrew John Partridge |
| Also known as | Sir John Johns |
| Born |
11 November 1953 Mtarfa, Malta |
| Origin | Swindon, Wiltshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Labels | Virgin, Idea, APE House |
| Associated acts | XTC, The Dukes of Stratosphear, Monstrance |
| Website | ape |
| Notable instruments | |
| Ibanez Artist Squier Telecaster Martin D-35 |
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Andrew John "Andy" Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the rock band XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, where he was brought up.
In addition to his work with XTC, Partridge has released one solo album on Virgin Records in 1980 called Take Away / The Lure of Salvage. Partridge has also released demos of his songs under his own name in The Official Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album and the Fuzzy Warbles album series on his APE House record label. Eight volumes of Fuzzy Warbles are now available, as well as the Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album, which includes a bonus ninth disc Hinges. He has collaborated (as performer, writer or record producer) with recording artists, including Martin Newell, with whom he recorded and produced an album in 1993 entitled The Greatest Living Englishman released in Japan as a duo album. He has additionally worked with Peter Blegvad, Harold Budd, Jamie Cullum, Stephen Duffy, Terry Hall, The Heads, Charlotte Hatherley, Robyn Hitchcock, Jen Olive, The Residents, Thomas Dolby, David Yazbek, Miles Kane, The Nines, Pugwash and Meat Beat Manifesto. In 2010, Partridge released a limited edition CD of music inspired by science fiction illustrator Richard M. Powers' art titled Powers. In 2012, Partridge's worked with Mike Keneally on the album Wing Beat Fantastic, a Mike Keneally release where 8 of the songs were co-written with Partridge.
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