Barry Adamson
| Barry Adamson | |
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Barry Adamson at Primavera Sound Festival
Barcelona, 1 June 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
11 June 1958 Moss Side, Manchester, England |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Labels | Central Control International, Mute |
| Associated acts | Magazine, Buzzcocks, Visage, Pete Shelley, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Pan Sonic |
| Website | www.barryadamson.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Rickenbacker bass, Ovation Magnum bass | |
Barry Adamson (born 11 June 1958) is a Mercury nominated English pop and rock musician, composer, writer, photographer and filmmaker who has worked with rock bands such as Magazine, Visage, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and the electro musicians Pan sonic. Adamson has also remixed Grinderman, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Depeche Mode. He created the seven-minute opus Useless (Escape From Wherever: Pts. 1 & 2) remix for the latter band in 1997. He has also worked on the soundtrack for David Lynch's Lost Highway, and released numerous solo recordings.
Adamson was born at Moss Side, Manchester, England. He read comic books from an early age. At school he immersed himself in art, music and film and produced his first song - "Brain Pain" - at the age of 10. His diverse musical tastes range from Alice Cooper to Motown to David Bowie.
After leaving school, Adamson drifted into graphic design whilst attending but quit shortly after, preferring to venture into the exploding punk rock scene of the late 1970s. He joined ex-Buzzcocks singer Howard Devoto's band Magazine to play bass guitar, with whom he scored one chart single, "Shot by Both Sides"; in late-1977, he also joined Buzzcocks, as a temporary replacement for Garth Smith. He played on all of Magazine's albums, and contributed to Devoto's solo album and his next band, Luxuria. He also contributed to the studio-based band Visage, playing on the ensemble's first two albums, Visage and The Anvil.
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