Dean Garcia
| Dean Garcia | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 May 1958 London, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, electronic, shoegazing, dream pop, electronic rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums |
| Years active | 1980s—present |
| Labels | XD Records, Charisma, Anxious, FatLip, Universal |
| Associated acts | Curve, Headcase, Collide, The Secret Meeting, KGC, SPC ECO, Morpheme, The Black Holes, The Chronologic, Inkraktare, Jeff Beck, Eurythmics, State of Play |
| Website |
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Dean Garcia (born 3 May 1958 in London) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician, best known as a member of the alternative rock duo Curve from 1990 to 2005. He also released solo work and collaborated with many other artists.
Garcia, from a Hawaiian, Irish and English background, had played in some small bands when he auditioned for Eurythmics. He had played bass guitar as part of Eurythmics' live band in 1983–84 and on two of their studio albums, Touch and Be Yourself Tonight.
Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday were introduced to each other by David A. Stewart from Eurythmics. The pair formed an ill-fated group named State of Play in the mid-1980s before parting ways, embarking on a no less ill-fated solo career (Halliday) and further stints as a backing musician (Garcia), and then reuniting for a more long-term partnership in Curve. Garcia and Halliday collaborated in Curve between 1990 and 2005. The group's career was interrupted by several periods of inactivity. Garcia played bass, guitar, drums for Curve, while Halliday sang, wrote the lyrics and occasionally played guitar.
Outside Curve, Garcia has collaborated with other artists like Eurythmics, Sinéad O'Connor, and Tom Petty, as a session and touring musician. He released "solo" material (Mushiness in 1999 and Crosseyedrabbit in 2003) under the guise of Headcase while still a member of Curve.
Dean Garcia is currently a member of the band SPC ECO with his daughter Rose Berlin and Joey Levenson (2007–present). In February 2009, SPC ECO released their first album, 3-D, through their website and via Collide's label Noiseplus Music. 3-D was followed by the albums You Tell Me in 2011 and Dark Notes in 2012.
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