Green Gartside
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Green Gartside, 2006
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| Birth name | Paul Julian Strohmeyer |
| Born | 22 June 1955 |
| Origin | Cardiff, Wales |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
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| Associated acts | Scritti Politti |
Green Gartside (born Paul Julian Strohmeyer, 22 June 1955) is a Welsh musician, and the frontman of the band Scritti Politti.
Gartside has also worked with Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, Eurythmics, Elvis Costello, Shabba Ranks, Mos Def, Kylie Minogue, Robyn Hitchcock, Manic Street Preachers and Tracey Thorn among others.
Gartside was born in Cardiff, Wales, to a "Cup-a-soup salesman dad and a hairdresser/secretary/whatever mum". His childhood was not always happy, with the family having to move every 12 months or so because of his father's job. He ended up "living all over, from Bridgend to Newport to Ystrad Mynach". His father died while he was a child, after which his widowed mother married a solicitor from Newport named Gordon Gartside, from whom he adopted his new surname. Gartside recalls "The "Green" bit came about because I didn’t like the fact there were two other Pauls in my class and I wanted something different. So I just chose something random after listening to a Captain Beefheart album where all the musicians were named odd things like Zoot Horn Rollo. I thought having a made-up name was well cool”.
Gartside attended Croesyceiliog Grammar School in Cwmbran (now known as Croesyceiliog School). At 14 he formed a branch of the Young Communist League. He later studied foundation art at Newport Art College (now known as the Faculty of Creative Industries at University of South Wales). It was here that he formed a band called Heads of the Valleys.
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