Ian Prowse
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Ian Prowse in 2010
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ian Prowse |
| Born |
10 January 1964 Chester, England |
| Genres | Pop, alternative rock, Celtic |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Polydor, Beat Crazy, CIA Records, IRL Records |
| Associated acts | Pele, Amsterdam |
Ian Prowse (born 10 January 1964 ) is an English singer-songwriter, currently frontman of Amsterdam and previously of Pele.
Prowse was born in Chester City Hospital and grew up in Little Sutton, a suburb of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire where he attended Sutton Comprehensive School. Having performed in school bands When in Rome and Joseph Groome Towers, Prowse formed Pele in 1990. Signed by Michael Levy, Baron Levy in March 1991 to M&G Records, the band went on to release 2 studio albums and 1 live album. The band only troubled the lower regions of the charts in the UK, with it being often remarked that Pele sold more of their famous T-shirts than they did records, however they scored a number one single in South Africa with "Megalomania"and other hits in Holland, Portugal and Belgium. After 9 tours of the UK they split in 1996 due to problems with the record company. Prowse is celebrating the 25th anniversary of first album 'Fireworks' with a UK tour in the Spring of 2017.
Prowse went on to form Amsterdam in 1999 with former Blow Monkeys drummer Tony Kiley and cousin Johnny Barlow. It wasn't until September 2004 that the band managed to secure a record deal in the form of London based Beat Crazy. They released one album The Journey in February 2005 and three singles, "The Journey" (which hit number 32 in the UK top 40) and "Does This Train Stop on Merseyside" also hit the lower reaches of the charts. The partnership was dissolved by mutual consent in 2006. The band then signed to The Stranglers management company and released their next album Arm in Arm on CIA Recordings in 2008.
"Does This Train Stop on Merseyside" regularly elicited an emotional response from Radio 1 DJ John Peel. Peel's widow Sheila Ravenscroft went on the station after the DJ's death and confirmed that 'He was not capable of playing it without crying'. The song itself got a further lease of life in 2009 as one of the centre pieces of Irish legend Christy Moore's album Listen, which spent 5 weeks at the top spot in his home country.
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