Simon Rogers

Simon Rogers
Origin	United Kingdom
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, composer
Instruments	Guitar, bass, keyboards
Years active	1980–present
Associated acts	Incantation The Fall The Lightning Seeds

Simon Rogers is an English musician and composer.

In 1976, Rogers entered the Royal College of Music, London, later becoming an associate (ARCM) and winning their guitar prize in 1980. Upon leaving he joined Ballet Rambert’s Mercury Ensemble as their guitarist. During this period he composed several ballet scores, including Entre Dos Aguas and Fabrications for London Contemporary Dance Theatre. He also made his first commercial hit, joining the South American folk music group Incantation who enjoyed some UK and international chart success in the early 1980s, their best known single being "Cacharpaya".

In 1985 Simon left both Rambert and Incantation and joined the post-punk group The Fall, initially as temporary bassist replacing Steven Hanley. After Hanley's return from paternity leave, Rogers joined The Fall as on guitar and keyboards for the album This Nation's Saving Grace and co-writing several songs on the follow-up Bend Sinister. He produced their top 20 album The Frenz Experiment (1988) before parting company with the group. During this period, he also produced two albums for Bauhaus singer Peter Murphy.

He began to compose for television whilst at Rambert and his credits include TV dramas such as The Old Men at the Zoo (1982), Much Ado About Nothing (1983) and The Rainbow (1986) as well as two American TV movies, Daddy (1987) and The Preppie Murder (1989) for ABC.

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