Terry Bickers
| Terry Bickers | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Terence Robert Arthur Bickers |
| Born |
6 September 1965 Kensington, London, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitars, vocals, bass, keyboards, drums |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Associated acts | The House of Love, Levitation, Cradle, Monkey 7, Heidi Berry, Pete Fijalkowski, Octopussy, Montana Rain |
Terence "Terry" Robert Arthur Bickers (born 6 September 1965 in Kensington, London) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of Levitation and guitarist with The House of Love.
Bickers's most recent work has been with singer-songwriter Pete Fijalkowski, with whom he released the album Broken Heart Surgery in July 2014. He is currently based in Brighton, England.
Terry Bickers was born in Kensington, London and grew up in nearby Fulham into what he describes as "a family of big gamblers and card players. I learnt from them how to hold my hand back. They'd all be drinking and because I was only seven, I'd be straight, checking them out and learning from their behaviour." When he was twelve years old, his parents split up, an event which he later described as "my whole life falling down in front of me. The relationship between your parents is how you see the world at that age. You learn not to trust anything." Bickers would often cite this event as contributing to his later personal vulnerability and his consequent reactions to both people and to band politics.
Bickers's first significant band was the Northern Irish indie-rock band Colenso Parade, which he joined in 1985 on their move to London. He played on their Hallelujah Chorus EP and Glentoran album, both released in 1986 on Fire Records.
In 1986 Bickers left Colenso Parade to join The House of Love, playing the role of lead guitarist and creative foil to singer and songwriter Guy Chadwick. The House of Love rapidly gained critical acclaim in the British weekly music press (much of it focused on Bickers' intense psychedelic guitar approach). The band's 1988 debut album – also called The House of Love, and released on Creation Records – received glowing reviews and saw the Chadwick/Bickers partnership being compared to the Smiths partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr. Hotly tipped as being future stars, the band soon moved on to the major label Fontana and came under pressure to write more commercial singles.
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