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Use British English|date=January 2012Other people|Brett AndersonUse dmy dates|date=August 2010Infobox musical artist|name = Brett Anderson|image = BrettAnderson.jpg|caption = Brett Anderson performing at Parkenfestivalen 2010, Bodø, Norway|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Brett Lewis Anderson|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|1967|9|29|df=yes|death_date =|origin = Haywards Heath , England|instrument = vocals , Piano , Guitar |genre = Alternative rock , Britpop |occupation = Singer-songwriter|years_active = 1989–present|label = Drowned In Sound |associated_acts = Suede (band)|Suede , The Tears |website = http://www.brettanderson.co.uk www.BrettAnderson.co.uk Brett Lewis Anderson (born 29 September 1967) is an English singer-songwriter , best known as the lead vocalist of the band Suede (band)|Suede . After Suede disbanded in 2003, he briefly fronted The Tears , and has released four solo albums. Suede reformed in 2010. In Suede's early days, Anderson's androgynous style and unique vocals were an instant phenomenon in the UK.
Early years: 1967-1988
Born in Haywards Heath , West Sussex into a working class family, Anderson's mother was an artist and his father was a classical music fan.Barnett, Laura. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/18/brett-anderson-musician "Portrait of the artist: Brett Anderson". The Guardian . 18 January 2010 He was brought up in a small council estate in Lindfield, West Sussex|Lindfield , a village adjoining Haywards Heath, attending Lindfield Junior School then Oathall Comprehensive School.
In his teens, Anderson played guitar for garage bands such as The Pigs and Geoff, the latter featuring future Suede (band)|Suede bassist Mat Osman . In the late-1980s, Anderson and Osman formed Suede with Anderson's girlfriend, Justine Frischmann , soon recruiting guitarist Bernard Butler through an advertisement in the NME . After receiving percussional help from former The Smiths|Smiths drummer Mike Joyce (musician)|Mike Joyce , in 1991, Simon Gilbert (drummer)|Simon Gilbert joined Suede as their official drummer. It was around this time that Frischmann left Anderson for Blur (band)|Blur frontman Damon Albarn , which created an early rift in the burgeoning Britpop scene of the early 1990s. After missing too many rehearsals and flaunting her relationship with Albarn while still living with Anderson, Frischmann was fired from the group, going on to front Elastica .
Suede: 1989-2003; 2010 onwards
Main|Suede (band)Even before Suede's first album appeared in stores, Anderson's androgynous style and vague "confessions" about his sexuality stirred controversy in the British music press. His infamous comment that he was "a bisexual man who never had a homosexual experience" was indicative of how he both courted controversy and a sexually ambiguous, alienated audience. In 1993, Suede (album)|Suede hit number one on the UK charts. Combining Morrissey 's homoerotic posturing with David Bowie 's glam theatrics, Anderson achieved instant fame in the UK. America, however, was still spellbound by the grunge revolution and Anderson's grim yodellings clashed with the raw anger of Nirvana (band)|Nirvana 's Kurt Cobain and Pearl Jam 's Eddie Vedder . Furthering complications across the Atlantic, due to a trademark dispute with the American lounge singer Suede (singer)|Suede , the band were forced to change their name to The London Suede for the American market. Although the departure of songwriting partner Butler in 1994 during the recording of second album Dog Man Star (number three on the UK charts) led many to fear Suede's eventual demise, the band continued to release critically and ever increasingly commercially successful material in the UK, Europe and Asia, such as 1996's critically acclaimed Coming Up (album)|Coming Up (another number one of the band). The band carried on to release Head Music (number one on the UK charts and in several countries) in 1999, but A New Morning was a commercial disappointment in 2002. In 2003, following the release of their "Singles" collection, Suede disbanded.
Anderson has commented that the history of Suede is "...ridiculous. It’s like Machiavelli rewriting Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas . It involves a cast of thousands. It should star Charlton Heston ... it’s like a pram that’s just been pushed down a hill. It’s always been fiery and tempestuous and really on the edge and it never stops. I don’t think it ever will.”cite web |url= http://the-tears.livejournal.com/4543.html |title=V : Tears Interview (Brett Anderson) interview |work= The Irish Times |publisher=The Tears livejournal |date=12-2005 |accessdate=10-1-2012 On his own, Anderson collaborated with Stina Nordenstam , and his guest vocals can be heard on the album This Is Stina Nordenstam and has made a duet with Jane Birkin in 1995 which appeared in 1998 Birkin's Best Of album. He also sang the lyric "You're going to reap just what you sow" in the Children in Need charity single " Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)|Perfect Day ".
Following persistent rumours, the boss of the band's former label, Nude Records' Saul Galpern, confirmed to the NME that Suede would be playing together again. "It's for a one-off gig," he explained of the show, which featured the band's second incarnation. The band will played London's Royal Albert Hall as part of the 2010 Teenage CancerTrust shows. Author unknown. " http://www.nme.com/news/suede/49240". "NME". 15 January 2010. Along with this, the band performed warm up shows at the 100 Club in London and Ritz Ballroom in Manchester
Because of the huge success of the shows, a new European tour was announced for the summer of 2010, covering 2 festivals, Skanderborg Festival in Denmark and Parkenfestivalen in Norway, the tour continued in the autumn covering France, The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Belgium. A homecoming date at the The O2 Arena (London) closed the tour. Further festival dates occured in 2011, along with UK dates where Suede performed their first 3 albums in full.
The Tears: 2004-2005
Main|The TearsIn 2004, Anderson and former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler briefly formed the band The Tears with Will Foster, Makoto Sakamoto and Nathan Fisher and released their debut album Here Come The Tears , which was met with mixed critical and popular reaction. It was produced by Butler and largely recorded at home, and featured the singles " Refugees (song)|Refugees " and " Lovers (song)|Lovers ". Following the cancellation of a European tour in support of the album, the band were dropped by Independiente and the project was abandoned.
Anderson was close friends with Simon Hobart (promoter of Popstarz) and was the DJ at the benefit night held in Hobart's honour after his death.
Solo work: 2006-present
In May 2006, Anderson announced details of a solo album consisting of 11 tracks, which was released on 26 March 2007. He told NME that the title would be Brett Anderson (album)|Brett Anderson since "...that's my name, you see." The accompanying video for Anderson's first single " Love Is Dead (Brett Anderson song)|Love Is Dead " debuted on UK television in February 2007, quickly finding its way to YouTube. "Love Is Dead" made its debut at #42 in the UK singles chart, and the album went to #54 the following week. The keyboardist-producer on his album is Fred Ball, and former Suede bass player Mat Osman joined the live band on tour.
In July 2007 Anderson modeled Nick Hart for Aquascutum's autumn/winter 2007 campaign http://www.wallpaper.com/fashion/Nick_Hart_for_Aquascutum/1598 photos on wallpaper.com
In May 2008 it was announced that Anderson's second album was to be premiered on 7 July in a special concert at London's mermaid theatre. A copy of the album, entitled Wilderness (Brett Anderson album)|Wilderness , was distributed to all ticket buyers, in the form of a USB stick . The album was recorded in only seven days, with most tracks recorded as live takes. He plays the piano and the acoustic guitars, and is accompanied by Amy Langley on cello. One of the songs " Back to You (Brett Anderson song)|Back to You " written with Fred Ball of the Norwegian band Pleasure is a duet with French actress Emmanuelle Seigner .
Anderson's third album, Slow Attack was co-written with Leo Abrahams. On his website, Brett Anderson writes that he tried to use words in a different way, as fragments, and hint of meanings and emotions. The music is more orchestral than Wilderness with more instrumentation throughout the album. On tour, he was joined by Didz Hammond ( DirtyPretty Things (band)|Dirty Pretty Things ), Angie Pollock ( Goldfrapp ), Sebastian Sternberg ( Pleasure (Norwegian band)|Pleasure , Marina and the Diamonds ), Kris Sonne and Amy Langley, thus giving the songs a more art-rock edge.
Black Rainbows (album)|Black Rainbows - Anderson's fourth solo album was released through BA Songs, distributed by EMI Music Service in September 2011. It was preceded by the single "Brittle Heart". It was the second album Anderson had co-written with Leo Abrahams and it saw a return to a simpler more commercial rock format. Anderson stated that he had taken as reference points some of his old favourite records like Public Image Limited|PIL 's "Rise", and Siouxsie and the Banshees ' Juju (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Juju while conceiving the songs.cite web |url= http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2010/11/the_best_thing_ive_heard_all_y_1.html |title=The Best Thing I've Heard - Brett Anderson Suede head |work=Mojo |accessdate=7-1-2012 |quote=I've been listening to lots of my old records, like... Siouxsie & The Banshees' Ju Ju
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Live albums
Brett Anderson Live in London|Live in London (9 May 2007) (Limited Edition of 1500)
Live at Union Chapel (19 July 2007) (Limited Edition of 1500)
Brett Anderson Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall|Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall (20 October 2007) (Limited Edition of 1500)
Singles and EPs
" Love Is Dead (Brett Anderson song)|Love Is Dead " (19 March 2007) - ( UK Singles Chart|UK #42)
" Back to You (Brett Anderson song)|Back to You " ( Extended play|EP ) (9 July 2007) (Non-chart eligible)
"A Different Place" (21 July 2008) (Digital download)
"The Hunted" (22 November 2009) (Digital download)
"Brittle Heart" (15 August 2011) (Digital download)
"Crash About to Happen" (27 November 2011) (Digital download)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.brettanderson.co.uk Brett Anderson Official Website
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