Henry Priestman
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Henry Priestman is an English
rock
singer
, keyboardist
, record producer
and songwriter
.
. In the late 1970s he played with the British power pop
band
, Yachts
. In 1980, Priestman was one of the co-founders of It's Immaterial
. During the 1980s and 1990s he was a member of The Christians. Priestman has also been used as a session musician
by both Bette Bright
and Mike Badger
. Priestman played keyboards
on Badger's album
s, Lo Fi Acoustic Excursions by Mike Badger & Friends
(2004), The Onset
(2005), and Lo Fi Electric Excursions by Mike Badger & Friends
(2006).
Priestman was the producer
of Mark Owen
's 2003 Top 5 album
, In Your Own Time
. On 22 September 2008 Priestman released his debut solo
album, The Chronicles of Modern Life. on Stiff Records. Artwork was made by famous Stiff designer Tobbe Stuhre. The album was a huge success, and Island Records bought the entire project for a major re-release. On 6 April 2009, he was interviewed by James Hoggarth on BBC Radio Humberside
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
singer
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
, record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
.
Biography
Priestman was educated at Woodleigh School, North Yorkshire and later the Quaker School, Leighton Park and then went on to study music at the Liverpool College of ArtLiverpool College of Art
Liverpool College of Art is located at 68 Hope Street, in Liverpool, England. It is a Grade II listed building.The building is currently owned by Liverpool John Moores University housing its School of Social Science....
. In the late 1970s he played with the British power pop
Power pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, Yachts
Yachts (band)
Yachts were a British pop/rock band, best remembered for their 1977 single, "Suffice To Say", and “minor new wave classic”, "Love You, Love You".-Career:...
. In 1980, Priestman was one of the co-founders of It's Immaterial
It's Immaterial
It's Immaterial were a band from Liverpool, England, formed in 1980. They were best known for their 1986 single "Driving Away From Home ", which reached number 18 in the UK Singles Chart.-Career:...
. During the 1980s and 1990s he was a member of The Christians. Priestman has also been used as a session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
by both Bette Bright
Bette Bright
Bette Bright is an English rock singer.-Career:In the late 1970s Bright was a singer for the art rock band Deaf School. After Deaf School disbanded, Bright went solo with her backing band, 'The Illuminations'. Band members were Henry Priestman , Rusty Egan and Glen Matlock...
and Mike Badger
Mike Badger
Michael Clifford "Mike" Badger is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist and sculptor from Liverpool, England. He was co-founder of The La's and went on to form alternative country/roots rockabilly band The Onset in 1988 and The Kachinas in 1996...
. Priestman played keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
on Badger's album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s, Lo Fi Acoustic Excursions by Mike Badger & Friends
Lo Fi Acoustic Excursions by Mike Badger & Friends
Lo Fi Acoustic Excursions is the first in a brace of album released by Mike Badger featuring a compilation of his various musical incarnations including the La's and The Onset. Its sister album being Lo Fi Electric Excursions. Lo Fi Acoustic Excursions was released by the Generator Label in 2004...
(2004), The Onset
The Onset (album)
The Onset is the third album released by Mike Badger and The Onset. It was released by the Generator Label in 2005. The CD presents a selection of songs recorded during the period 1989 to 1994.-Track listing:# First I Feel You - 3.00...
(2005), and Lo Fi Electric Excursions by Mike Badger & Friends
Lo Fi Electric Excursions by Mike Badger & Friends
Lo Fi Electric Excursions is the second of a brace of album released by Mike Badger featuring a compilation of his various musical incarnations including the La's and The Onset. Its sister album being Lo Fi Acoustic Excursions...
(2006).
Priestman was the producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
of Mark Owen
Mark Owen
Mark Anthony Patrick Owen , is an English singer-songwriter. He is a member of pop band Take That. The band were hugely successful during the 1990s and have enjoyed even more success since their reunion in 2005...
's 2003 Top 5 album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, In Your Own Time
In Your Own Time
"In Your Own Time" is the second studio album from Take That band member Mark Owen. The album was released on November 3, 2003, nearly seven years after his first album. Due to the popularity of "In Your Own Time", his first album, "Green Man", was re-released two weeks later, with the addition of...
. On 22 September 2008 Priestman released his debut solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
album, The Chronicles of Modern Life. on Stiff Records. Artwork was made by famous Stiff designer Tobbe Stuhre. The album was a huge success, and Island Records bought the entire project for a major re-release. On 6 April 2009, he was interviewed by James Hoggarth on BBC Radio Humberside
BBC Radio Humberside
BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull on 1 April 1996....
.
The Chronicles of Modern Life
Album track listing:- "Don't You Love Me No More"
- "Old"
- "What You Doin' with Me?"
- "It's Called a Heart"
- "Grey's the New Blonde"
- "He Ain't Good Enough for You"
- "The Idiot"
- "The Sacred Scrolls of Pop"
- "No to the Logo"
- "Did I Fight in the Punk Wars for This?"
- "It's What You Leave Behind"
- "Goodbye Mr. Lee (...And Thanks)"
- Hidden track: Suffice to Say