Andy piran bell biography

Full Name: Andrew Piran Bell
You Know Him As: Andy
Nicknames: Liam calls him the Psychadelic Giraffe
Unofficial Nickname: Jenny and I call him Pooky!
Birthdate: 11th August 1970
Sign: Leo
Born: Cardiff, Wales
Grew Up: Oxford
Schools: Headington Middle, Cheney Upper, Banbury Art School
Before Andy was famous he: was a Cowboy, a waiter and worked at a hearing aid factory. Height: 6'2"
Hair Colour: Blonde
Eye Colour: Blue

Lives: Oxford and Stockholm, Sweden
Marital Status: Sorry ladies... Andy is married to a Swedish singer called Idah.
Children: A daughter called Leia, born 19 November
Favourite Bands/Artists: The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, The Small Faces, The Stone Roses, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Favourite Records: The Beatles "Revolver", The Rolling Stones "Let It Bleed" & "Exile On Main Street", The Byrds "Notorious Byrd Brothers"
Bands Before Oasis: The Atomic Apples, Ride, Hurricane #1

Cool Stuff:

* Andy is a vegetarian!

* Besides being an amazing bassist, Andy is also a very talented guitarist!

* One of Andy's first memories of music is listening to "The Beatles For Sale" while h

Ride

Bell formed Ride with Mark Gardener (guitarist), who he met at Cheney School in Oxford and Laurence Colbert (drummer) and Steve Queralt (bassist), who he met doing Foundation Studies in Art and Design at Banbury in 1988. While still at Banbury the band produced a tape demo including the tracks "Chelsea Girl" and "Drive Blind". In February 1989 "Ride" were asked to stand in for a cancelled student union gig at Oxford Poly that brought them to the attention of Alan McGee. After supporting The Soup Dragons in 1989 McGee signed them to Creation Records.

With Ride, Bell released three EPs between January and September 1990, entitled "Ride", "Play" and "Fall". While the EPs were not chart successes, enough critical praise was received to make Ride the "darlings" of music journalists. The first two EPs were eventually released together as Smile in 1992, while the "Fall" EP was incorporated into their first LP, Nowhere, released in October 1990, which was hailed as a critical success and the media dubbed Ride "The brightest hope" for 1991. This was followed in March 1992 with Going Blank Again. The twin rhythm guitars of Bell and Gardener, both distorted, both using Wah-wah pedals and both feeding back on each other was seen as the highlight of the album's critical and chart success.

Despite having a solid fanbase and some mainstream success, the lack of a breakthrough contributed to inter-band tension, especially between Gardener and Bell. Their third LP, Carnival of Light, was released in 1994, after shoegazing had given way to Britpop. Carnival of Light was oriented towards this

There are two frequently searched artists named Andy Bell: 1. The singer for UK synthpop band Erasure and 2. the singer and guitarist for the UK shoegaze band Ride who was also the bass player for English rock band Oasis from 1999 to 2009.

1. Andrew Ivan Bell (born on 25 April 1964 in Peterborough, U.K.) is a singer-songwriter known for being the lead singer of the synthpop duoErasure, with musical partner Vince Clarke, as well as for his solo career, Bell has sold over twenty million albums worldwide.

Electric Blue, Bell's first solo album, was released in 2005 and includes collaborations with Claudia Brucken of Propaganda and Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters. It was co-written and produced by Philip Larsen and Chris Smith of Manhattan Clique. Single "Crazy" became a club anthem. He followed the album up in 2010 with Non-Stop.

Andy Bell is one of the first openly gay singers in pop music. He revealed his HIV-positive status in 2004 (he had suffered from the disease since 1998), successfully fighting the disease throughout his career. In the past several years, he has also found success both as a DJ and as a remixer.

2. Andrew Piran Bell (born on 11 August 1970) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and DJ. He is best known for his work with the bands Ride, Hurricane #1, Oasis, and Beady Eye. He is also behind the project GLOK. Bell released his debut studio album, The View from Half Way Down, in 2020.

Welsh rock musician

Not to be confused with the lead singer of Erasure, Andy Bell (singer).

Musical artist

Andrew Piran Bell (born 11 August 1970) is a Welsh musician. He is one of two vocalists and guitarists of the rock band Ride, and was formerly the bassist of Oasis from 1999 until their breakup in 2009. Bell was also a member of Hurricane #1 as well as Liam Gallagher's post-Oasis project Beady Eye until their breakup in 2014.

With Ride, Bell helped pioneer shoegaze, an alternative rock subgenre which reached its peak popularity in the early 1990s. Bell also wrote one song or more on each of Oasis' final three albums.

Career

Ride

Main article: Ride (band)

Bell formed Ride with Mark Gardener (guitarist), whom he met at Cheney School in Oxford and Laurence Colbert (drummer) and Steve Queralt (bassist), whom he met doing Foundation Studies in Art and Design at Banbury in 1988. While still at Banbury the band produced a tape demo including the tracks "Chelsea Girl" and "Drive Blind". In February 1989, Ride were asked to stand in for a cancelled student union gig at Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University) that brought them to the attention of Alan McGee. After supporting The Soup Dragons in 1989 McGee then signed them to Creation Records which is a key event in Bell's life.

With Ride, Bell released three EPs between January and September 1990, entitled Ride, Play and Fall. While the EPs achieved a degree of chart success per release, enough critical praise was received to make Ride the darlings of music journalists. The first two EPs were eventually released together as Smile in 1992, while the Fall EP was later incorporated into CD releases of their debut LP, Nowhere, released in October 1990, which was hailed as a critical success, with the media dubbing Ride "the brightest hope" for 1991. On Nowhere, Bell contributed "Seagull", "Kaleidosc