Billy Currie

Billy Currie ( born April 1, 1950 in Huddersfield, England as William Lee Currie ) is a British musician and songwriter.

Currie became known as a keyboardist for the New Wave band Ultravox, who had her biggest commercial success in the 1980s.

Career

Currie developed his passion for music at a young age after a relative gave him a guitar. He took music lessons, learned to play the violin and sang in a choir. End of the 1960s he attended a music school and appeared in several orchestras. His interest was initially more classical instruments such as flute, cello and bassoon.

In 1974, Currie joined the glam rock band Tiger Lily at - a short-lived under this name project, in which but with singer John Foxx were involved (still under his real name Dennis Leigh ), bassist Chris Cross and drummer Warren Cann three founding members of Ultravox. From 1977 to 1979, the group published three for that time as experimental be classified albums. 1979 has been replaced as a singer, songwriter and guitarist John Foxx by Midge Ure. At the same time Ure has worked with Currie together in the band Visage, which gained international prominence especially with the hit Fade to Grey. In the following years, Ultravox produced five successful studio albums and reached the same single from the debut album Vienna in second place in the British charts. 1988 broke up the band and was briefly called by Currie beginning of the 1990s, other new musicians to life. 2009 and 2010 were two reunion tours of UK and other European countries instead of the original members. End of May 2012, the studio album Brilliant was released.

In addition to his involvement in Visage Currie had several guest appearances on other artists, such as Phil Lynotts solo debut Solo in Soho, Gary Numan's The Pleasure Principle and Steve Howe Turbulence. In 1988, Currie 's first solo album Transportation out. Under his own label puzzle followed from 2001 more albums.

Beginning of the 1980s played Currie alongside other analog synthesizers, an ARP Odyssey. Typical style element in many arrangements were portamento and the impressive use of the oscillator, particularly in some of the pieces on the album Vienna ( Astradyne, Sleepwalk, Mr. X). Four songs from the album Brilliant Currie ARP Odyssey began again. He often added to the compositions and solos with the violin or viola (Vienna, The Thin Wall, All in One Day, Satellite ) was added.

Currie lives in London, is married and has a daughter and a son.

Discography ( albums)

Ultravox

Gary Numan

Face

Humania

Solo

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