Stevie Shears

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Stevie Shears

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Img_capt = Stevie Shears in 1983
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Background = musician
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Alias = Steve Shears
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Origin = Dagenham, East London, England
Instrument = Guitar
Genre = New Wave, Synthpop, Glam Rock
Occupation = Musician (probably retired)
Years_active = 1973–circa 1983
Associated_acts = John Foxx, Tiger Lily, Ultravox!, Cowboys International, Faith Global
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Notable_instruments = Gibson guitar
Fender guitar
Selmer amplifier (Tiger Lily) [ [http://www.discog.info/ultravox-interview.html ] "The whole band used to go through Stevie's 'Selmer' guitar amp." Warren Cann, 1997]
VOX amplifier

Steve Shears (called Stevie Shears in the music scene) is a British guitarist who began his fame in John Foxx's bands Tiger Lily and Ultravox!.

Trayectory

Early days

Only is known he jammed with future Dexys Midnight Runners sax player Paul Speare.

Tiger Lily and Ultravox!

Working in a paint factory [ [http://www.astradyne.org/e/ultravox_music_magazine.htm] A John Foxx interview, Mojo Magazine, September 2006] and playing in different bands ["Ultravox - Past, Present And Future" by Francis Drake and Peter Gilbert, In The City, 1980] in Dagenham, East London, he contacted with John Foxx and formed with him (and bassist Chris Cross) Tiger Lily in 1973. Later this band changed its name to Ultravox! (later known as Ultravox). Between February and March 1978 [ [http://www.metamatic.com/zLivedocs01/19780213.html] ] [ [http://www.metamatic.com/zLivedocs01/19780306.html] ] , after releasing with this band the Ultravox! (early 1977) and Ha! Ha! Ha! (1977) albums, he was dropped out by his bandmates, who saw him as a limit factor for the progress of the band, being replaced by Robin Simon [ [http://www.discog.info/ultravox-interview2.html] Warren Cann interview by Jonas Wastard] .

Post-Ultravox! bands

After being famously with Ultravox!, Shears formed a band with his friend Ice, Gloria Mundi bassist. Later he knew Jason Guy and formed with him a duo called New Men, but he moved to Cowboys International shortly afterwards, replacing Adam Ant guitarist Marco Pirroni, although never lost contact with Guy; later in 1981 and with Cowboys International as a ended project, he collaborated with its singer Ken Lockie's solo career. He returned with Guy as a band with the name of Faith Global, which releases an EP ("Earth Report") in 1982 and an album ("The Same Mistakes") in 1983. But probably this band took separate ways after those releasings.

His whereabouts are unknown.

Discography

"With Tiger Lily"

* Ain't Misbehavin' (Gull, 1975)

"With Ultravox!"

* Ultravox! (Island, 1977)
* Ha!-Ha-!Ha! (Island, 1977)

"With Cowboys International"

* Revisited (Pnuma, 2004)

"With Faith Global"

* Earth Report EP (Survival, 1982)
* The Same Mistakes (Survival, 1983)

References

External links

* [http://www.ultravox.org.uk/ Ultravox official web]
* [http://www.cowboysinternational.com/ Cowboys International official web]