Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)

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Name = Tom Bailey

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Img_capt = Bailey of The Thompson Twins - 19 January 1986 in San Bernardino, California
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Tom Bailey
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Born = birth date and age|1954|01|18|df=y
Died =
Origin = Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Instrument = Keyboards
Vocals
Genre = Rock, Dance, New Wave, Synthpop
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1977–present
Label = Arista Records, Warner Bros. Records
Associated_acts = Thompson Twins
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Notable_instruments =

Tom Bailey (born 18 January 1954, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England [ [http://www.spock.com/Tom-Bailey-(Thompson-Twins) Spock.com] ] ) was the leader of the British band, Thompson Twins.

Career

He grew up in a family associated with the medical profession, was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School and despite training as a classical pianist, initially worked as a music teacher at Brook School, Sheffield. In his late teens and early twenties he travelled the world. He was shot at in the Khyber Pass and nearly died from illness in India.fact|date=September 2008

Bailey formed the Thompson Twins in 1977 with Pete Dodd (guitars), John Roog (guitar), and Chris Bell (drums). The group eventually ended up as a trio with Bailey on vocals, guitar, bass, and keyboards, his then girlfriend Alannah Currie (percussion, saxophone, and vocals), and Joe Leeway (percussion and vocals). The Thompson Twins became fixtures on MTV during the 1980s as the videos for "Hold Me Now", "Lay Your Hands on Me" and "King for a Day" were played in heavy rotation. Thompson Twins released their final album, "Queer", in 1991. In 1994, Bailey and Currie formed the techno-oriented duo, Babble. [http://wm09.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jcftxqw5ldae~T1 Allmusic.com biography] ]

Bailey currently produces the New Zealand band Stellar*, where in 1999 he won Record Producer of the Year for their debut album, "Mix". [ [http://www.thebubbleburst.co.uk/bb.php?entry=Thompson+Twins Thebubbleburst.co.uk] ] Bailey is also the figurehead for the dub project, International Observer. Recent performances with 'Holiwater', a cinematic fusion of Indian classical music (Sarod- Vikash Maharaj), electronica (keyboards - Bailey) and video (film maker - Andrei Jewell), blur boundaries between art installation and performance. The band was formed in 2002 to highlight issues of water pollution on the Ganges.

He now resides in France with second wife, Lauren Drescher.

References

External links

* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.finnegan/gallery2.html Photogallery @ Ntlworld.com]