- James Righton
James Righton (born James Nicholas Righton
25th August ,1983 inStratford-Upon-Avon ,England ) is co-vocalist and keyboardist of London based 'nu-rave' bandKlaxons .Biography
James Righton grew up in
Stratford-upon-Avon alongside fellow band mateSimon Taylor-Davis who was a year above him in school. James attended Stratford-Upon-Avon High School and worked every summer on the river cruise and hire boats. Post A levels he went on to study Politics and History atCardiff University , after which he moved toMadrid to teach English, and later returned to London to pursue music. James supportsTottenham Hotspur F.C. and went to watch them whenever he could as a child, but because it was a long journey he was restricted from going more often.His interest in music was fueled by his musician father, and lead to him being a part in several bands during high school that would quite regularly perform gigs. His most notable band was Shark, in 2000, where he was lead vocalist and guitarist.Other members were Oli Bigland- Bass, Rich Storry-Lead Guitar and Tim Rawlinson-Drums(of bristol outfit Big Cats Kill)The band recorded an album at Vada Studios near Stratford-Upon-Avon and released a limited edition CD.
While living in Madrid and working as an English teacher, James attended the
Benicassim festival, where he met up withSimon Taylor-Davis (whom James had taught to play guitar). [ [http://www.europeanvibe.com/ev_magazine.asp?id_seccion=12&id_articulo_revista=121 European Vibe :: Parties :: Magazine :: Online Community ] ] On Simon's invitation, James returned to London to join the band 'Hollywood is a Verb' as they needed another vocalist/instrumentalist. The band was very briefly active during the summer of2005 and featured some members ofPull Tiger Tail (whom they had shared a flat with inNew Cross ).When he was 12 years old, he joined the Leicester City Football Academy where he was a promising player, he wore his Tottenham Hotspur F.C kit to training and his family warned him that if he continued then he would be dropped, which he was, but by this time James was more interested in music.
Equipment
James uses a Korg X50 for many live performances, hooking up many
effects pedals to it, but has tweaked at the programming to give specific sounds. He mostly likes using Korg and used the Korg MS20 on most of the album. He also uses the Korg Triton Extreme and a Korg RADIAS.Personal life
In
2007 several rumors of a relationship between James and British television presenterAlexa Chung circulated, but she was later confirmed to be dating Arctic Monkeys frontmanAlex Turner .Fact|date=January 2008When James appeared alongside Jamie Reynolds on the MTV2 UK show Gonzo, Zane Lowe brought up the rumours surrounding James' love life, to which he replied "that's just Simon spreading rumors".Fact|date=January 2008
James is currently dating music video director
Kinga Burza Links
* [http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/9286.html Interview with James Righton at MP3]
* [http://www.musictowers.com/features/ViewArticle1864.aspx Interview with James Righton at MusicTowers.com]
* [http://www.europeanvibe.com/ev_magazine.asp?id_seccion=12&id_articulo_revista=121]References
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