- Ian Burden
Infobox musical artist
Name = Ian Burden
Img_capt = Ian Burden 1981
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Born = birth date and age|1957|12|24
Origin =Sheffield ,England
Instrument =Synthesizer ,Bass Guitar
Genre =Synthpop
Occupation =Songwriter andKeyboardist
Years_active = 1980 - 1990
Label = Virgin, A&M
Associated_acts =The Human League The Tenth Stage
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Notable_instruments =Ian Burden (born
24 December 1957 inSheffield ) was a keyboard player with the Englishsynthpop band,The Human League , from 1981 up to 1989.Formerly of Sheffield band Graph, Burden was employed as a session keyboard player for the Human League's October 1980 tour, covering for
Martyn Ware andIan Craig Marsh 's keyboards after their departure. In March 1981 he returned to the band full time, and would co-write much of their early 1980s material. He left the band in 1987.Burden recorded a solo
album , "Loot", in 1990.Burden played bass guitar on the 2006 debut eponymous release for
The Tenth Stage , a Melbourne based band, and also on their second album "Grand Guignol". The bass guitar (an Ibanez) used on these recordings was the same one he used to record "(Keep Feeling) Fascination " (although in the video he is playing a Fender Precision Bass), "Mirror Man", "The Lebanon", and "I Love You Too Much".Awards
* 1982
BRIT Awards - (with The Human League) - 'Best British Breakthrough Act'
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