Andy Clark (musician)
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| name = Andy Clark
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| birth_name = Simon Andrew Clark
| alias = {{nowrap|Andrew Clark}}
{{nowrap|Simon Clark}}
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956}}
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| instrument = {{hlist|Keyboards|synthesiser}}
| genre = {{hlist|Progressive rock|glam rock|new wave|synth-pop}}
| occupation = Musician
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| label = {{hlist|Harvest|EMI}}
| past_member_of = {{hlist|Mother's Pride|Be-Bop Deluxe|Bill Nelson's Red Noise}}
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Simon Andrew Clark (born 1956){{Cite web |url=http://www.billnelson.com/usarchives/history/wherearetheynow.htm |title=Bill Nelson Web Site: Where Are They Now? |access-date=19 October 2013 |archive-date=26 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326022952/http://www.billnelson.com/usarchives/history/wherearetheynow.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://badcatrecords.com/BadCat/BEBOPDELUX.htm|title=Be Bop Deluxe|work=Badcatrecords.com|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=5 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605232334/http://badcatrecords.com/BadCat/BEBOPDELUX.htm|url-status=dead}} is an English keyboardist best known for his work with the guitarist Bill Nelson in art rock band Be-Bop Deluxe and their synth-pop offshoot Red Noise. One of his earlier involvements in music was as member of a progressive rock band from Sheffield, Yorkshire, called Mother's Pride.{{Cite web|url=http://www.billnelson.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12860&p=174134|title=Forum | Dreamsville|website=Dreamsville}}
Life and career
Clark's original involvement with Be Bop Deluxe was as keyboardist for the band's live concerts in 1975. He could not work for them in the recording of their second album Futurama, because he was still maintaining contractual relationship with Mother's Pride. Shortly after, he joined, recording with them the next three studio albums, Sunburst Finish (1976), Modern Music (1977) and Drastic Plastic (1978), as well as the live album, {{nowrap|Live! In The Air Age}}, before their disbandment. He was the only full-time member of the band to survive into Nelson's post-Be-Bop Deluxe project {{nowrap|Red Noise}}. He was known as Andrew rather than Simon because Be-Bop Deluxe drummer Simon Fox insisted that two Simons in the band would cause confusion.Reeves, Paul Sutton Music In Dreamland Bill Nelson & Be-Bop Deluxe (2008) p. 98, Helter Skelter publishing {{ISBN|978-1-900924-04-7}}
After his involvement with Bill Nelson, Clark played on {{nowrap|David Bowie}}'s {{nowrap|Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)}} album (1980), notably its hit single "{{nowrap|Ashes to Ashes}}", Nico's Drama Of Exile (1981), The dB's' Stands for Decibels (1981) and Repercussion (1982), Peter Gabriel's So (1986), contributing to "Big Time" and "Don't Give Up", two tracks which likewise became hit singles, and Tears for Fears' The Seeds of Love (1989).{{cite web|url=http://www.billnelson.com/usarchives/history/wherearetheynow.htm|title=Where Are They Now?|website=Billnelson.com|access-date=19 October 2013|archive-date=26 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326022952/http://www.billnelson.com/usarchives/history/wherearetheynow.htm|url-status=dead}}Reeves, Paul Sutton Music In Dreamland Bill Nelson & Be-Bop Deluxe (2008) p. 296, Helter Skelter publishing {{ISBN|978-1-900924-04-7}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081207012041/http://www.billnelsonmusic.com/usarchives/history/wherearetheynow.htm Where Are They Now?] People who worked with Bill Nelson as for 2001
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Category:English rock keyboardists
Category:Be-Bop Deluxe members