He
is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist from Southport, England, who
became a co-founder of the group Gomez. They debuted in Leeds in 1996 and soon were recording
demos, with an album being released in 1997.1998 brought them success with their first single
release which also became a chart hit,"78 Stone Wobble", and
since then have had over a dozen chart entries as well as a No. 2 UK album
chart hit with Liquid Skin in 1999 and a No. 1 hit with the album How
We Operate on the US Billboard Heatseeker chart in 2006. He has worked with acts such as
Jimmy Buffett as a guest vocalist and other albums he has appeared on
include Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline and Out West with
Gomez, Take The Weather With You by Jimmy
Buffett and the
soundtracks of American Beauty, Best Laid Plans, Gone in 60 Seconds, Permanent
Midnight and Playing by Heart .In the world of television and movies he has appeared as
a guitarist in 1998's Fast Food among others and also episodes of
the TV shows Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Liquid News.In 2006 he wrote the music for a
children's puppet show that was featured at the Edinburgh Festival.He and his wife currently live in
Brighton in the South of England.
