He is a bass guitarist and drummer born in Cowes, Isle
of Wight, England whose father was a dairyman.While a child he concentrated on the drums after he had
received his first kit after his middle school music teacher had encouraged
him to go head into a musical career and he was also given guitar lessons
when he was 12.When he was 19
he relocated to London and he did some work with the band M before forming
the extremely successful pop group, Level 42, with co-members (the Gould
brothers) and Mike Lindup.He
became known for his "slap bass" style and spent 9 years touring and
recording with the band, seeing successes with songs such as "Something
About You", "Running With the Family", "Lessons in Love" and "Love Games".His membership of the band allowed
him to tour with the some of the biggest names of the day such as The
Police, Madonna and Steve Winwood and at the Princes Trust concert with
Eric Clapton, Elton John, Mark Knopfler and Phil Collins. His bass playing has been much in
demand and he has also appeared on albums by Midge Ure and Nik Kershaw and
in collaboration on Ferry Aid.The Gould brothers left the band in 1987 but he continued on with
Mike Lindup and although Level 42 finished in 1995 they are still
performing and recording today with their latest release being the 2006 Retroglide,
which was followed by a tour.Another tour is being planned which will take place throughout the
UK in 2008.In his solo career
he released the albums Influences, One Man and Trash, which
was manufactured and sold by him.Because of the success of his self-manufactured album he went on to
release further live recordings on his own Sumerhouse Record label.He still lives on the Isle of Wight
with his family.
