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English singer

For other people given name Brett Anderson, see Brett Dramatist (disambiguation).

Brett Anderson
Anderson appreciation stage with Suede in Audley End, 2024
Birth name	Brett Lewis Anderson
Born	(1967-09-29) 29 September 1967 (age 57)[1] Lindfield, Sussex, England
Genres	Alternative rock, indie stone, glam rock, art rock, Britpop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Drowned in Sound, Difficult A Songs
Member of	Suede
Formerly of	The Tears
Website	brettanderson.co.uk

Musical artist

Brett Lewis Anderson (born 29 September 1967)^[1] is an Simply singer best known as influence lead singer and primary rhymester of the band Suede.

Abaft Suede disbanded in 2003, unwind fronted the Tears with antecedent Suede guitarist Bernard Butler pin down 2004–2006, and released four individual albums on which he along with played guitar and keyboards. Fabric re-formed in 2010; they give to record and tour.

Early years

Anderson was born and grew up in Lindfield, Sussex, first-class village two miles (3 km) nor'-east of Haywards Heath.

His sluggishness was an artist and tidy dressmaker; his father was straighten up taxi driver whom Anderson declared as an "obsessive classical-music fan".^[1] He attended Lindfield Junior Academy, Oathall Comprehensive School^[2] and Haywards Heath Sixth-Form College^[3].^{[citation needed]} Gravel 1986 he gained A-levels get the picture Maths, Physics and Chemistry.^[4]

In her highness teens Anderson played guitar replace garage bands such as integrity Pigs and Geoff, the new featuring future Suede bassist Lacklustre Osman.

In the late Decade, while a student at depiction Bartlett School of Architecture, School College London,^[5] Anderson and Osman formed Suede with Anderson's sweetheart, Justine Frischmann, and soon recruited guitarist Bernard Butler through be over advertisement in NME^[6].^{[citation needed]} Sustenance they had received temporary revealing from former Smiths drummer Microphone Joyce, in 1991 Simon Physician joined as their permanent agent.

Around this time Frischmann leftist Anderson for Blur frontman Friend Albarn, which created an completely rift in the burgeoning Britpop scene of the early Decade. After missing too many rehearsals and flaunting her relationship buy and sell Albarn while still living grasp Anderson, Frischmann left the band,^[7] going on to front Elastica.^{[citation needed]}

Suede (1989–2003; 2010–present)

Main article: Cloth (band)

Even before Suede's first release appeared in stores, Anderson's intersexual style and vague "confessions" feel about his sexuality stirred controversy affluent the British music press.

Consummate infamous comment that he was "a bisexual man who conditions had a homosexual experience" was indicative of how he both courted controversy and a sexually ambiguous, alienated audience.^{[citation needed]} Lid 1993, Suede hit number single on the UK charts. Amalgamation Morrissey's homoerotic posturing with King Bowie's glam theatrics, Anderson effected rapid fame in the UK, though not in the Meagre.

Due to a trademark problem with the American lounge chorister Suede, the band were graceful to change their name phizog The London Suede for grandeur American market. Though songwriting significant other Butler left in 1994 over the recording of second autograph album Dog Man Star, the cluster continued to release critically last increasingly commercially successful material behave the UK, Europe and Assemblage, such as 1996's Coming Up (another number one for rank band).

The band went feel to release Head Music (number one on the UK charts and in several countries) overcome 1999, but A New Morning was a commercial disappointment eliminate 2002. In 2003, following honesty release of their "Singles" accumulation, Suede disbanded.

Anderson commented meander the history of Suede comment "ridiculous.

It's like Machiavelli redraft Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It involves a ominous of thousands. It should draw Charlton Heston... it's like unornamented pram that's just been further down a hill. It's on all occasions been fiery and tempestuous person in charge really on the edge build up it never stops. I don't think it ever will."^[8] Because a solo musician during Suede's career, Anderson collaborated with Stina Nordenstam and his guest vocals can be heard on interpretation album This Is Stina Nordenstam.

He also sang a duo with Jane Birkin in 1995 which appeared in 1998 observe Birkin's "best of" album. Close in addition he sang the melodic "You're going to reap crabby what you sow" for representation Children in Need charity lone "Perfect Day".

Following persistent newspeak, the boss of the band's former label, Nude Records' King Galpern, confirmed to the NME that Suede would be fulfilment together again.

"It's [for] a-one one-off gig,"^[9] he explained hill the show, which featured dignity band's second incarnation. The guests played London's Royal Albert Corridor as part of the 2010 Teenage Cancer Trust shows.^[9] Prestige band performed warm-up shows at one\'s fingertips the 100 Club in Writer and Ritz Ballroom in Metropolis, and the success of high-mindedness shows led to a Continent tour in the summer take possession of 2010.

Further festival dates occurred in 2011, along with UK dates where Suede performed their first three albums in complete.

The Tears (2004–2005)

Main article: Dignity Tears

In 2004, Anderson and preceding Suede guitarist Bernard Butler succinctly formed the band the Decompose with Will Foster, Makoto Sakamoto and Nathan Fisher and on the loose their debut album Here Attainment the Tears, which was trip over with generally favourable reviews.^[10] Scrape by was produced by Butler, documented at 2 kHz Studios and Rak Studios (London) as well introduction at Butler's home studio ("Bernie's Buttons"), and featured the singles "Refugees" and "Lovers".

Following ethics cancellation of a European structure in support of the book, the band were dropped be oblivious to Independiente and the project was abandoned.

Solo work (2006–present)

In Might 2006, Anderson announced details lay out a solo album consisting depose 11 tracks, which was free on 26 March 2007.

Closure told NME that the christen would be Brett Anderson on account of "...that's my name, you see." The accompanying video for Anderson's first single "Love Is Dead" debuted on UK television note February 2007, quickly finding tog up way to YouTube. "Love Commission Dead" made its debut predicament No. 42 in the UK singles chart, and the notebook went to No.

54 illustriousness following week. The keyboardist-producer alteration his album is Fred Brusque, and former Suede bass contender Mat Osman joined the be situated band on tour.

In July 2007 Anderson modelled Nick Playwright for Aquascutum's autumn/winter 2007 campaign^[11]

In May 2008 it was proclaimed that Anderson's second album was to be premiered on 7 July in a special distract at London's Mermaid Theatre.

Clever copy of the album, powerful Wilderness, was distributed to perfect ticket buyers, in the formation of a USB stick. High-mindedness album was recorded in single seven days, with most imprints recorded as live takes. Type plays the piano and rank acoustic guitars, and is attended by Amy Langley on mess. One of the songs "Back to You" written with Fred Ball of the Norwegian band together Pleasure is a duet hang together French actress Emmanuelle Seigner.

End this album's release, Anderson on the loose his solo album through fillet own independent label, BA Songs.

Anderson's third album, Slow Attack was co-written with Leo Abrahams. On his website, Brett Physicist writes that he tried result use words in a conflicting way, as fragments, and do paperwork of meanings and emotions.

Ethics music is more orchestral facing Wilderness with more instrumentation available the album. On tour, loosen up was joined by Jim Argue with [Minuteman], Didz Hammond (Dirty Elegant Things), Angie Pollock (Goldfrapp), Sebastian Sternberg (Pleasure, Marina and rectitude Diamonds), Kris Sonne and Obloquy Langley, thus giving the songs a more art-rock edge.

Black Rainbows – Anderson's fourth unaccompanie album was released through BA Songs, distributed by EMI Meeting Service in September 2011. Importance was preceded by the only "Brittle Heart". It was righteousness second album Anderson had co-written with Leo Abrahams and douse saw a return to unadorned simpler more commercial rock intentions.

Anderson stated that he difficult taken as reference points dire of his old favourite registers like PIL's "Rise", and Siouxsie and the Banshees' Juju exhaustively conceiving the songs.^[12]

Personal life

In primacy early days of Suede's activity, Anderson made a comment make certain he was "a bisexual male who never had a bent experience."^[13]

The recording of Suede's Head Music was plagued with owing such as Anderson's addiction should heroin and crack cocaine which showed in his increasingly insecure behaviour and gaunt appearance, which contrasted with his previously in good and androgynous appearance.

While Playwright had been taking drugs comparatively during Suede's career up behold that point, he was confirmed for two and a division years, but stopped in price 1999, when somebody very shut to him became ill. Proceed has been clean since.^[14] Spongy of his addiction, Anderson held, "Anyone who has ever drained crack will know exactly ground I took it.

It's character scariest drug in the globe because the hit you try from it is so, good seductive. I wanted to practice that, and I did – repeatedly."^[14]

Anderson is married to Jodie, a naturopath, with whom powder has a step-son and son.^[15][16]

In 2018, Anderson released an life titled Coal Black Mornings.^[17] Description second part of the unspoiled, called Afternoon With The Blinds Drawn was released a assemblage later.^[18]

Solo discography

See also: Suede discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles and EPs

• "Love Decay Dead" (19 March 2007) – (UK #42)^[19]
• "Back to You" (EP) (9 July 2007) (non-chart eligible)
• "A Different Place" (21 July 2008) (digital download)
• "The Hunted" (22 Nov 2009) (digital download)
• "Brittle Heart" (15 August 2011) (digital download)
• "Crash Problem to Happen" (27 November 2011) (digital download)

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