Andy Bell (singer)

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Andy Bell and Vince Clarke (1986)
Andy Bell and Vince Clarke (1986)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Crazy
  DE 94 04/11/2005 (3 weeks)
  UK 35 10/08/2005 (2 weeks)
I'll Never Fall in Love Again
  UK 96 06/10/2006 (1 week)

Andrew Ivan Bell (* 25. April 1964 in Peterborough , England ) is a British pop - singer . Together with Vince Clarke he forms the duo Erasure .

Life

Bell began his singing career according to his own statements in the church choir. For a while he worked in a factory as a meat packer. In 1985 he was with Pierre Cope a member of the project Dinger , which recorded the single Air of Mystery . In March 1985, he responded to an advertisement with which Vince Clarke was looking for a singer for a new music project. Bell was the 43rd participant in the audition and was awarded the contract. Clarke and Bell have been working together ever since.

On December 14, 2004, Bell announced that he was HIV- positive and had known this since 1998. Bell has spoken German since he was at school, after being able to choose between Latin and German. He chose German because he didn't want to learn a dead language. Bell later lived in Berlin for a few years and was able to improve his German language skills there. He currently lives in Hastings with his partner .

Solo projects

1991 Bell took over in the opera The Fall of the House of Usher by Peter Hammill , the role of Montresor. In October 2005 he released his first solo album Electric Blue . The album includes three duets with Claudia Brücken from Propaganda and Jake Shears from Scissor Sisters .

social commitment

Bell is active in the animal rights organization PETA . For this he recorded the song Rage in 1991 together with Lene Lovich . They donated the proceeds exclusively to PETA. Bell also supported various AIDS organizations in the UK. He is also involved in the gay movement and, among other things, fought against the earlier anti- gay legislation in his British homeland.

Discography

Albums

  • 2005: Electric Blue
  • 2010: Non Stop
  • 2016: Torsten the Bareback Saint

Singles

  • 1985 Bell took with Pierre Cope under the name Dinger on the single Air of Mystery . This single from the Face Value Records label was never officially released and is considered a rarity among collectors.
  • 2005: Crazy
  • 2006: I'll Never Fall In Love Again
  • 2010: Running Out - originally published under the stage name Mimó
  • 2010: Will You Be There - originally published under the stage name Mimó
  • 2010: Non Stop
  • 2013: Breathing Love CD Part 1 & CD Part 2 with Isaac Junkie

Web links

Commons : Andy Bell (singer)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE UK
  2. ↑ discogs.com
  3. ↑ erasureinfo.com ( Memento from December 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Interview with Andy Bell
  4. ↑ blog.albumartexchange.com ( Memento from August 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ blog.albumartexchange.com ( Memento from August 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Erasure
personal data
SURNAME Bell, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bell, Andrew Ivan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Peterborough , England