Russell Leetch

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Russell Jonathan Leetch (born March 4, 1982 in Knowle, near Solihull , Great Britain ) is a British musician and bassist for the indie band Editors .

Live and act

Leetch studied music technology at Staffordshire University in Stafford , where he met the other founding members of the Editors. His preferred instruments were initially the piano and guitar . During his studies he worked in a call center with his bandmate Tom Smith . After graduating in autumn 2003, the band moved to Birmingham as a whole . Especially at the beginning, Leetch is said to have had a strong influence on the direction of the band as a bassist.

Russell Leetch lived temporarily in New York , but returned to England.

Leetch directed the Editors video for the single "Bones" (2008) and in the same year made a remix of The Hives single "We Rule The World (THEHIVES)". In April 2011, Leetch ran the London Marathon with Tom Smith of the Editors , raising 5,465 British pounds for the benefit of the Oxfam charity .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. November 7, 2011, accessed July 18, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blog.listgeeks.com
  2. ^ Biography ( Memento of January 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed July 10, 2013
  3. ↑ Markus Willfroth for Westzeit, created on July 3, 2013, accessed July 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ cf. Video on YouTube, accessed July 18, 2013.
  5. ^ Ultimate-guitar.com , accessed July 18, 2013.
  6. ↑ Jason Gregory on Gigwise.com April 18, 2011, accessed July 11, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Leetch, Russell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leetch, Russell Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Knowle