Ian Broudie
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| Ian Broudie | |
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 Ian Broudie on the cover of his debut album, Tales Told
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| Birth name | Ian Broudie |
| Born | August 4, 1958 |
| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock Britpop Folk rock |
| Years active | 1970s—present |
| Label(s) | Columbia |
| Website | ianbroudie.com |
Ian Broudie (born August 4, 1958 in Liverpool) is a prolific English musician and producer, best known for his 1990s band the Lightning Seeds.
[edit] Life and work
Broudie played in Liverpool's fledgling punk scene in the 1970s (he was a member of the band Big in Japan, which also featured Holly Johnson and Bill Drummond) but made his name in the industry as a producer. He was also a founder member of John Peel favourites the Original Mirrors in the early '80s.
Broudie worked with bands like Echo and the Bunnymen, The Pale Fountains, Shack, The Icicle Works, Ellery Bop and The Fall under the name 'Kingbird' before putting together the Lightning Seeds at the end of the 1980s, scoring a debut hit with the song "Pure".
The act produced a selection of well-received singles and albums in the 1990s and twice took football anthem "Three Lions" (with comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel) to number one, with different lyrics for the Euro '96 and France '98 tournaments. (For his own part, Broudie is a supporter of Liverpool.)
Broudie subsequently concentrated on production for other bands working with the likes of The Coral, The Subways, The Zutons, French rock band Noir Desir for their first long album Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient), The Rifles and on a handful of I Am Kloot songs, before announcing a solo album under his own name at the end of 2004.
On 11 October 2004 Broudie released his debut solo effort, Tales Told, which was embraced by critics and fans alike — despite that fact that Tales Told saw Broudie move into folk rock territory and away from the chirpy pop tunes of The Lightning Seeds. However, the album performed very poorly in terms of sales and Broudie's hope that "word of mouth" would help to shift copies of the work never quite transpired. The first song on the album, 'Song For No One', featured in the opening episode of the 3rd season of the U.S. TV series The O.C.
His brother, Rob Broudie, a solicitor in Liverpool, died in unusual circumstances in the early hours of 17 October 2006, after apparently falling from the tower of Liverpool Cathedral[1].
He has a son, Riley, after whom the song "The Life of Riley" is named.
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[edit] References
- Jewish Chronicle, February 16, 2007, p.43: "The life of Broudie"
