About John Foxx
He was born in Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK, as [[artist:Dennis Leigh]], 26 September 1948. His father was a coal miner and pugilist, his mother a millworker. During his youth he was a mod and a hippie, and at the same time he was also interested in album covers, Pink Floyd experimentalism, futurism and surrealism. His first band was called [[artist:Woolly Fish]].
In 1973, he was in Manchester, singing while playing a 12-string guitar, supporting [[artist:Stack Waddy]], but decided to go to London. In London, by means of a scholarship, he entered the Royal College of Art.
With the bands [[artist:Tiger Lily (2)]] and [[artist:Ultravox]]!, he experimented with different genres of music, such as glam, reggae, synth pop and industrial, influenced by [[artist:Roxy Music]], [[artist:New York Dolls]] and [[artist:Kraftwerk]].
He left Ultravox in 1979 for a solo career, releasing his first album "Metamatic" in 1980, which showed an electronic style derived from synthesizers. He released three further solo albums, before taking a break from music in 1985 and concentrating on visual work.
In 1990, inspired by acid house, Foxx briefly returned as [[artist:Nation 12]], a collaboration with [[artist:Tim Simenon]] of [[artist:Bomb The Bass]] (and later with the late [[artist:Shem McCauley]] / Streets Ahead). Foxx fell silent again until 1997, when a chance meeting with [[artist:Louis Gordon]] resulted in a batch of duo albums (1997-2008) and a new phase of Foxx's solo career.
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