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- Andrew John Partridge, born 11 November 1953 in Mtarfa, Malta, and known variously as Andy Partridge, Sir John Johns, Melchior, and Animal Jesus, is a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the pop band XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, where he was raised. Partridge also serves as XTC's de facto art director. Except for its second album, Go 2, the band's album cover art has been based on his ideas. For example, the back cover of Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers took shape after Partridge requested "lots of rusty junk" and proceeded to create a mockup of the band members with it. XTC toured heavily throughout the late-1970s through to 1982, when Partridge, suffering from the stresses of the road, severe stagefright, as well as the abrupt end of 13 years of doctor-prescribed Valium addiction (thanks to his wife throwing out his supply), forced the band to stop touring. In addition to his work with XTC, Partridge has released demos of his songs under his own name in the Fuzzy Warbles album series on his APE House record label. Eight individual volumes of Fuzzy Warbles are now available, as well as the Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album, which includes a bonus ninth disc Hinges. He has collaborated (as performer, writer or record producer) with numerous recording artists, including Martin Newell (ex-Cleaners from Venus) with whom he recorded and produced an album in 1993 entitled The Greatest Living Englishman released in Japan as a duo album, Peter Blegvad, Harold Budd, Jamie Cullum, Stephen Duffy, Terry Hall, The Heads, Charlotte Hatherley, Robyn Hitchcock, The Residents, Thomas Dolby and David Yazbek. Partridge also served initially as the producer for the English band Blur during the recording of Modern Life Is Rubbish. However, he was replaced by Stephen Street at the insistence of their record label, Food. Other collaborations that failed to bear fruit included unused writing contributions for Sophie Ellis Bextor and a proposed writing partnership with Brian Wilson, which never progressed past a telephone enquiry from Wilson's PA. Partridge also wrote four songs for Disney's version of James and the Giant Peach, but was replaced by Randy Newman when he could not get Disney to offer him "an acceptable deal. " In 2004, Partridge contributed the song "I Wonder Why the Wonder Falls" as the theme music to the short-lived TV comedy Wonderfalls. In 2006, a song he and Robyn Hitchcock collaborated on, "Cause It's Love (Saint Parallelogram)," was released on the Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 album Olé! Tarantula. He has also released music as part of a trio known as Monstrance, made up of him on guitar, Barry Andrews (an early member of XTC) on keyboards, and Martyn Barker on drums. The group has released an album of the same name, as well as a download-only EP known as Fine Wires Humming a New Song. All songs were recorded live in the studio, with no overdubs, and completely improvised. Partridge has enjoyed periodic popularity as a broadcaster, most notably in the mid-1980s, when he was a regular performer on BBC Radio 1. Most famously, he posed as "Agony Andy," a spoof agony aunt on the Janice Long show, but he also contributed comic items to Saturday Live and Studio B15, and was a regular panelist on both Roundtable and The Great Rock'n'Roll Trivia Quiz. He has also presented the pilot for an ITV children's quiz show, Matchmakers. Partridge made a one-off uncredited appearance in the animated sitcom Family Guy, in the episode titled, "One if by Clam, Two if by Sea" as a British cricket commentator. Partridge and his ex-wife Marianne have two children: daughter Holly, a guitarist, singer and songwriter for Britpop group The SheBeats, and son Harry Partridge, who is a popular internet animator, famous for winning a Newgrounds Tank Award for his movie 'Chuck's new Tux!' and also, popular movie 'Saturday Morning Watchmen'. Andy has been in a long-term relationship with Erica Wexler — the daughter of well-known American screenwriter Norman Wexler — since his divorce. Partridge has been cited as an influence by many guitarists, most notably by John Frusciante of The Red Hot Chili Peppers in the 2002 issue of Total Guitar magazine, who cited him as an influence on the sound of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album By the Way. Recently, Partidge mixed recordings for the band Captains of Industry. In 2007 he collaborated with former XTC bandmate Barry Andrews on the Shriekback album Glory Bumps. Presently, Partridge is working on a collaborative album with Robyn Hitchcock, a collaborative album with Mike Keneally, and various solo projects. He has been conducting an ongoing series of online interviews about his songs with writer Todd Bernhardt on the XTCfans pages of MySpace, and plans to release a book based on the interviews, featuring additional content and images, sometime in 2010.
- Andrew John Partridge ist ein englischer Songwriter, Gitarrist, Labelchef und Produzent. Partridge schrieb den größten Teil der Songs seiner Band XTC. Er lebt in Swindon, Wiltshire. Partridge wurde in Malta geboren, wuchs aber in Swindon auf, wo er seitdem lebt. Sein pathologisches Lampenfieber, Stress und ein Nervenzusammenbruch führten dazu, dass XTC seit 1982 nicht mehr auf Tournee gehen. Er entwickelte in der Folge ein immer stärkeres Interesse an detaillierter Studioarbeit und war auch für die visuelle Seite von XTC zuständig. Neben seiner Arbeit mit XTC hat Partridge seine Demo-Aufnahmen unter dem Serientitel Fuzzy Warbles in bisher sechs Ausgaben veröffentlicht. Als Produzent oder Songwriter arbeitete er u.a. mit The Lilac Time, Thomas Dolby, Stephen Duffy, Joan Armatrading, David Yazbek, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Terry Hall, Cathy Dennis und Harold Budd. Darüber hinaus übersetzte er für Herbert Grönemeyer die Texte für die englische Ausgabe des Albums Chaos ins Englische.
- Andrew John Partridge,, est un membre fondateur, guitariste et compositeur pour le groupe de musique populaire XTC. Il vit à Swindon dans le sud-ouest de l'Angleterre.
- Attualmente vive a Swindon, Wiltshire, Inghilterra, dove è cresciuto. Oltre al suo lavoro con gli XTC Partridge ha pubblicato nel 1980 un disco dub con lo pseudonimo di Mr. Partridge, nel 1987 un singolo con un gruppo fantasma chiamato Johnny Japes and His Jesticles, e ha partecipato ai dischi degli alter ego psichedelici degli XTC, i Dukes of Stratosphere. Nel 2004 ha prodotto la sigla della serie televisiva americana Wonderfalls. Ultimamente ha pubblicato una serie di otto + un CD, intitolati Fuzzy Warbles + Hinges, nei quali raccoglie 20 anni di demo, prove e brani scartati. Ha collaborato con molti altri artisti tra cui: The Residents, Riuichi Sakamoto, Thomas Dolby, Robyn Hitchcock, Joan Armatrading, The Woodentops, Doctor & the Medics, Saeko Suzuki, Veda Hille, Charlotte Hatherley, The Mission, Peter Blegvad, Pugwash, Harold Budd, Martin Newell, Terry Hall, Cathy Dennis, Heads, Slapp Happy, Shriekback e Mitch Friedman. Andy Partridge è padre di Holly Partridge, cantante, chitarrista e compositrice della band The SheBeats.
- アンディ・パートリッジは、イギリスのバンドXTCの創立からのメンバーで、ボーカル、ギターを主に担当。バンドのメインソングライターでもある。マルタ生まれ。離婚歴1回。前妻マリアンヌとの間にホリー、ハリーの2人の子供がいる。紆余曲折を経て、現在はエリカ・ウェクスラーと婚約中。
- Andy Partridge - angielski gitarzysta, wokalista, autor tekstów, lider zespołu popowego XTC aktywnego w latach 1976-2005. Mieszka w Swindon w Anglii, gdzie się wychował.
- Энди Партридж — британский автор-исполнитель, гитарист, продюсер. Партридж написал большую часть песен для XTC. Партридж родился на Мальте, но вырос в Суиндоне, Уилтшир, где и проживает по настоящее время. Его патологическая боязнь сцены, стресс и нервные расстройства привели к тому, что с 1982 года XTC перестали ездить в гастрольные туры. Партридж склонен к студийной и продюсерской работе.
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- Andrew John Partridge, born 11 November 1953 in Mtarfa, Malta, and known variously as Andy Partridge, Sir John Johns, Melchior, and Animal Jesus, is a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the pop band XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, where he was raised. Partridge also serves as XTC's de facto art director. Except for its second album, Go 2, the band's album cover art has been based on his ideas.
- Andrew John Partridge ist ein englischer Songwriter, Gitarrist, Labelchef und Produzent. Partridge schrieb den größten Teil der Songs seiner Band XTC. Er lebt in Swindon, Wiltshire. Partridge wurde in Malta geboren, wuchs aber in Swindon auf, wo er seitdem lebt. Sein pathologisches Lampenfieber, Stress und ein Nervenzusammenbruch führten dazu, dass XTC seit 1982 nicht mehr auf Tournee gehen.
- Andrew John Partridge,, est un membre fondateur, guitariste et compositeur pour le groupe de musique populaire XTC. Il vit à Swindon dans le sud-ouest de l'Angleterre.
- Attualmente vive a Swindon, Wiltshire, Inghilterra, dove è cresciuto. Oltre al suo lavoro con gli XTC Partridge ha pubblicato nel 1980 un disco dub con lo pseudonimo di Mr. Partridge, nel 1987 un singolo con un gruppo fantasma chiamato Johnny Japes and His Jesticles, e ha partecipato ai dischi degli alter ego psichedelici degli XTC, i Dukes of Stratosphere. Nel 2004 ha prodotto la sigla della serie televisiva americana Wonderfalls.
- アンディ・パートリッジは、イギリスのバンドXTCの創立からのメンバーで、ボーカル、ギターを主に担当。バンドのメインソングライターでもある。マルタ生まれ。離婚歴1回。前妻マリアンヌとの間にホリー、ハリーの2人の子供がいる。紆余曲折を経て、現在はエリカ・ウェクスラーと婚約中。
- Andy Partridge - angielski gitarzysta, wokalista, autor tekstów, lider zespołu popowego XTC aktywnego w latach 1976-2005. Mieszka w Swindon w Anglii, gdzie się wychował.
- Энди Партридж — британский автор-исполнитель, гитарист, продюсер. Партридж написал большую часть песен для XTC. Партридж родился на Мальте, но вырос в Суиндоне, Уилтшир, где и проживает по настоящее время.
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