Bari Goddard is an avant garde and controversial Welsh singer/songwriter, artist and photographer. Born in Pontypridd South Wales February 9 1958. Lead singer with Welsh Art Rock band Blaue Reiter, they released a single in 1981 called "Where He Stands" on Orifice Records (catalogue number ROZ1) to critical acclaim from John Peel, marketed by Rough Trade Records in London. The band split in 1982 and Goddard moved to London.

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  • Bari Goddard is an avant garde and controversial Welsh singer/songwriter, artist and photographer. Born in Pontypridd South Wales February 9 1958. Lead singer with Welsh Art Rock band Blaue Reiter, they released a single in 1981 called "Where He Stands" on Orifice Records (catalogue number ROZ1) to critical acclaim from John Peel, marketed by Rough Trade Records in London. The band split in 1982 and Goddard moved to London. He formed a band with Steve Maguire called The Design Team, then became lead vocalist with The Knives (ex-Brigandage) from 1983 - 1987. The Knives released one song "The Lonely One" on the compilation album "Freedon To Rock" on Red Bus Records in 1986, amid often sellout performances at the Marquee Club, and the Batcave (club) in London. Renowned for his performing skills and vocal range he was approached by bands as diverse as Marillion and Frankie Goes To Hollywood for their vacant lead vocals, dismissing both as "dinosaurs unaware of the comet". In 1989 Goddard became backing vocalist with Then Jerico touring their Big Area album internationally. A double CD compilation of Radio Sessions and a live performance at Hammersmith Odeon in 1989 was released in 1997, called "Radio Jerico" on Eagle Rock Communications Records. When Then Jerico split in 1990 he became backing vocalist with the The Communards and Jimmy Somerville . Performed with Jimmy Somerville at the London premier of the 1992 film Orlando (film) and at the London premier of the 1991 Pedro Almodovar film High Heels. After the exhaustive and hectic touring schedule of the Jimmy Somerville Greatest Hits world tour in 1991 - 3, he opted out of the music world and returned to his love of painting. Today he is a reclusive artist and photographer, living in London, exhibiting throughout Europe. Recently featured on the Saatchi online website where his work was likened to Graham Sutherland and Ceri Richards. Landscapes inspired by his native Wales are a constant theme in his paintings, his photographs range from the bizarrely occult to flagrant homo-erotocism. His figurative painting remains edgy and current, one of his recent works "Burning The Babies Of Muslim Martyrs" exhibited in Madrid and London in 2000 caused a great deal of controversy for which he is unrepentant, stating "political correctness is a castration device designed by religion and government to make us all grey - I don't like grey". Video appearances include "Rain" - Madonna (entertainer), "Mistletoe And Wine" - Sir Cliff Richard, "Loves In The Neighbourhood" - His Latest Flame, "Good Guys Only Win In The Movies" - C C Catch. His exhibiton of landscape paintings and occult-inspired photographs is on show from September 1 - 30 2009 at Taurus Gallery Bar,Manchester
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  • September 2009
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  • Bari Goddard is an avant garde and controversial Welsh singer/songwriter, artist and photographer. Born in Pontypridd South Wales February 9 1958. Lead singer with Welsh Art Rock band Blaue Reiter, they released a single in 1981 called "Where He Stands" on Orifice Records (catalogue number ROZ1) to critical acclaim from John Peel, marketed by Rough Trade Records in London. The band split in 1982 and Goddard moved to London.
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  • Bari Goddard
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