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Hugo Burnham was born on 25 March 1956. He is the drummer for the English rock group Gang of Four. After leaving the band in 1983, he worked as a session drummer with ABC, PiL and Samantha Fox, before joining his former bandmate Dave Allen with Shriekback, serving as that band's manager from 1985 until 1988, when he moved from London to the United States. He subsequently worked as an A&R executive with Island Records in New York, Imago Records in New York and Los Angeles, Qwest Records in Los Angeles, and finally EMI Music Publishing in Los Angeles. He returned to artist management with Deathray (featuring former members of rock group Cake, Victor Damiani and Greg Brown), then left Los Angeles for Gloucester, Massachusetts, adding Little Red Rocket (see Azure Ray), and Boston rock group C60, whose album he produced with engineer Matthew Ellard to the Huge & Jolly Management roster. He continues to drum with Gang of Four, whilst teaching at New England Institute of Art in Boston.
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