Mike Barson
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Michael Wilson Barson (born May 21, 1958 in North London, England), sometimes nicknamed Monsieur Barso, is an English musician, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of the second wave ska band Madness.
Classically trained pianist Barson co-founded a band called The Invaders in 1976. [1] Soon, they changed their name to Madness after the song by Prince Buster [2] and became one of the most popular bands in Two Tone. In 1984 after the recording of Keep Moving album Barson, who was the main songwriter, left the band. Two years later, Madness disbanded. They reunited in original lineup in 1992 [1] and he still plays with them. In 1995 co-wrote and produced a number of songs for Suggs' first solo album 'The Lone Ranger'. When No Doubt were recording songs for their fifth studio album Rock Steady, Mike was asked to play piano on the London version of the song "Everything in time". Mike obliged and the track was produced by Madness producers' Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley. Unfortunately, the track never made it on to the album but was released a year later in 2003 on the compilation album 'B-sides, remixes and rarities'. He is currently recording with Madness on their ninth studio album.
[edit] References
- ^ a b BBC Top of the Pops 2 Top 5, accessed 12 August 2006 [1]
- ^ BBC Top of the Pops 2 Muze Biography, accessed 12 August 2006 [2]
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| Madness |
| Suggs | Mike Barson | Lee Thompson | Chris Foreman | Mark Bedford | Daniel Woodgate | Chas Smash |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: One Step Beyond... | Absolutely | 7 | The Rise & Fall | Keep Moving | Mad Not Mad | The Madness | Wonderful | The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 Live and compilation albums: Complete Madness | Madness | Utter Madness | It's... Madness | It's... Madness Too | Divine Madness | Madstock! | The Business | Total Madness | Universal Madness |
