MJ Hibbett
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Mark John ("MJ") Hibbett (born June 19, 1970) is an English guitarist singer-songwriter, often compared to Billy Bragg. [1] [2]
With his band The Validators, Hibbett came to widespread online notice in 2000 with Hey Hey 16K, an ode to the ZX Spectrum and other home microcomputers of the 1980s. The song gained larger acclaim when an animated music video for the track, created by cult web animator Rob Manuel, was released in 2004.[3]
In 2004 he gained national exposure in the United Kingdom on BBC Radio 1 by regularly singing The Fair Play Trophy (again), a song whose lyrics were updated for each rendition to reflect the then-ongoing events of the European Football Championship.
His songs have been published on his own record label, Artists Against Success.
Hibbett lives and works in London, where he is employed as a database administrator. He holds a degree from Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University).
[edit] External links
- MJ Hibbett homepage and blog
- MJ Hibbett on MySpace
- MJ Hibbett discography
- MJ Hibbett at MusicBrainz.org
[edit] References
- ^ Web Watch, Dave Green, The Guardian, 21 August 2003.
- ^ The Fuzztival: Oh, what a night!, Alex Hodgson, BBC South Yorkshire, 15 November 2003.
- ^ Hey Hey 16K song, video and history.
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