Adrian Lee
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Adrian Lee (b.9 Sep 1947, London, England) is an English musician, known especially for his keyboard work with several well-known acts of the 1980s.
He was first signed to Phonogram Records in the late 70's as guitarist with a band destined for anonymity, 'Red Hot'. They released one single, 'Lazy Days', which was produced by Mutt Lange.
Lee's first big engagement led him to play guitar and keyboards on Cliff Richard's late 70s tours and his 1979 album Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile.
In 1981, Lee became a member of British goth rock band Toyah co-writing songs including the hit Thunder In The Mountains [1] and stayed with them until 1982.
The same year he released his only solo album so far, called The Magician.
He continued to write for Toyah Wilcox and appeared on her 1985 Album, MINX, for which he and Toyah wrote 'Soldier Of Fortune'. MINX was produced by Christopher Neil who was about to produce a solo album for Genesis' Mike Rutherford. Neil asked Lee to play on the Rutherford album which ended up being the first Mike and the Mechanics release. He was a member of Mike and the Mechanics until 1995.
Lee continued to write, produce and perform with other artists throughout his period with The Mechanics. In 1985, Lee was involved with the production, writing, and keyboards for the 80's synth band Space Monkey and appeared on albums with artists such as Stephen Bishop, Joan Armatrading, Chris De Burgh and 10cc. Lee is credited as co-producer on 10cc's 1995 album, Mirror Mirror.
Lee composed the music for YTTV's 1995 series The Ink Thief [2], a comedy, sci-fi, thriller starring Richard O'Brien (Rocky Horror) which, coincidently, stars Toyah Willcox as a character named 'Dog'.
More recently, Lee has also worked on film scores, such as The Reckoning, Jackie Chan's The Medallion and Training Day. [3][4]
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Yahoo! - Adrian Lee Discography
