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Born in Moss Side, Manchester, Adamson was weaned on comic books from an early age. In school he absorbed himself in art, music and film, writing his first song "Brain Pain" at the age of ten. His musical influences were diverse, ranging from Alice Cooper to Motown to David Bowie. Moss Side is an area of Manchester in England. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a hard rock singer and musician. ... Motown Records, Inc. ... David Bowie (born David Robert Hayward-Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English rock singer, musician and actor. ...

Adamson left school and shifted into graphic design but quit shortly after, favouring to venture into the exploding Punk Rock scene of the late '70s, joining the now legendary and influential band Magazine, playing bass guitar. The band had a chart single called "Shot by Both Sides". Saul Basss poster for the film, The Man with the Golden Arm - a highly regarded work of graphic design. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Bass guitars typically have four strings instead of six as found on regular guitars. ...

His discography includes As Above, So Below, Oedipus Schmoedipus, Soul Murder and The King of Nothing Hill.

Moss Side Story, possibly his most famous work, has been described as a "soundtrack for a non existent movie" and with its use of dialogue and sound effects amidst the dramatic background music it represents a "day or night in the life of" as it begins with the re-enaction of a rape.

The style of the music, like his other work, is a long way off punk and closer to the contemporary classical sounds favored by Gavin Bryars and Jocelyn Pook with, in his case, influences from John Barry and Elmer Bernstein. Richard Gavin Bryars (born 1943) is an English composer and double bass player that can be related to experimental music, avant-garde, neoclassicism, and ambient. ... Jocelyn Pook is a viola player from the early 1980s who appeared in the ABC movie Mantrap as one of many string players on the hit album of the time Lexicon Of Love. ... People called John Barry include: John Barry (1745-1803), an officer in the Continental Navy. ... Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer best known for his work writing music for film and television. ...

After the 2002 album 'The King of Nothing Hill', Adamson left the safe-hold of long-term label Mute and started his own "production home", Central Control International. The debut release on Central Control will be Adamson's first post-Mute release 'Stranger on the Sofa', released in May/June 2006.