Lloyd Cole with his old band during a reunion concert in London, October 2004

Lloyd Cole (born January 31, 1961) is an English singer and songwriter, known for his role as lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989 and for his subsequent solo work. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 188 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Lloyd Cole Lloyd Cole and the Commotions ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 188 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Lloyd Cole Lloyd Cole and the Commotions ... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Lloyd Cole and the Commotions (October 2004) Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were a popular British pop music act of the mid-1980s, based in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

Biography

He was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He grew up in nearby Chapel en le Frith and went to New Mills Grammar School. After failing in law at University College London, he later attended (but did not graduate from) the University of Glasgow, where he studied philosophy and English and met the other members of The Commotions. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Chapel-en-le-Frith is a small Derbyshire town on the edge of the Peak District, part of the Pennine Range, near the border of Cheshire, in northern England. ... A grammar school is a school that may, depending on regional usage as exemplified below, provide either secondary education or, a much less common usage, primary education (also known as elementary). Grammar schools trace their origins back to medieval Europe, as schools in which university preparatory subjects, such as Latin... Affiliations University of London Russell Group LERU EUA ACU Golden Triangle G5 Website http://www. ... Master of Theology (MTh) Dentistry Nursing Affiliations Russell Group, Universitas 21 Website http://www. ...

Their 1984 debut, Rattlesnakes, contained literary and pop culture references to such figures as Norman Mailer, Grace Kelly, Eva Marie Saint, Truman Capote and Joan Didion. The group produced two more albums, Easy Pieces and Mainstream, before disbanding in 1989, when Cole relocated to New York to record with various artists, including Fred Maher, Robert Quine and Matthew Sweet. Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. ... Grace, Princess of Monaco née Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress who, upon marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1956, became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, but was generally known as Princess... Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Truman Capote (pronounced ) (30 September 1924 – 25 August 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffanys (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a non-fiction novel. ... Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American writer, known as a journalist, essayist, and novelist. ... NY redirects here. ... American musician and record producer. ... Robert Quine (December 30, 1942 - May 31, 2004), a native of Akron, Ohio, was a guitarist known for his innovative guitar solos. ... Sidney Matthew Sweet (born c. ...

This solo setting produced two acclaimed albums, Lloyd Cole in 1990 and 1991's Don't Get Weird on Me Babe. The latter was recorded in two parts: one side continued the New York rock mastered on his first solo album, while the other side featured a session orchestra, much in the style of Burt Bacharach or Scott Walker. Although some reviewers have claimed Don't Get Weird on Me Babe (the title being a quote from the American neo-realist writer Raymond Carver) to be a creative peak, it produced significantly fewer record sales. While he remained with Polydor as his record label, the US distribution contract with Capitol Records ended. (US rights were immediately picked up by Rykodisc.) This biographical article needs additional references for verification. ... Scott Walker is the stage name of the American singer-songwriter Noel Scott Engel (born 9 January 1943 in Hamilton, Ohio). ... Neorealism is a cultural movement in cinema that, following the realism in literature, brings elements of true life in the stories it describes, in contrast with a tendency to depict a world mainly existing in imagination only. ... Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr. ... Polydor Records is a record label once headquartered in Germany. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... Rykodisc Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ...

Cole continued redefining his sound with Bad Vibes (1993), a collaboration with producer/remixer Adam Peters using a harder, grunge- and psychedelia-inspired sound. Love Story (1995) established stripped-down, largely acoustic sound landscapes with the help of Stephen Street (famous for his work with Blur and The Smiths) and former Commotions Neil Clark and Blair Cowan; the album produced a minor hit with the song "Like Lovers Do". Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Psychedelia is a term describing a category of music, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ... Stephen Street is a music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s and Blur in the 1990s. ... Blur are an English rock band formed in Colchester in 1989. ... The Smiths were an English rock group active from 1982 to 1987. ... Blair Cowan is a Scottish Musician, formerly a member of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. ...

Following a massive purge of the artist roster that came with Universal Music's takeover of Polygram, he was dropped from the label with at least two full-length recordings locked in its vaults (later released in 2002 by One Little Indian). Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest major label in the record industry, with a 23% market share. ... PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. ... One Little Indian Records is a record label set up by Derek Birkett (former bass player of Flux Of Pink Indians) and Sue Birkett in 1985, along with Tim Kelly (formar guitar player of Flux Of Pink Indians). ...

In 2000, after years without a contract, Cole recorded a disc with the New York band Lloyd Cole and The Negatives, featuring Jill Sobule and Dave Derby of the Dambuilders. NY redirects here. ... Jill Sobule and Lloyd Cole during a concert in Seattle Jill Sobule (born January 16, 1961 in Denver, Colorado) is an American singer-songwriter best known for the controversial 1995 song I Kissed a Girl, and for Supermodel from the soundtrack of the hit 1995 film Clueless. ... The Dambuilders in 1997 Photo:Michael Miller The Dambuilders were one of the more innovative bands in the early 1990s Boston rock scene. ...

He has since released solo albums on smaller independent labels. Sanctuary Records, the company responsible for the revival of Morrissey, released Music in a Foreign Language (2003) in the UK. Recorded largely by Cole himself (including tracks recorded directly into a Mac), the songs had a stark, folk-inspired singer-songwriter style. One Little Indian, home of Björk, released Music in a Foreign Language in the U.S.; they also collected a number of outtakes (recorded from 1996 to 2000) on 2002's Etc. and released an instrumental ambient electronica album, Plastic Wood, the same year. An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Steven Patrick Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) is an English singer and songwriter from Davyhulme, near Manchester. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... For other uses, see Björk (disambiguation). ... An outtake can be a take or scene, as of a movie, or a television program, that is filmed but not used in the final cut, usually for pacing reasons. ... Ambient music is a musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, modern classical music, traditional, world, and noise. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Electronic music. ...

Cole is constantly on tour, playing intimate club venues in a one-man acoustic setting. However, in 2004, to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of Rattlesnakes, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions reformed to perform a one-off, sell-out tour in the U.K. and Ireland. A music venue is any location of a musical performance. ... UK redirects here. ...

In 2006, Cole released another solo album, Antidepressant, which featured Dave Derby as well as the guitar of former Commotion Neil Clark on some tracks. [1]

Cole currently lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. He plays Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Inverness-shire, in August 2007   The Town of Easthampton is a city[1] in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. ...

Covers

Cole is clearly a fan of Marc Bolan and T. Rex; he has recorded and performed a number of Bolan's songs: "Children of the Revolution", "The Slider", "Mystic Lady", and "Romany Soup". Cole has also covered "I'm Not Willing" by Moby Grape, "Being Boring" by Pet Shop Boys, "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "Chelsea Hotel" by Leonard Cohen, "People Ain't No Good" by Nick Cave, "Vicious" by Lou Reed, "I Don't Believe You", "She Belongs to Me", "You're a Big Girl Now", "I Threw it All Away" and "Most of the Time" by Bob Dylan, "Why Don't We Do It In The Road" by the Beatles, "Human" by Human League, "Believe" by Cher (done as a lark), "Glory" by Television, and "Pocket Calculator" by Kraftwerk. His versions sometimes differ drastically in arrangement to the originals. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Moby Grape was an American roots rock and psychedelic rock group of the 1960s that was known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements of jazz, country, and blues together with rock. ... Pet Shop Boys are an English synthpop/pop music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant who provides main vocals, keyboards and very occasionally guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2005. ... Lewis Allan Lou Reed[1] (born March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... The Human League are an English synthpop band formed in 1977, who, after several changes in line up, achieved great popularity in the 1980s and a limited comeback in the mid-1990s. ... Cheryl Sarkisian LaPierre (better known as Cher) (born on May 20, 1946)[1] is an American actress, singer, songwriter, author and entertainer. ... Kraftwerk (pronounced [], German for power station) is a German musical group from Düsseldorf that has made key contributions to the development of improvisational rock and electronic music, most notably within the latter categorys sub-genres which later became known as synthpop, electro, techno, house and IDM. Early musical...

Cole's "Rattlesnakes" has been covered by Tori Amos, while Sandie Shaw has recorded a version of "(Are You) Ready to Be Heartbroken?"[2] This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Sandie Shaw, born Sandra Ann Goodrich on February 26, 1947 at Dagenham, United Kingdom, was one of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s. ... Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken is a song by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions later covered by Sandie Shaw in 1986. ...

In 2006, Scottish band Camera Obscura released the song "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" as an answer song to Cole's 1984 hit "(Are You) Ready to Be Heartbroken?" Camera Obscura is an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 1996 by Tracyanne Campbell, John Henderson, and Gavin Dunbar. ... This is an incomplete list. ...

Golf

An avid golfer, Cole is known for playing concerts in towns suspiciously close to famous golf courses. He shares a passion for this sport with Alice Cooper, who is said to introduce the song "Only Women Bleed" by claiming "not even Lloyd Cole has written a song about menstruation" when playing live. Cole has even starred in a commercial for a local golf supply store located near his home. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ...

Cole is known to introduce his song "Impossible Girl" with this story, noting the song disproves Cooper's claim with its opening line: “Bloody Monday afternoon, you want to blame it on the moon.”[3]

Cole's 5.3 hcp got him a respectable tied 11th place on Golf Digest's top 100 list of musicians (tied with the aforementioned Cooper and Dan Tyminski). Dan Tyminski is a bluegrass composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist. ...

Discography

Albums

• Rattlesnakes (1984) - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, UK #13
• Easy Pieces (1985) - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, UK #5
• Mainstream (1987) - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, UK #9
• 1984-1989 (1989) - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, UK #14
• Lloyd Cole (1990) - Lloyd Cole, UK #11
• Don't Get Weird on Me Babe (1991) - Lloyd Cole, UK #21
• Bad Vibes (1993) - Lloyd Cole, UK #38
• Love Story (1995) - Lloyd Cole, UK #27
• Collection (1998) - Lloyd Cole, UK #24
• Negatives (2000) - Lloyd Cole and The Negatives
• Plastic Wood (2001) - Lloyd Cole
• Etc. (2001) - Lloyd Cole
• 2001 - Collected Recordings by Lloyd Cole (2001) - Lloyd Cole
• Music in a Foreign Language (2003) - Lloyd Cole, UK #114
• Lloyd Cole. The Commotions. The Singles (2004) - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
• Rattlesnakes - Deluxe Edition (2004) - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
• Antidepressant (2006) - Lloyd Cole, UK #156

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions (October 2004) Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were a popular British pop music act of the mid-1980s, based in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

Singles

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