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Terry Edwards
British musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Terry Edwards (born 10 August 1960)[1] is an English musician who plays trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophones, guitar and keyboards.
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Edwards gained a degree in music from the University of East Anglia in 1982,[2] where he was also a founding member of The Higsons. He produced and played on the debut album by Yeah Jazz called Six Lane Ends. He has subsequently[when?] performed and released records both as a solo artist and with his band The Scapegoats. He has played as a session musician and as a collaborator with Derek Raymond (on the Dora Suarez album),[3] Madness, Mark Bedford, Tindersticks, Spiritualized, Siouxsie, The Creatures, Nick Cave, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Department S, Lydia Lunch, Faust, Snuff, Tom Waits, Jack, The Blockheads,[4] Hot Chip,[5] and Robyn Hitchcock.
Edwards joined Gallon Drunk in 1993, staying with the band through the recording of three albums.[6] Also in 1993 he made a guest live appearance with PJ Harvey, later in 1997, he was a guest studio musician for the band.
He collaborated with Lydia Lunch and other members of Gallon Drunk in Big Sexy Noise, and performed live with Lunch outside the band.[7][8] More recently he has performed with the David Bowie supergroup, Holy Holy.[when?]
Since around 2015, Edwards has performed with PJ Harvey and appeared on the group's 2016 album The Hope Six Demolition Project.[9][10]
He is also a member of The Near Jazz Experience with Madness bassist Mark Bedford & former Higsons drummer Simon Charterton.[11]
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Solo discography
Albums
- New York New York (1985), Izuma – as New York New York
- Dora Suarez (1993), Clawfist – with Derek Raymond and James Johnston
- I Didn't Get Where I Am Today (1997), Wiiija – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
- My Wife Doesn't Understand Me (1997), Artlos/Stim – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
- Yesterday's Zeitgeist : Terry Edwards in Concert (1999), Sartorial
- Terry Edwards Presents No Fish Is Too Weird For Her Aquarium Vol. II (2000), Sartorial
- 681 at the Southbank + Plays, Salutes & Executes (2002), Sartorial
- Memory and Madness (2003), Sartorial/Widowspeak – with Lydia Lunch
- Terry Edwards (2005), Sartorial
- Compilations
- Plays Salutes And Executes (1993), Stim
- Terry Edwards' Large Door (18 Tracks From The Golden Age Of Vinyl) (1998), Damaged Goods
- Terry Edwards Presents... Queer Street – No Fish Is Too Weird For Her Aquarium Vol. III (2003), Sartorial
EPs
- Terry Edwards Plays The Music of Jim & William Reid (1991), Stim
- Terry Edwards Salutes The Magic of the Fall (1991), Stim
- Terry Edwards Executes Miles Davis Numbers (1992), Stim
- Boots Off!!, Wiija – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
Singles
- "Roger Wilson Said" (1983), Urchin – as New York New York
- "I Wanna Be Like You" (1985), Beach Culture – as New York New York
- "Well You Needn't" (1994), Rough Trade
- "Head Up High" (1998), Flighted Miskick – Scousemartins fet. Terry Edwards
- "Girls & Boys" (1995), Damaged Goods – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
- "Ice Cream for Crow" (1998), Damaged Goods – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
- "Cat People/Gasoline" (2007), Sartorial – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats, split with Department S
- "Three Blind Mice" (2008), The Orchestra Pit – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
- "Boots Off !!!" (2009), Sartorial – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats, split with Cure-Ator
- "I'll Go Crazy" (2010), Sartorial
- "Let's Surf"/"Old Man's Hands" (2011), Sartorial – Terry Edwards and The Dash/Terry Edwards and Darren Hayman
- "You Won't See Me" (2011), Sartorial – split with Robyn Hitchcock
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