Christopher John Payne is a British musician.
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He is known as a member of ]Gary Numan
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two albums with the band, he released his d ...
's backing-band[ and the co-writer of Visage's 1981 ]synthpop
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hit single " Fade to Grey".[ Payne plays ]keyboards
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and viola
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and also a number of medieval
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instruments. He formed the band Dramatis with other members of Numan's backing-band in the early 1980s.[ Payne has composed music for ]television
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and film
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s and formed the band Celtic Legend. He has composed, scored, recorded and conducted his orchestral and choral works in London
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and Prague
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Collaborations
*Tubeway Army
Tubeway Army were a London-based new wave band led by lead singer Gary Numan. Formed at the height of punk rock in 1977 the band gradually changed to an electronic sound. They were the first band of the electronic era to have a synthesiser-b ...
, Gary Numan
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two albums with the band, he released his d ...
(keyboards and viola 1979–1989)
* Visage (played synthesizer/co-writer of " Fade to Grey")
* Dramatis (band member 1981–1982) (2013–present)
* Dead or Alive (musical director, 1985 tour)[
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References
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English keyboardists
English violinists
English new wave musicians
British male violinists
1957 births
Living people
English songwriters
English male composers
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century violinists
21st-century British male musicians
British male songwriters