Simon Laffy (born 11 October 1958) is an

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and bassist, a member of

Man Raze Man Raze are an English three-piece alternative rock band originally from Finchley, London, England formed in 2004, featuring Phil Collen, Simon Laffy and Paul Cook. History Phil Collen made fans aware of the band for the first time during a ...

and former member of

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Career

Simon Laffy was born at home in

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. He started playing music at fourteen years old, inspired by his musician brother, Steve. He joined his first band at fifteen and was playing in London clubs (

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, The Embassy, Maunkberrys) before being legally old enough to be in them. Simon signed his first record deal with glam rock band

at twenty one years old and toured Europe, the Far East and the UK. Subsequently, he has played at most venues in Britain, including

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, the

Marquee Club The Marquee Club was a music venue first located at 165 Oxford Street in London, when it opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts. Its most famous period was from 1964 to 1988 at 90 Wardour Street in Soho, and it finally closed wh ...

and at the

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and

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Festivals. His music career included working as a producer, composer, arranger, performer, engineer, programmer, live mixer and DJ. He has played on fifteen albums and eighteen singles, as well as performing on countless studio sessions, TV appearances and radio broadcasts, interviews, photo sessions and approximately two thousand gigs. In 2004, Simon formed a rock band,

, with his former Girl bandmate

Phil Collen Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard, joining the band in 1982 during the recording of the ''Pyromania'' album. Prior to joining Def Leppa ...

from

Def Leppard Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals), ...

and

Paul Cook Paul Thomas Cook (born 20 July 1956) is an English drummer and member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He was also called "Cookie" by his friends on the punk music scene. Early life and career Cook was raised in Hammersmith and atte ...

from the Sex Pistols and began a dance album project called Pearl Avenue with Joel Parkes, the Canadian singer/songwriter.

also formed their own record company, Surrealist Records. Simon Laffy began a writing career in 2010 and has published three historical fiction novels, titled ''Seed of Satan'', ''Red Sunrise'' and ''Fire of the Sun'', on the ACM Retro Ltd imprint. Simon Laffy is the brother of Gerry Laffy.

References

External links

Simon Laffy's official webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laffy, Simon English bass guitarists English male guitarists Male bass guitarists English novelists English male novelists 1958 births Living people Girl (band) members Man Raze members Sheer Greed members People from Hoxton People from Finchley