Tony Wright (born 6 May 1968) is a British musician who is the lead singer of the British band

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and also the band Laika Dog.

Early life

Wright was born in Bradford to David Wright who was the owner of a Gallery in

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

that showcased local artists. Originally wanting to become a Designer, Wright was convinced to take a

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at a local printing firm. He met the other founding members of

whilst working as a glass collector and barman in a local pub and the band began their music career as The Spoilt Bratz.

Solo career

In March 2014, Wright announced a solo acoustic project. In September 2014 he released his debut solo album ''Thoughts 'N' All''. The album was met with a positive review on PureRawk.com which called it "Down to Earth, unpretentious and easy to get on with". In August 2016, he released ''Walnut Dash''.

Other projects

Wright is the owner of Oldfield Press, and has produced a range of letterpress and woodcut printed cards that he sells online, at his coffeeshop / print studio / venue (Bloomfield Square) in

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, Yorkshire and via a number of pop-up shops in the

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...

area. Following his career in Terrorvision, Wright also pursued a career in building miniature

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walls which he sold in galleries around Yorkshire. During his time with

Tony Wright was a popular and frequent guest on the

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TV programme ''

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'', and also presented ''

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''.

References

1968 births Living people English rock singers Musicians from Bradford {{UK-singer-stub