Tim Bricheno (born Timothy John Bricheno, 6 July 1963,

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, Yorkshire) is an English guitarist, songwriter and

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. He was a member of several notable English

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bands, including

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The Sisters of Mercy The Sisters of Mercy is an English rock band, formed in 1980 in Leeds. After achieving early underground fame there, the band had their commercial breakthrough in the mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasin ...

, XC-NN (originally "CNN" until the band ran into legal problems with America's

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) and Tin Star. He has also played as a tour guest and recorded with The Mission. Bricheno has written music under several pseudonyms for other

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including

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and

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. He currently plays in 'Jok', a band formed with ex XC-NN, and former Tin Star vocalist, David Tomlinson. He moved into media composition during the late 1990s alongside brother Toby Bricheno. Bricheno was listed as a songwriting tutor and course author at Middlesex University Hendon, ICMP (Institute of Contemporary Music) and the Academy of Contemporary Music in

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.Academy of Contemporary Music

References

English rock guitarists 1963 births Living people The Sisters of Mercy members Gothic rock musicians Musicians from Huddersfield All About Eve (band) members {{UK-guitarist-stub