Adrian Lee (born 9 September 1957, London, England) is an

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musician, known especially for his

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work with several well-known acts of the 1980s.

Career

Lee was first signed to

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in the late 1970s as guitarist with the band, Red Hot. They released one single, "L-L-Lazy Days" (1976), which was produced by

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. Lee's first big engagement led him to play guitar and keyboards on

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's late 1970s

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, and his 1979 album, '' Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile''. In 1980, Lee became a member of the British

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band, Toyah, co-writing songs including the hit single, "Thunder in the Mountains", and he stayed with them until 1982. The same year he released his only solo album, called ''The Magician''. He continued to write for

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, and appeared on her 1985 album, '' Minx'', for which he and Wilcox wrote "Soldier of Fortune, Terrorist of Love". ''Minx'' was produced by

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. Neil asked Lee to play on the first Mike + The Mechanics album. Lee was a member of Mike + The Mechanics until 1995. Lee continued to write, produce and perform with other artists throughout his period with The Mechanics. In 1985, Lee was involved with the production, writing, and keyboards for Space Monkey, and he recorded on albums with artists such as Silent Running on the album '' Deep'' (1989), Stephen Bishop,

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, Chris de Burgh and 10cc. Lee is credited as co-producer on 10cc's 1995 album, '' Mirror Mirror''. Lee composed the music for

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's 1994 series '' The Ink Thief'', a comedy, science fiction, thriller starring

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and Toyah Wilcox. More recently, Lee has also worked on

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s, such as '' The Reckoning'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

References

External links

Yahoo! – Adrian Lee Discography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Adrian 1957 births Living people English pop guitarists English male guitarists English rock guitarists Place of birth missing (living people) English record producers English songwriters English composers Musicians from London Mike + The Mechanics members Toyah (band) members English rock keyboardists English expatriates in the United States