Ted Key (born Anthony Matthew Key, 1 July 1960, Hull,

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...

, England) was the original bassist in

The Housemartins The Housemartins were an English indie rock group formed in Hull who were active in the 1980s and charted three top-ten albums and six top-twenty singles in the UK. Many of their lyrics conveyed a mixture of socialist politics and Christianit ...

. He was replaced in 1985 by

Norman Cook Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist ...

.Talktalk.co.uk - accessed January 2010
/ref> Key originally played with a local band called The Gargoyles and continues to be involved in the Hull music scene and is the frontman of Ted Key and the Kingstons. Key taught mathematics at

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. He is married to a

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producer Katy Noone and has two sons.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Key, Ted 1960 births Living people The Housemartins members English rock bass guitarists Male bass guitarists English male songwriters English male guitarists Musicians from Kingston upon Hull