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  Drummerworld: Andy Gillmann
Andy Gillmann, born 1963 in Wiesbaden (Germany), was raised in Düsseldorf.
Peter was definitely a very important teacher with a big influence and Andy took lessons from him for almost six years.
In 1987 he started his studies in Arnheim (NL) and, with that, a fantastic and intense time full of music, sessions, extreme practicing, and a lot of musical and personal encounters, that are in part still on-going.
www.drummerworld.com /drummers/Andy_Gillmann.html   (297 words)

  
 oasis fanatic - band - andy bell biography
Bell penned most of the songs for Tarantula, one of which - "Castle on the Hill" - was a lament for the band's situation and contains references to Gardener's self imposed exile from the group.
Bell jumped on the opportunity to join Oasis but was obliged to learn playing bass and the entire Oasis catalogue before his first Oasis gig at the last minute.
Bell is also a member of Oasis' songwriting team, contributing Heathen Chemistry's instrumental "A Quick Peep", Don't Believe the Truth's the snarling "Turn Up The Sun", and the uplifting "Keep the Dream Alive", as well as b-side "Thank You for the Good Times", which appeared on the "Stop Crying Your Heart Out"-single.
www.oasisfanatic.com /band/andy-bell-biography.php   (1346 words)

  
  Campus Circle
Bell extended that legacy, when he kicked off the band’s latest tour by prancing around on stage plastered in fairy dust and festooned with angel wings.
The 43-year-old Bell says his doctors told him it was not related to either HIV or the drugs he uses to combat it.
Bell wants his fans to know he’s feeling fine – and that he feels as good about being open about his HIV as he was about his sexual identity.
www.campuscircle.net /review.cfm?r=1750   (615 words)

  
 AIDS Combat Zone: Andy Bell; Swaziland
As reported here back in December, Andy Bell, lead singer of the band Erasure, announced last month that he is HIV+ and went on to say that the group was considering expanding their upcoming tour to raise money for AIDS research and awareness.
Bell's statements are reminiscent of the original Rolling Stone article, and may serve to reinforce the misperception that "bug chasing" is a common phenomenon.
Bell has pledged to raise HIV awareness; it is my sincere hope that he will use his unique position to relay a message that will save lives by preventing the future spread of this deadly disease.
aidsblog.blogspot.com /2005/01/andy-bell-swaziland.html   (718 words)

  
 Erasure Singer Feeling Fine With HIV
Andy Bell, singer for the rock band, Erasure, sings as Vince Clarke plays guitar in the background, left, at a record store promotion in San Francisco, in a file photo from May 9, 1997.
Bell, lead singer of synth-pop duo Erasure, said he was "feeling fine" six years after being diagnosed with HIV.
Bell, who recently had a double hip replacement, said he remained healthy and was "feeling fine - in fact I have never felt better."
www.comcast.net /data/news/2004/12/16/5691.xml   (224 words)

  
 Erasure Singer Andy Bell Is HIV-Positive   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The lead singer said he was diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDs during a bout with pneumonia.
In a statement, the singer assured his fans that he is feeling fine, in fact, he said, "I have never felt better." Since being diagnosed with HIV, Bell has been taking combination treatment to fight the virus.
Bell told his fans that being HIV-positive doesn't mean you have AIDs, and insisted on moving forward with life and his music.
www.healthtalk.ca /hiv_bell_12152004_7893.php   (174 words)

  
 MTV News | Erasure Singer Andy Bell Says He's HIV-Positive
Erasure's Andy Bell is HIV-positive, the singer announced Tuesday (December 14).
The disclosure is Bell's first step in a larger plan of speaking out and educating young people about HIV and AIDS, his spokesperson said.
Bell has been undergoing drug-combination therapy and said that not only is he feeling fine, he's feeling better than ever.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1494872/20041214/erasure.jhtml?headlines=true   (305 words)

  
 Reminiscin' - Gigs - Erasure - Shepherds Bush Empire
Singer, Andy Bell cavorts onstage with a blasé salmon-sequined hoody and tie-dyed jeans.
In capturing the moment a drenched Andy showered in sweat, kneels down, as he chants the lyrics, 'Always the one…..the chance is taken'.
Andy Bell's vitality was another contributing factor to the duo's performance, as he pranced onstage 'snake hips' and all, he truly enthused passion reciprocated by the crowd.
www.reminiscin.co.uk /glitter/gigs/2006/erasure/erasure.htm   (412 words)

  
 Erasure's Edge: Still Sharp
Specifically singer Andy Bell toning down his act, since the synth-pop band's only other member is keyboardist and occasional guitarist Vince Clarke, who tends to be stock-still, deadpan and taciturn.
Bell, now 42, had come out at 16, which was a fairly brave thing to do in the '70s.
What Bell is referring to is the double hip replacement he underwent last year to replace hips that had been weakened by drugs while Bell battled pneumonia in 1998.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/28/AR2005042800736_pf.html   (1342 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Entertainment: Erasure singer Bell reveals HIV condition
Erasure singer Andy Bell has revealed that he is HIV positive, and has been battling the disease for the past six years.
The singer issued a statement on the Erasure website detailing his condition, after revealing that he was HIV positive to a Finnish newspaper.
Erasure, Bell and Vince Clarke, are due to release a new album 'Nightbird' in January 2005, with a European tour to follow.
www.rte.ie /arts/2004/1216/erasure.html   (205 words)

  
 Drummerworld: Andy Newmark
According to Newmark, he ran up to Stone's house between performances and was promptly escorted into the singer's darkened bedroom.
Jazz legend Miles Davis was so overwhelmed by one of the album's tracks that he called his band to a rehearsal and made them listen to it repeatedly for a half hour straight.
Andy also played on Roxy Music's 1982 tour and Bryan Ferry's 1988 tour, this can be seen on the High Road and New Town videos.
www.drummerworld.com /drummers/Andy_Newmark.html   (356 words)

  
 Andy Bell - Music on FoxyTunes Planet
Andy Bell (born 25 April 1964 in Peterborough) is the lead singer of the British Synth Pop duo Erasure.
Bell, originally working in a meat packing plant in the UK, responded to an newspaper advert that was looking for a singer.
Bell, the forty-first auditionee responding to the ad, was picked by Vince Clarke and formed the group Erasure.
www.foxytunes.com /artist/andy_bell   (211 words)

  
 Autism Speaks, Leadership
Prior to his role at Autism Speaks, Bell was president and CEO of Cure Autism Now, which merged with Autism Speaks in February 2007.
Prior to joining NAAR, Andy had served as an industry consultant and was a member of the faculty at Yeshiva University and New York University Medical Center.
Andy is a resident of Manhattan, where he lives with his wife and daughter.
www.autismspeaks.org /leadership.php   (3172 words)

  
 glbtq >> arts >> Bell, Andy
Flamboyant, openly gay Andy Bell and staid, straight Vince Clarke have been called one of the oddest couples in music, but the chemistry works for them, and they have had a long and successful career as the synth-pop band Erasure.
Andy Bell, born April 25, 1964 in Peterborough, England, moved to London at the age of nineteen.
Bell, the forty-first singer auditioned, was Clarke's choice, and Erasure was founded in 1985.
www.glbtq.com /arts/bell_a.html   (767 words)

  
 Andy Bell - Biography - AOL Music
The soaring falsetto of Andy Bell combined with the infectious electronic melodies of Vince Clarke to position Erasure among the most commercially successful techno-pop acts of their era.
Bell's powerful rendition of "Who Needs Love Like That?" so impressed Clarke that Erasure was formed on the spot, and months later the same song became the duo's debut single.
One of the first openly gay stars in pop, Bell's gender-bending flamboyance and high-pitched vocals proved the perfect complement to Clarke's moody persona and buoyant popcraft.
music.aol.com /artist/andy-bell/147899/biography   (246 words)

  
 Andy Bell—Bassist
Andy Bell (born Andrew Alan Bell, 25 April 1964 in Peterborough, England) is the lead singer of the English Synthpop duo Erasure.
DW-WORLD caught up with Andy Bell and Gem Archer from Oasis before the British rock band's Düsseldorf show on their current world tour to find out what life is like on the road with the Gallagher brothers.
Andy Bell has been confirmed to appear live at the Rainbow Attitude Salon in Paris at 4.45pm, Saturday 22nd October where he will perform songs from his stunning solo album 'Electric Blue'.
kyluka.com /briefing/Andy_Bell_Bassist   (386 words)

  
 Fashion Monitor Toronto - Guide to Toronto Fashion, Style and Nightlife - Erasure singer Andy Bell Announced He Has ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Andy is not about to let his condition slow him down, as Erasure are putting out a new album, Nightbird, on January 25 with an ambitious tour to support it.
The statement is Bell's first step in his plan of speaking out and educating young people about HIV and AIDS, his spokesperson said mentioning that the singer knew about his condition since 1998, when it was diagnosed during an attack with pneumonia.
Bell has been undergoing drug-combination therapy and said that not only is he feeling fine, he is feeling better than ever.
toronto.fashion-monitor.com /news.php/toronto_music/2004121601erasure   (406 words)

  
 MTV.com - think - Erasure's Andy Bell: Living Well With HIV
Erasure's Andy Bell was one of the first pop stars to come out as being gay.
And now the singer, perhaps best known as the voice behind the band's 1988 hit "Chains of Love," has become one of the first pop stars to come out as being HIV positive.
Bell has known his status since June 1998, when he came down with a case of pneumonia, and was quite happy keeping the news to himself.
www.mtv.com /thinkmtv/sexual_health/andy_bell_hiv_052305   (1213 words)

  
 Andy Waterman's Cloudbursts
Andy Waterman Productions is proudly starting our fifth year as recording producer for John Jacobson's Music Express Magazine published by Hal Leonard.
Andy's core recording strategy is that music sounds best when the musicians performing it are in love with the process.
Singers are charming, dramatic and not surprisingly...very verbal.
andywaterman.typepad.com /blog   (1855 words)

  
 NME.COM - News - COVER BOY BELL   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Erasure singer ANDY BELL has revealed his plans to mark his 40th birthday - by recording a covers album.
Bell - who along with Vince Clarke releases a new album 'Loveboat' through Mute on 23 October - told nme.com: "I've mentioned to Vince that I'd quite like to do a solo thing and maybe do it on my 40th birthday, so that's four more years.
Bell added: "Vince doesn't want to tour, he's adamant about not touring, and as a compromise he was going to tour live from his house via the Internet.
www.nme.com /news/erasure/4403   (239 words)

  
 MySpace.com Blogs - Andy Bell MySpace Blog
Andy Bell will be ’spinning the decks’ at ’Bar Blah’ (East Sussex) on Saturday 26th April.
Erasure singer Andy Bell will join the True Colors Tour as Special Guest for a handful of solo performances this summer.
Andy Bell will be guest DJ at 'Spring Street' - one of Maine's "Hottest Nightspots" on Friday 3rd November.
blog.myspace.com /andy_bell   (281 words)

  
 Sky Showbiz - Erasure Singer Is HIV+
Erasure singer Andy Bell has revealed he is HIV positive.
Bell has been with his partner Paul Hickey for 20 years.
Bell made the revelation ahead of a book Hickey is writing about him which will be published next year.
showbiz.sky.com /showbiz/article/0,,50000-1164099,00.html   (216 words)

  
 Erasure continues to leave its mark - The Boston Globe
Nor does Bell like to dwell on any physical problems, though he has had his share.
Now 41, Bell has been winning raves on tour for his return to his flamboyant form.
Bell lives overseas, but Clarke now lives in Portland, Maine, where his wife is expecting a baby soon.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2005/06/03/erasure_continues_to_leave_its_mark   (820 words)

  
 Andy Bell • News
Beginning 21st June, Erasure singer Andy Bell will join the True Colors Tour as a special guest for a handful of solo performances this summer.
Andy Bell, who co-headlined the tour last year with Erasure, will take some time off from recording a new solo album in London for these shows.
Join Erasure's Andy Bell on Friday 4th April for the world premiere screening of Erasure's Royal Albert Hall Concert at the 22nd BFI London LandG Film Festival.
www.andybell.com /news/index.html   (512 words)

  
 FLUX   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Furthermore, Erasure had the flamboyantly eccentric Andy Bell -- one of the first openly gay performers in pop music -- as their focal point.
Bell's keening, high voice and exaggerated sense of theatrically became the band's defining image.
Before the release of 2005's "return to form" album Nightbird, Bell revealed he was HIV positive and had been since June of 1998.
www.flux.com /artistDetails.jhtml?artistID=9029   (596 words)

  
 Interview, Andy Bell of Erasure - MSN Entertainment News
Clarke and Bell are currently on an intimate club tour to support the record; live sets include nine songs from "Union Street," as well as a rockabilly version of "Victim of Love," a bossa nova arrangement of "Love to Hate You," a ballad-ized "Oh, l'Amour" and "Ship of Fools" re-imagined as a Celtic hymn.
Bell spoke to MSN by phone to discuss the album and the tour.
Andy Bell: We did some acoustic radio sessions when we were in the U.S. promoting [2003 release] "Other People's Songs" when we were on tour in America, and they went down really well.
entertainment.msn.com /news/article.aspx?news=261803   (1170 words)

  
 NewBeats.com: Andy Bell
Andy Bell's first solo album thankfully does not rehash the singer's work in Erasure but rather furthers his love for club and electronic music.
Some of the other tunes break up the dominant dance sound like the retro-sounding "Shaking My Soul" and the lovely album-closing ballad "The Rest of Our Lives." Bell is still electropop's flamboyant leading diva with his amazing vocal range that meshes with his heartfelt, kitchen sink drama lyrics.
Use of any of the material from and reference to the magazine and website is strictly prohibited without expressed written permission from the publisher.
www.newbeats.com /andybell.html   (192 words)

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