Mathew David Osman (born 9 October 1967) is an English musician and author, best known as the bassist in the rock band

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. Osman and singer Brett Anderson are the only two remaining founding members left in Suede, and perform along with drummer Simon Gilbert, who has also appeared on any Suede albums. Osman is also a writer; he has written two novels and contributed to various publications. He is the brother of presenter and author

Richard Osman Richard Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, and novelist. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show ''Pointless''. He has presented the BBC Two quiz shows ''Two Tribes ( ...

Biography

Osman was born in

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, but was raised mainly in

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. Osman's younger brother is the presenter and author

. In 1986 he gained A-levels in economics, sociology and political studies. He studied at the

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where in 1989, he was awarded a BSc in Politics. Osman met future Suede lead singer Brett Anderson in Haywards Heath, and they played together in early garage bands such as The Pigs and Suave And Elegant. Osman co-wrote some of Suede's songs, including "Lost in TV", "Europe Is Our Playground", "

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" and " Golden Gun". After Suede broke up in 2003, Osman provided music for television programmes, such as ''

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'', '' The Marriage Ref'' and '' You Have Been Watching''. He returned to perform with Suede when the band reformed in 2010. Osman was the London editor of the email magazine '' le cool'' and the editor of its London guidebook, published in summer 2008. His writing has also been published in British magazines and newspapers including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Osman's first novel, ''The Ruins'', was published in February 2020 by Repeater Books and his second, ''The Ghost Theatre,'' was published by

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in 2023. He co-authored the book ''England on Fire'' with Stephen Ellcock.

Discography

With Suede

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'' (1993) *'' Dog Man Star'' (1994) *'' Coming Up'' (1996) *'' Head Music'' (1999) *'' A New Morning'' (2002) *'' Bloodsports'' (2013) *'' Night Thoughts'' (2016) *'' The Blue Hour'' (2018) *''

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'' (2022)

References

External links

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Mat Osman discography
on

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Mat Osman website
1967 births Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics English rock bass guitarists English male bass guitarists Suede (band) members Britpop musicians Alternative rock bass guitarists English male songwriters People from Haywards Heath People from Welwyn Garden City {{UK-bass-guitarist-stub