Adrian Lee (born 9 September 1957, London, England) is an English musician known for his 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 new wave band Toyah, co-writing songs including the

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, "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

Toyah Willcox Toyah Ann Willcox (born 18 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, actress, and television presenter. In a career spanning more than 40 years, she has had eight top 40 singles, released over 20 albums, written two books, appeared in over 40 ...

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

Christopher Neil Christopher Neil (born 1948) is a British record producer, songwriter, singer, and actor. Neil has produced records for A-ha, Amazulu, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Cher, Dollar, Edyta Górniak, Gerry Rafferty, Jennifer Rush, José Carreras, Le ...

. 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

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on the album ''

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'' (1989), Stephen Bishop,

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and

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. 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

. More recently, Lee has worked on

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

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'' and ''

Training Day ''Training Day'' is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Ayer. It stars Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt, two LAPD narcotics officers followed over a 24-hour period ...

''.

References

External links

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