Antony Genn (born 1971 in
Sheffield
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, England) is a British musician and composer.
Genn got his start as a 16-year-old playing bass for
Pulp for seven months in 1988. He toured with Elastica in 1995-96, playing keyboards. He was one of the original members of
Joe Strummer
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and
the Mescaleros
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,
co-writing, producing, and playing guitar for their first album ''
Rock Art and the X-Ray Style''. He went on to co-write and record on a number of songs with
Robbie Williams
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,
UNKLE
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Josh Homme,
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Ian Brown
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from
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,
Scott "Walker" Engel,
Jarvis Cocker
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,
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,
Lee Hazlewood
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and others. In 2004, Genn, together with Martin Slattery founded
The Hours. The pair previously worked together as part of the Mescaleros. In recent years, Genn has been involved in writing and producing scores for film and television.
References
1971 births
Living people
Musicians from Sheffield
English rock guitarists
English bass guitarists
Pulp (band) members
21st-century British guitarists
The Mescaleros members
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