Graham Lewis (born Edward Graham Lewis, 22 February 1953) is an English musician. He is best known as a bassist, songwriter, and vocalist with
punk rock
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/
post-punk
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band
Wire
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,
of which he has been a core member since founding in 1976.
Biography
On Wire's first studio album Graham Lewis was credited as ''Lewis''; he continued to be known by this abbreviation; however some subsequent record credits give his full name.
Graham studied textiles at Middlesex Polytechnic in London in the early seventies. He later switched to fashion but formed the band before he was able to have a substantial career in this world. The time at art school was very influential on his later music as he was able to go and see a range of bands (usually pub bands) including
Kilburn and the High Roads,
Ramones
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,
Dr. Feelgood etc.
He worked on other music projects, such as
Dome
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(with fellow Wire member
B.C. Gilbert),
Duet Emmo (a portmanteau of "Dome" combined with Daniel Miller, founder of "Mute" records) P'o, Kluba Cupol, Ocsid (with
Jean-Louis Huhta
Jean-Louis Patrik Huhta (born 30 April 1965) is a Swedish musician. He has played in various bands going back through the mid 1980s, ranging from Punk rock, punk and art music to grindcore and funk.
Career
Huhta began his musical career in the ...
), Where Everything Falls Out (with Kenneth Cosimo and
Anna Livia Löwendahl-Atomic), He Said Omala, and Halo. His
solo
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projects have been
He Said and Hox.
Lewis also formed the band UUUU with Wire member
Matthew Simms, Drummer
Valentina Magaletti and
Thighpaulsandra, releasing the album ''s/t'' in 2017.
With Matthew Simms,
Mike Watt (
Minutemen
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) and Bob Lee (
The Black Gang), Lewis formed
FITTED and released their first album ''First Fits'' in November 2019.
Lewis lives in
Uppsala
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Loc ...
, Sweden.
References
External links
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1953 births
English bass guitarists
English male guitarists
British male bass guitarists
Living people
People from Grantham
Wire (band) members
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