Simon Laffy (born 11 October 1958) is an
English novelist and
bassist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...
, a member of
Man Raze and former member of
Girl.
Career
Simon Laffy was born at home in
Hoxton,
London. He started playing music at fourteen years old, inspired by his musician brother, Steve. He joined his first band at fifteen and was playing in London clubs (
Dingwalls, The Embassy, Maunkberrys) before being legally old enough to be in them. Simon signed his first record deal with glam rock band
Girl at twenty one years old and toured Europe, the Far East and the UK. Subsequently, he has played at most venues in Britain, including
Wembley Arena,
Hammersmith Odeon, the
Marquee Club and at the
Download,
Reading and
Phoenix Festivals.
His music career included working as a producer, composer, arranger, performer, engineer, programmer, live mixer and DJ. He has played on fifteen albums and eighteen singles, as well as performing on countless studio sessions, TV appearances and radio broadcasts, interviews, photo sessions and approximately two thousand gigs. In 2004, Simon formed a rock band,
Man Raze,
with his former Girl bandmate
Phil Collen from
Def Leppard and
Paul Cook from the
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they were one of the most groundbreaking acts in the history of popular music. They were responsible for ...
and began a dance album project called Pearl Avenue with Joel Parkes, the Canadian singer/songwriter.
Man Raze also formed their own record company, Surrealist Records.
Simon Laffy began a writing career in 2010 and has published three historical fiction novels, titled ''Seed of Satan'', ''Red Sunrise'' and ''Fire of the Sun'',
on the ACM Retro Ltd imprint.
Simon Laffy is the brother of
Gerry Laffy
Gerry Laffy (born 4 January 1960) is a British singer and guitarist who has played in the bands Girl, The London Cowboys, Sheer Greed, John Taylor, and Ultravox among others. Girl are still cited as an influence by many major artists twenty ...
.
References
External links
Simon Laffy's official webpage
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English bass guitarists
English male guitarists
Male bass guitarists
English novelists
English male novelists
1958 births
Living people
Girl (band) members
Man Raze members
Sheer Greed members
People from Hoxton
People from Finchley