Artist
He was born in Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK, as Dennis Leigh, 26 September 1948. His father was a coal miner and pugilist, his mother a millworker. During his youth he was a mod and a hippie, and at the same time he was also interested in album covers, Pink Floyd experimentalism, futurism and surrealism. His first band was called Woolly Fish.
In 1973, he was in Manchester, singing while playing a 12-string guitar, supporting Stack Waddy, but decided to go to London. In London, by means of a scholarship, he entered the Royal College of Art.
With the bands Tiger Lily (2) and Ultravox!, he experimented with different genres of music, such as glam, reggae, synth pop and industrial, influenced by Roxy Music, New York Dolls and Kraftwerk.
He left Ultravox in 1979 for a solo career, releasing his first album "Metamatic" in 1980, which showed an electronic style derived from synthesizers. He released three further solo albums, before taking a break from music in 1985 and concentrating on visual work.
In 1990, inspired by acid house, Foxx briefly returned as Nation 12, a collaboration with Tim Simenon of Bomb The Bass (and later with the late Shem McCauley / Streets Ahead). Foxx fell silent again until 1997, when a chance meeting with Louis Gordon resulted in a batch of duo albums (1997-2008) and a new phase of Foxx's solo career.
Tracks
1
Underpass
03:18
2
No-One Driving
03:42
3
Burning Car
03:09
4
20th Century
03:02
5
Miles Away
03:14
6
Europe After The Rain
03:35
7
Dancing Like A Gun
03:43
8
Endlessly
03:46
9
Your Dress
03:59
10
Like A Miracle
04:50
11
Stars On Fire
04:52
12
Enter The Angel
03:58
13
Sunset Rising
02:37
14
The Noise
04:14
15
Nightlife
05:47
16
Shifting City
08:39
17
My Face
03:21
18
He's A Liquid
03:06
Releases
Countries
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland