Everything about Chris Lowe totally explained
Christopher Sean Lowe (born
October 4 1959,
Blackpool,
Lancashire) is an
English musician, who, with his colleague,
Neil Tennant, makes up the successful
pop duo,
Pet Shop Boys.
Childhood
He attended the
Arnold School (then named Arnold House School), a
private school in his home town of Blackpool. While there, Lowe played
trombone in a seven-piece dance band called One Under the Eight, that played old-time favourites like "
Hello Dolly", "
La Bamba" and "
Moon River". Lowe's grandfather had been a
trombonist and was a member of comedy
jazz troupe The Nitwits. Lowe became a skilled
pianist and debuted as
keyboard player in the progressive
rock band, Stallion.
Later life
Lowe studied
architecture at
University of Liverpool from
1978. During a work placement in
1981 at a
London architectural practice, he designed a
staircase for an
industrial estate in
Milton Keynes. It was at this time that he met
Neil Tennant in a hi-fi shop on the
Kings Road in
London.
Although Lowe hasn't been involved in many
solo projects, in 1993 he
wrote and
produced the track "Do the Right Thing" for the
footballer,
Ian Wright (Lowe is a die-hard
Arsenal F.C. fan ). The song featured backing light up by the long-time Pet Shop Boys’ backing singer,
Sylvia Mason-James, and the
single featured remixes by
Rollo. In 2004 Lowe was commissioned to do music for an advertisement for the
sunscreen brand Blockhead. The song ended up in a remixed version on a "Café Mambo" chill-out compilation. He has also written the music for the song "Streets of Berlin", featured in the revival of
Bent at the Trafalgar Studios in
Whitehall in 2006.
He once stood in for
Pete Tong when he was too sick to present the
Essential Selection on
BBC Radio 1.
In
1995, he'd a
cameo in the
Australian soap opera Neighbours. In 1997, his flat was the subject of an in-depth feature in
Elle Decoration magazine. Lowe has a passion for Japanese cuisine and recently acquired a minority stake in the Japanese noodle bar chain
Wagamama, according to a report by a venture capital group
3i.
Stage presence
After the Pet Shop Boys began touring on a regular basis, Lowe became known for his behaviour of standing still while playing keyboards on stage. In 1995,
The Guardian commented that he was "possibly more famous for not doing anything than almost anyone else in the history of popular entertainment.".
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