Craig Adams (musician)
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Craig Adams is a British
musician
, bass guitar
ist and songwriter
. Over his career he worked with a variation of rockbands while also being part of a touring crew.
Brought up in Leeds, Adams left school to pursue a career in music. He initially played keyboards in a local band the Expelairs who released a handful of singles. He left the five-piece due to musical differences and took up bass. Inspired by Motorhead he began to channel his bass through distortion-effects. After a short conversation in a local bar with Andrew Eldritch he joined the Sisters of Mercy. Here Adams developed his songwriting abilities, contributing mainly to arrangements and using his high-pitched voice for backing vocals.
When the Sisters of Mercy disbanded, Adams formed The Mission (initially the Sisterhood) with Wayne Hussey recording four albums with the band and two compilations. As one of the co-founders, Adams presence was pivotal in its success although his occasionally destructive behaviour brought a level of instability to the line-up. During the first tour of North America, Adams broke his hand while punching the window of the bus and was forced to return to the UK to recover. During the 'Deliverance' tour of 1990 guitarist Simon Hinkler left, signaling the disintegration of the band. After the release of the 1992 album Masque, Adams was sacked, with Hussey citing musical differences as the main motivation.
Craig Adams played in the following bands
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Bass guitar
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ist and songwriter
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. Over his career he worked with a variation of rockbands while also being part of a touring crew.
Brought up in Leeds, Adams left school to pursue a career in music. He initially played keyboards in a local band the Expelairs who released a handful of singles. He left the five-piece due to musical differences and took up bass. Inspired by Motorhead he began to channel his bass through distortion-effects. After a short conversation in a local bar with Andrew Eldritch he joined the Sisters of Mercy. Here Adams developed his songwriting abilities, contributing mainly to arrangements and using his high-pitched voice for backing vocals.
When the Sisters of Mercy disbanded, Adams formed The Mission (initially the Sisterhood) with Wayne Hussey recording four albums with the band and two compilations. As one of the co-founders, Adams presence was pivotal in its success although his occasionally destructive behaviour brought a level of instability to the line-up. During the first tour of North America, Adams broke his hand while punching the window of the bus and was forced to return to the UK to recover. During the 'Deliverance' tour of 1990 guitarist Simon Hinkler left, signaling the disintegration of the band. After the release of the 1992 album Masque, Adams was sacked, with Hussey citing musical differences as the main motivation.
Craig Adams played in the following bands
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
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- The Expelaires (1980)
- The Sisters of MercyThe Sisters of MercyThe Sisters of Mercy are an English rock band that formed in 1980. After achieving early underground fame in UK, the band had their commercial breakthrough in mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasing new recorded output in protest against their record company...
(1981–1985) - The MissionThe Mission (band)The Mission are a gothic rock band formed in 1986 from the splinters of the freshly dissolved rock band The Sisters of Mercy.The band was started by frontman Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams , soon adding...
(1985–1992, 1999–2002) - The CultThe CultThe Cult are a British rock band that was formed in 1983. They gained a dedicated following in Britain in the mid 1980s as a post-punk band with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love...
(1993–1995, 2002) - Coloursound (1998-) with Mike Peters of the Alarm and Billy Duffy of the Cult
- The AlarmThe AlarmThe Alarm are an alternative rock band that emerged from North Wales in the late 1970s. They started as a mod band and stayed together for over ten years. As a rock band, they displayed marked influences from Welsh language and culture...
(2003-) - Spear of DestinySpear of Destiny (band)Spear of Destiny is a British rock band, established in 1982 by singer and songwriter Kirk Brandon and bassist Stan Stammers. It has had an ever-changing line-up through the years.-Biography:...
(2006-) - Theatre of HateTheatre of HateTheatre of Hate were a post-punk band formed in Britain in 1980.Led by singer-songwriter and ex-member of punk band The Pack, Kirk Brandon, the original group also consisted of: guitarist Steve Guthrie, bassist Stan Stammers , saxophonist John Lennard and drummer Luke Rendle from Crisis/The...
(2007-)
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