Andy Partridge

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andy Partridge
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Nov 11, 1953(1953-11-11)
Age	71
Birthplace	Mtarfa
Country	Malta
Horoscope	Scorpio

Andy Partridge Biography

Andy Partridge is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on November 11, 1953 in Mtarfa, Malta. New wave multi- instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who has written most of the songs for the band XTC.

He has collaborated with synthpop artist Thomas Dolby .

Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer who founded the rock band XTC. He and Colin Moulding each acted as a songwriter and frontman for XTC, with Partridge writing and singing about two-thirds of the group’s material. While the band were a formative punk group, Partridge’s music drew heavily from British Invasion songwriters, and his style gradually shifted to more traditional pop, often with pastoral themes. The band’s only British top-10 hit, “Senses Working Overtime” (1982), was written by Partridge.

As a teenager, Partridge was a fan of contemporary pop groups like the Beatles, but was intimidated by the process of learning guitar. When the Monkees grew popular, he became interested in joining a music group. He recalled watching local guitarist Dave Gregory performing Jimi Hendrix-style songs at churches and youth clubs: “Sort of acid-skiffle. I thought, ‘Ah, one day I’ll play guitar!’ But I didn’t think I would be in the same band as this kid on the stage.” He was particularly fond of psychedelic records such as Pink Floyd’s “See Emily Play” (1967), Tomorrow’s “My White Bicycle” (1967), and the Moles’ “We Are the Moles” (1968). The first records he ever bought were Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) and The Monkees (1966).

After divorcing his wife Marianne, he began a long-term relationship with Erica Wexler.

Andy Partridge Net Worth

Andy Partridge is one of the richest Guitarist from Malta. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andy Partridge 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He co-founded XTC in 1972 with Colin Moulding, five years before the band released their first album.

He wrote “The Disappointed,” “Senses Working Overtime,” and “Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me).”

Andrew John Partridge was born 11 November 1953 at Mtarfa Royal Navy Hospital in Mtarfa, Malta. He grew up on Penhill council estate in Swindon. An only child, his father John was a navy signalman, and his mother Vera a drugstore clerk. When he entered adolescence, it was discovered that his father was having an extramarital affair, and his mother consequently suffered a nervous breakdown, leading to her being institutionalised. She “verbally disowned” her son once he started growing his hair long.

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Who is Andy Partridge Dating?

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The subject matter of Partridge’s songs frequently touch upon politics, religion, his hometown of Swindon, financial shortage, factory work, insects, comic book characters, seafaring, war, and ancient rituals. He said he did not become interested in politics until circa 1979, when he voted for Margaret Thatcher “purely because she was a woman. I was that naive. Now I’m very left.” He also identifies as an atheist. On the back of the Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999) record sleeve is the Wiccan Rede, “Do what you will but harm none.” He stated that he only had “a smattering of knowledge” on Wiccan topics and added that he was “interested in the pre-Christian appreciation of the land and the spirit of things, spirits in animate things and inanimate things.”

Facts & Trivia

Andy Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Malta. Andy Partridge celebrates birthday on November 11 of every year.

During the mid-1980s, Partridge was a regular performer on BBC Radio 1. He has had acting roles, including a character named “Agony Andy”, a spoof aunt on the Janice Long show, and he was a regular panelist on Roundtable. In 1987, he filmed a pilot for an ITV children’s quiz show, Matchmakers. In 2004, he contributed the theme song to the Fox television series Wonderfalls.

Where does Andy Partridge live now?

Andy Partridge still lives in Swindon where he formed XTC in the 1970s, having a number of hit singles and albums and sharing popular and critical acclaim.

Why did Andy Partridge stop touring?

Partridge’s mental stress had manifested before, in 1979, when he blacked out on stage and temporarily forgot who he was or what he was doing there. In a television interview just before XTC’s 1982 Paris concert, his appetite for a respite from touring was evident.

How old is Andy Partridge?

68 years (November 11, 1953)

Did Andy Partridge have stage fright?

By the time the record came out, those of us who were following its singer and author, Andy Partridge, knew that while he sounded invincible on the record, he had in fact stopped performing a few years earlier, in 1982, due to a kind of incurable stage fright.

Who wrote The Ballad of Peter Pumpkin Head?

Andy Partridge