Green Gartside

Quick Facts

Full Name	Green Gartside
Occupation	Rock Singer
Date Of Birth	Jun 22, 1955(1955-06-22)
Age	69
Birthplace	Cardiff
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Wales
Horoscope	Gemini

Green Gartside Biography

Green Gartside is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on June 22, 1955 in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Singer and musician, best recognized as the frontman for the British new wave group Scritti Politti. The band has released over half a dozen compilation and studio albums since its beginnings in 1977.

He has worked with numerous famous artists and musicians including He has worked with countless well known musicians and artists from Miles Davis to Kylie Minogue. to Kylie Minogue.

In the mid-1970s, Gartside moved to Leeds to study art at Leeds School of Art.

During art school in Leeds in 1977, Gartside formed the post-punk band Scritti Politti with schoolmate and friend Nial Jinks and university friend Tom Morley. After Gartside and Morley had left college, they moved to London, later securing a recording deal with Rough Trade Records who released the first Scritti Politti album Songs to Remember in 1982. However, subsequent Scritti Politti albums featured Gartside with different personnel, with Gartside being the only constant member of the group.

His birth name was Paul Julian Strohmeyer to a hairdresser and salesman. His father passed away as a young man and his mother was remarried to an attorney named Gordon Gartside from whom he took his name as his last.

Green Gartside Net Worth

Green Gartside is one of the richest Rock Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Green Gartside 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started his studies at art school Newport Art College before moving to Leeds Polytechnic. It was during his time in Leeds that he founded Scritti Politti.

Following his music’s success the singer has been a regular stand-in host for BBC-6 Music.

Green Gartside (born Paul Julian Strohmeyer; 22 June 1955) is a Welsh songwriter, singer and musician. He is the frontman of the band Scritti Politti.

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Who is Green Gartside Dating?

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In 2012, Gartside, who has suffered from recurring stage fright that prevented Scritti Politti from touring for many years, performed several songs by Sandy Denny as part of a tribute called The Lady in several UK cities.

Facts & Trivia

Green Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Green Gartside celebrates birthday on June 22 of every year.

We’d been doing months of chat show-type things all around the world and I’d really started hating myself deeply, and everybody around me, for talking so much b***. Unless you’re some sort of weird egomaniac it’s not healthy to spend that amount of time talking about yourself, and I’d become totally burned out and insane. So to go straight from that into making our next record was a mistake … I just remember hailing a cab one day and coming to in bed surrounded by doctors.

What is Green Gartside doing now?

Green now lives happily with his wife Alys in East London , occasionally playing shows and guesting on songs by the likes of Manic Street Preachers, Kylie and Green’s friend Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip.

What does Scritti Politti mean in English?

The name Scritti Politti was chosen as a homage to the Italian Marxist writer and political theorist Antonio Gramsci. The correct spelling in Italian to refer to “ Political Writings ” would have produced Scritti Politici.

How old is Green Gartside?

67 years (June 22, 1955)

What was Scritti Politti biggest hit?

Chart performance Four singles had already been released in the UK from the album before “ Perfect Way ” was issued in August 1985. It was only a minor hit in the UK (No. 48), but in the US “Perfect Way” became Scritti Politti’s biggest hit, reaching No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Is Green Gartside married?

Alys Gartside