Robin Simon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robin Simon
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Jul 12, 1956(1956-07-12)
Age	68
Birthplace	Halifax
Country	Canada
Birth City	Nova Scotia
Horoscope	Cancer

Robin Simon Biography

Robin Simon is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on July 12, 1956 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Robin Simon, a British guitarist, was born 12 July 1956 in Halifax (West Yorkshire), England. He is also a member Ultravox Magazine and Visage.

John Foxx, who was on the US tour with the band but not on Island Records, left Ultravox in early 1979. Despite increased sales and positive reviews, the label dropped the label. Simon left a few months later. Simon felt that John Foxx, the founder and main songwriter of the band, could lose his integrity if a new singer was hired.

Simon contributed to Foxx’s solo albums The Garden (1981), The Golden Section (1983), and In Mysterious Ways (1985). He also performed on stage during his 1983 tour and at a special John Foxx & the Maths show at London’s Roundhouse in 2010.

Ultravox had gone on to greater success with Midge Ure fronting the band, but when Ure left the band in 1988, Billy Currie formed a new band which later included Simon. Using the early name of Uvox at rehearsal stage, they later used the name Humania. Live gigs at London’s Marquee club and the borderline followed, though Currie later moved on from the project to reform a new lineup of Ultravox. The band was short-lived, with Currie subsequently forming another incarnation of Ultravox without Simon. Simon also worked with former Ultravox frontman John Foxx during his solo career.

Simon met Grace Weisbard while on the USA tour. He returned to New York three month later to wed her on 25 April 1979. For a year, Simon lived on Coney Island in New York. He jammed with The Futants, an electro-post-punk band, along with Martin Fischer, Defunkt’s keyboard player. Grace Simon (nee Weisbard), moved to England with him during his time at Magazine before returning to New York.

Robin Simon Net Worth

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

Robin Simon was a guitarist in a local band that played in Halifax from the mid- to late 1970s. This included a line-up with future Ultravox member Billy Currie. In 1975, he moved to London and joined the punk-pop band Ians Radio (later known as Neo). Neo were a band that was part of the London’s early punk scene. They were featured on the Live at the Vortex Album and they supported Ultravox many times at the Marquee Club in London before Simon was offered the guitar position in Ultravox.

In 1977, Simon joined Ultravox to replace Stevie Shears. He brought a multi- dimensional sound and a different perspective to the band. Simon’s pioneering use of guitar multi effects pedals, which included a guitar monitor amplifier with tremolo effect, was responsible for this unique sound. The song Slow Motion features a timed echo and Chorus. He was the co-writer of the song “Slow Motion”, which is the only official hit for Ultravox’s 1978 third album, Systems of Romance.

After Returning to England, Simon joined Magazine in 1980, replacing John McGeoch. After Magazine’s tour of the United States and Australia/New Zealand plus a later live appearance with them the movie Urgh! A Music War and on the German TV show Rockpalast, he moved on from the band to record with John Foxx again, on the Garden album.

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Robin Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Robin Simon celebrates birthday on July 12 of every year.