Dominic Chad
| Dominic Chad | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Dominic Chad |
| Born | 5 June 1972 Devon, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Associated acts | Mansun Floating Bear |
Dominic Chad (born 5 June 1972 in Devon[1]) is an English rock guitarist and former member of the rock band Mansun.[2]
Chad grew up in the Kent town of Maidstone[3] where he attended Maidstone Grammar School. Chad would go on to study French and Russian at Bangor University, where he formed "Floating Bear" with Lance Paine and who were active circa 1990/91 and released a five track cassette.[4] After being kicked off his courses due to to lack of effort,[5] Chad re-located to Chester where he worked as bar manager at the Fat Cat pub on Watergate Street and met Stove King and Paul Draper, with whom he formed Mansun.[6]
Whilst in Mansun, Chad worked as an arranger and songwriter, and co-wrote several of Mansun's songs with Paul Draper, as well as writing and performing a number of B-sides himself. Chad also took lead vocals on some of Mansun's songs, such as "Golden Stone", a B-side to "I Can Only Disappoint U" and a live cover of the Magazine single Shot By Both Sides.
Prior to the release of the bands third album Little Kix, the band claimed that Chad had been working on a solo album entitled "Parrot" with Draper producing and that it would be released sometime following the release of the album in 2000, and that tracks such as "A New Melody" and "It's A Parrot" had been completed.[7] As of 2012 the album has never materialised, however an instrumental extract appeared on Kleptomania. There were plans for the rest of the "Parrot" sessions to be released within the next two years. Chad also took lead vocals on some of Mansun's songs, such as "Golden Stone", a B-side to "I Can Only Disappoint U". After nearly 8 years together, Mansun imploded in 2003 whilst working on their fourth studio album".[8]
Dominic Chad is also referenced in the anime series Bleach. Ichigo Kurosaki states that Sado should be happy that he's referred to as Chad as the name is "cool, like Dominic Chad".
Draper claimed that Chad changed his name by deed poll to Dominic Brian Chad in 1998, due to his fixation with the now deceased Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones and also claimed that he was born in Jones' hometown of Cheltenham, whilst actually being born in Devon.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/england-and-wales/results?event=B&recordType=GRO&route=&recordCount=-1&forenames=dominic&_includeForenamesVariants=on&surname=chad&_includeSurnameVariants=on&fromYear=&toYear=&county=&_county=1&district=&_district=1&mothersMaidenName=&_useMothersMaidenNameAsSurname=on&sortOrder=RK%3Atrue&_performExactSearch=on&x=0&y=0
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography: Mansum". AMG. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p203321/biography. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ http://www.rock-the-world.com/mansun.html
- ^ http://brombikes.info/users/www.lancepaine.me.uk/index.php?f=data_home&a=2
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20050215191919/http://website.lineone.net/~saintchads/
- ^ http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/entertainment-chester/restaurants-chester-cheshire/2007/01/19/the-fat-cat-chester-the-cat-s-whiskers-59067-19290171/
- ^ http://www.nme.com/news/mansun/2579
- ^ "Mansun To Split | News". Nme.Com. 2003-05-02. http://www.nme.com/news/mansun/14190. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ^ http://www.angelfire.com/indie/mansun/guitarmagsep
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