Fuzz Musical artist

James Robert Lombard, (born 9 February 1952), professionally known by his stage name Fuzz, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, actor, record producer and composer noted for being the frontman of the band Inferno.Fuzz began his career in 1969 at the age of 17, when he formed Inferno alongside MacMick, Leon O'Brien and James Coolridge. He is responsible for writing all of their hit singles, including their debut single "We Are Infernal", along with "The Collision", "A Border of Hate Between Love", "Building Beauty", "The Big Blue Sea", "The One That Got Away", "She Has The Features of Life", "Stories of Love" and "The North-Side Tale". Fuzz left the band in 1977 and MacMick took his place as lead singer. He re-joined the band in 1984 and remained in it again until the band split in 1997. The band recently got back together in 2008.Fuzz's acting career has also been made notorious. After a film debut as an unaccredited extra in the 1978 film The Class of Miss MacMichael, he then played Jameson in Scum, Nicky in Quadrophenia and even appeared as himself in Birth of the Beatles, all three films released in 1979. Fuzz then appeared in more films including Billy Morrison in The Hit (1984), Mickey Thompson in The League of Darrell McGhee (1995) and Mr Wilkins in The History Boys (2006).Fuzz enjoyed a successful solo career between 1977 and 1984 and again between 1997 and 2008, releasing singles including "Snare", "Love Craft", "Becky and I" and "Disco Dancers". He also released his own cover version of "Memories Are Made of This" in 1983, which was originally written and performed by Dean Martin in 1956.

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Alias (AKA)
Fuzz
Fuzzy
The Big Fuzz
The Fuzz
The Fuzz Fuzzy The Big Fuzz The Infernal Fuzz
The Infernal Fuzz
Birth dateFebruary 09, 1952
Birth place
England , London , United Kingdom , Battersea

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Musical artist

Career started1969
associated musical artist
Inferno (band)
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Jazz
Pop music
Rock music
New-age music
instrument
Bass guitar
Drum kit
Guitar
Lute
Saxophone
Fender Telecaster Bass
Keyboard instrument
Singing
Fender Jazz Bass
Fender Precision Bass
record label
A&M Records
Deutsche Grammophon
Universal Music Group

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