Nigel Harrison

Nigel Harrison (lahir 24 April 1951) adalah seorang musisi Inggris. Harrison menghabiskan beberapa tahun sebagai bassis band rock Amerika Blondie pada tahun 1970an dan 1980an. Harrison dibesarkan di Princes Risborough, sebuah kota kecil di Chiltern Hills. Dia adalah bassis untuk band lokal Farm, dan kemudian merekam dan melakukan tur dengan Silverhead (digawangi oleh Michael Des Barres) dari tahun 1972 hingga 1974. Pada 11 Agustus 1974 ia bermain bass untuk "Murder of a Virgin", penampilan solo pertama Iggy Pop. Dia juga merupakan bassis sesi yang tidak dikreditkan untuk album debut The Runaways ketika produser dan manajer Kim Fowley menolak bassis Runaways, Jackie Fox, tampil dalam rekaman tersebut. Dia direkrut ke Blondie dari Nite City (band berumur pendek mantan kibordis The Doors Ray Manzarek) pada tahun 1977, setelah band merekam album kedua mereka Plastic Letters tanpa pemain bass reguler, dan bertahan sampai band bubar setelah Tracks Across America Tour '82. Selama waktunya bersama Blondie, Nigel Harrison berkontribusi sebagai penulis lagu di setiap album yang dia mainkan dan juga ikut menulis beberapa single hit bersama Debbie Harry, seperti "One Way or Another", "Union City Blue" dan single terakhir band dengan line-up tersukses mereka, "War Child", dirilis pada tahun 1982. Dari tahun 1982 hingga 1984 dia menjadi anggota band Checkered Past, yang juga menampilkan dua mantan rekan bandnya: Des Barres, dari Silverhead, Steve Jones dari The Sex Pistols dan Clem Burke, dari Blondie. Mereka merilis album eponymous pada tahun 1984. Harrison juga menjadi supervisor/produser musik untuk soundtrack komedi Tapeheads tahun 1988. Pada tahun 1991, ia mendapat peran kecil dalam film Inggris Young Soul Rebels sebagai 'Cid Man'. Ketika Blondie mulai berbicara tentang pembentukan kembali pada tahun 1997, Harrison awalnya diminta untuk bergabung kembali dengan grup. Dia merekam lagu demo dengan band untuk album No Exit (1999), namun dikeluarkan dari band sebelum rekaman selesai. Dia dan mantan anggota lainnya yang dikecualikan, Frank Infante, mengajukan gugatan atas perselisihan tersebut, tetapi tidak berhasil. Harrison adalah Eksekutif A&R di Interscope Records dan juga melakukan pekerjaan A&R untuk Capitol Records. Harrison kemudian menjadi pemain bass untuk The Grabs, yang albumnya Sex, Fashion And Money dirilis pada November 2005. Pada bulan Maret 2006, Blondie, setelah pidato pengantar oleh Shirley Manson dari Garbage, dilantik ke dalam Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Tujuh anggota diundang ke upacara tersebut, yang menyebabkan pertengkaran di atas panggung antara grup yang masih ada dan Infante, yang meminta selama siaran langsung upacara agar dia dan Harrison diizinkan tampil bersama grup tersebut, permintaan tersebut ditolak oleh Debbie Harry, yang menyatakan bahwa formasi band saat ini telah mempersiapkan dan berlatih untuk penampilan tersebut. Harrison terus bermain dengan berbagai aksi, termasuk The Rua di album The Essence tahun 2015. Sumber: Artikel "Nigel Harrison" dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggris, berlisensi CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Nigel Harrison (born 24 April 1951) is an English musician. Harrison spent several years as the bassist of the American rock band Blondie during the 1970s and 1980s. Harrison grew up in Princes Risborough, a small town in the Chiltern Hills. He was the bassist for the local band Farm, and later recorded and toured with Silverhead (fronted by Michael Des Barres) from 1972 to 1974. On August 11, 1974 he played bass for "Murder of a Virgin", Iggy Pop's first solo performance. He was also an uncredited session bassist for The Runaways debut album when producer and manager Kim Fowley refused to have Runaways bassist Jackie Fox perform on the record. He was recruited to Blondie from Nite City (former The Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek's short-lived band) in 1977, after the band recorded their second album Plastic Letters without a regular bass player, and stayed until the band split after Tracks Across America Tour '82. During his time with Blondie, Nigel Harrison contributed as a songwriter to every album he played on and also co-wrote several hit singles with Debbie Harry, such as "One Way or Another", "Union City Blue" and the band's last single with their most successful line-up, "War Child", released in 1982. From 1982 to 1984 he was a member of the band Chequered Past, which also included two of his former bandmates: Des Barres, from Silverhead, Steve Jones from The Sex Pistols and Clem Burke, from Blondie. They released an eponymous album in 1984. Harrison was also music supervisor/producer for the soundtrack to the 1988 comedy Tapeheads. In 1991, he had a small part in a British film Young Soul Rebels as 'Cid Man'. When Blondie started to talk about re-forming in 1997, Harrison was initially asked to rejoin the group. He recorded demo tracks with the band for the album No Exit (1999), but was dropped from the band before the record was finished. He and another excluded former member, Frank Infante, brought a lawsuit over the dispute, but were unsuccessful. Harrison was an A&R Executive at Interscope Records and also did A&R work for Capitol Records. Harrison later became the bass player for The Grabs, whose album Sex, Fashion And Money was released in November 2005. In March 2006, Blondie, following an introductory speech by Shirley Manson of Garbage, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Seven members were invited to the ceremony, which led to an on-stage spat between the extant group and Infante, who asked during the live broadcast of the ceremony that he and Harrison be allowed to perform with the group, a request refused by Debbie Harry, who stated that the band's current line-up had already prepared and rehearsed for the performance. Harrison continues playing with various acts, including The Rua on the 2015 album The Essence. Source: Article "Nigel Harrison" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.