Andy Burrows

Andy Burrows
Background information
Birth name	Andrew William Burrows
Born	30 June 1979 (1979-06-30) (age 30)
Origin	Winchester, United Kingdom
Genres	Acoustic, pop, indie
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, drummer, guitarist
Instruments	Guitar, Piano vocals, drums
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Mercury Records
Associated acts	Razorlight, We Are Scientists
Website	www.thecolourofmydreams.co.uk

Andrew William Burrows (born 30 June 1979, Winchester, England) is the former drummer for Razorlight. Andrew first began his musical career as a percussionist in the Hampshire County Youth Band. He recently joined We Are Scientists as the new drummer.

Razorlight

He joined the band in May 2004. He was discovered in open audition to replace the original drummer for the band, who left in early 2004. Since he joined Razorlight, the group have released three albums, Up All Night which reached #3 in the UK Albums Chart; Razorlight which debuted at #1 in the UK chart and Slipway Fires which debuted at #4. His first performance with Razorlight was at London's Bull and Gate on 25 May 2004.

Burrows has been a key figure in shaping Razorlight's sound and songs, having co written the hits "America"and "Before I Fall to Pieces", and more recently from the latest album Slipway Fires - "Hostage of Love", "Burbery Blue Eyes", "60 Thompson" and "Stinger" with Johnny Borrell.

On 5 March 2009, Burrows left Razorlight with immediate effect, after playing for five years with the band. Burrows explained that there were "personal reasons" for the split.^[1]

Solo work

Andy Burrows released a solo album, The Colour of my Dreams, on 26 May 2008. The album was released to raise awareness and funds for the "Jack's Place" Appeal at Naomi House, a hospice for children in his home town of Winchester.

The Colour of my Dreams was written and recorded at home by Andy during the recent Razorlight downtime, after he stumbled cross a book of poems by an old family friend and set about putting them to music. Using just 'Garageband' he began work in his flat and the convergence of the childs-eye view poems and Andy's lo-fi acoustic guitar approach came together beautifully. He sings and plays all the instruments on the LP.

Eleven days after he left Razorlight, it was revealed that Burrows had signed to Universal Records - the same record label as his ex-band.^[2] The Sun has reported that Burrows, along with a backing band he is currently organising, could be ready to begin recording by the end of summer.^[3]

Andy Burrows recently revealed that he will be working with Noah and the Whale producer Eliot James on his new album.

Other contributions

Andy also played drums on both The Boy Least Likely To albums The Best Party Ever and The Law Of The Playground and played drums on the Chris T-T album 'CAPITAL' on the track "4am (the day the earth stood still pt 2)

Solo albums

For Andy Burrows work in Razorlight, see Razorlight discography

• The Colour of my Dreams

References

External links

• Andy's twitter page
• Andy Burrows official facebook page
• Andy Burrows at the Internet Movie Database
• Official web
• Andy Burrows on myspace
• Andy Burrows on playdrums

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