Andrew Matheson is a British- Canadian rock singer, most noted as a founding member of the British proto-punk band Hollywood Brats in the early 1970s. [1] He later released two solo albums, and garnered a Juno Award nomination for Best New Solo Artist at the Juno Awards of 1995. [2]
Sources are in conflict about Matheson's childhood. [3] In Canadian media, he was reported as spending his childhood in the Chelmsford neighbourhood of Sudbury, Ontario before moving to London at age 18, [4] while British sources state that he grew up in Gillingham, Kent as the son of a serviceman in the Royal Navy. [1] He formed Hollywood Brats in 1971. [1] Although championed by Keith Moon and later recognized as an important early punk band which had a significant influence on many of the bands who would later have success with the genre, [3] the band had little commercial success while active and released just one album before breaking up in 1975. Matheson was then involved in the short-lived band London SS. [4]
Matheson released the solo album Monterey Shoes in 1979. [4] He later moved to Toronto, where he released the album Night of the Bastard Moon in 1994 [5] and was nominated for Best New Solo Artist at the Junos in 1995. [2] He did not release another album in Canada, and moved back to England sometime after 1995.
In 2015, he published a memoir of the band, Sick On You: The Disastrous Story of Britain's Great Lost Punk Band, named after one of the Hollywood Brats' songs. [1]
Andrew Matheson is a British- Canadian rock singer, most noted as a founding member of the British proto-punk band Hollywood Brats in the early 1970s. [1] He later released two solo albums, and garnered a Juno Award nomination for Best New Solo Artist at the Juno Awards of 1995. [2]
Sources are in conflict about Matheson's childhood. [3] In Canadian media, he was reported as spending his childhood in the Chelmsford neighbourhood of Sudbury, Ontario before moving to London at age 18, [4] while British sources state that he grew up in Gillingham, Kent as the son of a serviceman in the Royal Navy. [1] He formed Hollywood Brats in 1971. [1] Although championed by Keith Moon and later recognized as an important early punk band which had a significant influence on many of the bands who would later have success with the genre, [3] the band had little commercial success while active and released just one album before breaking up in 1975. Matheson was then involved in the short-lived band London SS. [4]
Matheson released the solo album Monterey Shoes in 1979. [4] He later moved to Toronto, where he released the album Night of the Bastard Moon in 1994 [5] and was nominated for Best New Solo Artist at the Junos in 1995. [2] He did not release another album in Canada, and moved back to England sometime after 1995.
In 2015, he published a memoir of the band, Sick On You: The Disastrous Story of Britain's Great Lost Punk Band, named after one of the Hollywood Brats' songs. [1]