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.
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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]
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
References
- Andy Burrows quits Razorlight – exclusive
- Lily Allen pukes!
- Razorlight singer Johnny Borrell to fight Andy Burrows