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Gary Kemp
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Born: Oct 16, 1959
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Gary Kemp was born in Isslington, London in October 1959. He grew
up in the same area he was born in. When he was 10 he really got
interested in music. So on his birthday he got his first guitar
from his parents. He then learned how to play it and started to
write songs. In the 70's he and his brother Martin went into acting
in the theatre. Then in 1978 Gary Kemp formed the Makers. Then
Richard Miller left and his brother replaced him on bass. That's
when Gary changed the name to Spandau Ballet. Gary started to play
the synthesizer as well. Spandau's break came in March 1980 when
they were filmed for a documentary on ITV. Then when it came out
record companies were bursting out of their ears. They chose to
sign to Chrysalis because they offered the most money. For 10 years
they had hits like To Cut a Long Story Short (1980), Chant No.1 (I
don't need this pressure on)(1981), True (1983), Gold (1983), Only
When You Leave (1984) and Through the Barricades (1986). After
their tour in 1987 Gary and Martin decided to go into acting once
again. They auditioned for the part in the Krays and in 1989 they
turned into Ronald and Reggie. Soon afterwards Spandau made their
last tour and a concert was even made into a DVD in later years.
Since their last concert Gary has not strummed a guitar or banged
on a Synthesizer. He has spent the last 11 years still acting,
getting ...[MORE]
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