VerseChorusVerse
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| Born | Ballymoney, Northern Ireland |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
| Associated acts | And So I Watch You From Afar David Lyttle Iain Archer |
VerseChorusVerse is the moniker of Northern Irish singer-songwriter Tony Wright. He is a founding member of And So I Watch You From Afar.[1][2]
Background
Born Michael Anthony Wright, he began learning the guitar at age eight, taught by his mother, and at age thirteen he started performing in public. He formed And So I Watch You From Afar in 2004 with members of his previous bands, PepperBook and Zombie Safari Park, Rory Friers, Johnny Adger and Chris Wee. After two albums and six years of touring in the USA, Russia, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Latvia, Ireland and the UK, Wright left the band in 2011.[3]
Solo career
Wright has released two EPs, VCV EP and The Inches EP, and one album, VerseChorusVerse, which was produced by Iain Archer and was nominated for the 2014 NI Music Prize. In 2015 he released Say & Do, a collaborative album of his original songs produced by and featuring David Lyttle. It charted at number 21 on the UK album charts and number 1 on the Amazon Blues Charts.[4] He has toured with Jesse Malin, Devin Townsend, Tim Wheeler of Ash, Andy Cairns of Therapy? and Jonah Matranga amongst others.
Discography
- VCV EP (Hunter Records, 2011)
- The Inches EP (Third Bar, 2013)
- VerseChorusVerse (Third Bar, 2014)
- Say & Do (with David Lyttle) (Lyte Records, 2015)
References
- ↑ "BBC Two VerseChorusVerse lead singer Tony Wright". BBC. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ "Tony Wright is VerseChorusVerse". Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ Jones, Chris. "Tony Wright is VerseChorusVerse". Hot Press. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ "VerseChorusVerse & David Lyttle collaborate on New Album". Retrieved 1 March 2016.