Chris Lowe

Christopher Sean Lowe born 4 October 1959 is an English musician singer and songwriter and cofounder of the synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys which he formed with Neil Tennant in 1981 Christopher Sean Lowe was born and raised in Blackpool Lancashire and attended Arnold School His grandfather was a trombonist and a member of the comedy jazz troupe The Nitwits His mother was a dancer and his father a sales representative could play piano by ear Lowe learned trombone and piano and was in the school orchestra and dance band He studied music as an Alevel subject Lowe played trombone in a semiprofessional sevenpiece dance band named One Under the Eight that performed favourites like Hello Dolly La Bamba and Moon River and he joined the Musicians Union with them He was also in a local brass band the Norman Memorial Youth Band and briefly played keyboards with a school rock band called Stallion Lowe began studying architecture at the University of Liverpool in 1978 and earned a BA Hons in 1981 During a work placement in 1981 at a London architectural practice he designed a staircase for an industrial estate in Milton Keynes It was at this time that he met Neil Tennant in Chelsea Record Centre a hifi shop on Kings Road in London As their music career developed Lowe continued his architecture course and got a BArch but did not complete the final work requirement to qualify as an architect before he and Tennant committed full time to the Pet Shop Boys in 1985 Lowe generally performs as the Pet Shop Boys keyboardist He occasionally provides spokenword or sung vocals and takes the lead on a few songs including Paninaro Lowe played trombone on the song I Want a Lover and he appeared with his trombone in the video for the song What Have I Done to Deserve This In 1993 he wrote and produced the track Do the Right Thing for Arsenal footballer Ian Wright The song featured backing vocals by longtime Pet Shop Boys backing singer Sylvia MasonJames and the single featured remixes by Rollo Two years later Lowe had a cameo in the Australian soap opera Neighbours His appearance was filmed while Pet Shop Boys were touring Australia in 1994 In 2004 he was commissioned to do music for an advertisement for the sunscreen brand Blockhead The song ended up in a remixed version on a Café Mambo compilation Lowe wrote the music for the song Streets of Berlin featured in the 2006 revival of Bent at the Trafalgar Studios in Whitehall In 2011 Lowe appeared as featured vocalist on Stop Modernists cover version of the New Order song Subculture It was the first time he had appeared as a vocalist on a nonPet Shop Boys project Source Article Chris Lowe from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA