Jeremy Pritchard
Jeremy Joseph Pritchard (born 2 January 1984) is an English bassist, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the bassist in art rock band Everything Everything, with whom he has released six studio albums.
Biography
Early Life
Pritchard was born in Portsmouth on 2 January 1984 but grew up in Tunbridge Wells.[1]. From the age of seven he learned the cello, learning guitar at age twelve, and finally bass guitar aged fourteen[2]. He studied at The Judd School, Tonbridge, and as a teenager regularly played at The Forum, Tunbridge Wells, in a band formed with friends he met at school.[3]
Everything Everything and Musical Career
Pritchard studied Popular Music and Recording at the University of Salford, meeting Jonathan Higgs who was on the same course. As well as forming Everything Everything, Pritchard and Higgs also formed the band Modern Bison with fellow student Mike Carswell[4]. Modern Bison released one album, "I Could've Had A Rustic Pagoda", on Unlabel in 2006[5].
Everything Everything formed in 2007 and the band lived together in a house in Didsbury[6]. Their first single, Suffragette Suffragette, was released in 2008. They have now released thirty singles and six albums, with new album Mountainhead due to be released on 1 March 2024. Pritchard plays bass guitar and provides backing vocals, but also plays bass synth. His bass style draws influences from Alex James, Colin Greenwood and Paul McCartney[7].
From 19 February 2019 until the end of that same year, Pritchard joined Foals as their touring bassist[8].
Pritchard is on the board of trustees for the Music Venue Trust[9] and is on the board of directors of The Featured Artists Coalition[10].
Personal Life
Pritchard lives in Manchester[11]
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- ↑ tanmoy (2016-01-13). "Bowie and his Tunbridge Wells family roots". Tunbridge Wells Local News | Times Local Newspapers & Magazines. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ↑ "Upbringing: Everything Everything". DIY. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ↑ "Everything Everything Arc". Kent Online. 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ↑ writewyattuk (2020-09-01). "Ready for re-entry and re-animation – talking Everything Everything with Jeremy Pritchard". writewyattuk. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ↑ Modern Bison - I Could've Had A Rustic Pagoda, 2006-09-18, retrieved 2023-12-13
- ↑ "Everything Everything are a pop band determined to break the stereotype". Warrington Guardian. 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ↑ Staffpublished, Bass Player (2021-07-20). "Everything Everything's Jeremy Pritchard: "I really enjoy the limitations of the bass. It's forced me to be creative with the basic building blocks of music"". guitarworld. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ↑ Skinner, Tom (2019-02-19). "Everything Everything bassist joins Foals as touring musician for 2019". NME. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ↑ Trust, Music Venue. "Music Venue Trust - Team". Music Venue Trust. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ↑ "Who We Are". Featured Artists Coalition. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ↑ "Jeremy Pritchard". Ashdown Engineering. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
