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Colin Ivor Moulding (born 17 August 1955, Swindon, Wiltshire, England) is a bassist, songwriter and vocalist. He is a founding member of the band XTC. Though less prolific than bandmate Andy Partridge, Moulding wrote many of the group's most popular songs, including their first three UK hit singles: "Life Begins At The Hop", "Making Plans For Nigel", and "Generals and Majors". "Making Plans For Nigel" was also a Top 20 hit in Canada, and "Generals and Majors" was the band's first U.S. chart entry, peaking at #104 in 1980. Moulding's songs tended to differ from those of Partridge, in some cases having more political overtones. ==Life and career== Moulding's bass playing is self-taught, learning 1970s rock riffs at 15 years old. He cites Andy Fraser of Free as an early musical influence and has stated a preference for an intuitive approach to writing and playing rather than study.〔Doug (Interview of Colin Moulding ) ''Rundgren Radio'' (fansite), 7 December 2008, Retrieved 9 December 2008〕 When writing songs Moulding has used guitars and keyboards rather than the bass guitar.〔http://www.optimismsflames.com/Interview1Colin.htm〕 Outside his work with XTC (and their alter-ego side project The Dukes of Stratosphear), Moulding released a non-charting solo single ("Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen" b/w "I Need Protection") in 1980 under the pseudonym "The Colonel". He later played bass and co-produced one track on the 1994 Sam Phillips album ''Martinis and Bikinis'', and in 2005, he contributed to Billy Sherwood's Pink Floyd tribute album ''Return to the Dark Side of the Moon'', playing bass and singing lead vocal on "Brain Damage." It has also been announced that Moulding will be appearing on Sherwood's next album. In February 2007, Partridge told music website Pitchfork Media that Moulding was "not interested in music any more, and doesn't want to write."〔(pitchforkmedia.com )〕 Moulding concurred in having a recent loss of interest in music.〔 In November 2008 Moulding emerged for an interview about "Making Plans For Nigel" for an instalment in the series of interviews by Todd Bernhardt. He also gave a two-hour interview in December 2008 on the Todd Rundgren fansite, ''Rundgren Radio''.〔 Moulding made vocal contributions to a Billy Sherwood Progressive Rock album (The Prog Collective, August 2012), combining forces with Rick Wakeman on "Check Point Karma". He performed a lead vocal for the song "The Man Who Died Two Times" from the album "In Extremis" by the Progressive Rock band Days Between Stations (released 15 May 2013) and appears in the video for the song, released in June 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colin Moulding」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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