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James Robert Lombard, (born 9 February 1952), professionally known by his stage name Fuzz, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, actor, record producer and composer noted for being the frontman of the band Inferno.〔() 〕 Fuzz began his career in 1969 at the age of 17, when he formed Inferno alongside MacMick, Leon O'Brien and James Coolridge. He is responsible for writing all of their hit singles, including their debut single "We Are Infernal", along with "The Collision", "A Border of Hate Between Love", "Building Beauty", "The Big Blue Sea", "The One That Got Away", "She Has The Features of Life", "Stories of Love" and "The North-Side Tale". Fuzz left the band in 1977 and MacMick took his place as lead singer. He re-joined the band in 1984 and remained in it again until the band split in 1997. The band recently got back together in 2008. Fuzz's acting career has also been made notorious. After a film debut as an unaccredited extra in the 1978 film ''The Class of Miss MacMichael'', he then played Jameson in ''Scum'', Nicky in ''Quadrophenia'' and even appeared as himself in ''Birth of the Beatles'', all three films released in 1979. Fuzz then appeared in more films including Billy Morrison in ''The Hit'' (1984), Mickey Thompson in ''The League of Darrell McGhee'' (1995) and Mr Wilkins in ''The History Boys'' (2006). Fuzz enjoyed a successful solo career between 1977 and 1984 and again between 1997 and 2008, releasing singles including "Snare", "Love Craft", "Becky and I" and "Disco Dancers". He also released his own cover version of "Memories Are Made of This" in 1983, which was originally written and performed by Dean Martin in 1956. == Early life == Fuzz〔()〕 was born in Battersea, London. His father – Nicholas Lombard was born in 1940, and died in 1990 when he was murdered at the age of 49, only a week-and-a-half prior to his 50th birthday. Fuzz's mother Elizabeth is a retired schoolteacher who taught at Kingsbury High School. She taught there for thirty-eight years, from the age of twenty in 1961 to her retirement at the age of 58, in 1998. Fuzz himself was educated at Oliver Goldsmith Primary School where he received his primary education, before attending Kingsbury High School where he received his academic education. He then moved to Warwick where he began attending the University of Warwick, where he graduated〔()〕 in music and drama. 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「Fuzz (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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