Stuart Adamson

Stuart Adamson
Adamson with Big Country in 1991
Adamson with Big Country in 1991
Background information
Birth nameWilliam Stuart Adamson
Born(1958-04-11)11 April 1958
Manchester, England
OriginDunfermline, Scotland
Died16 December 2001(2001-12-16) (aged 43)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
GenresPunk rock, new wave, Celtic rock, alternative rock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, keyboard, bass guitar
Years active1976–2001
LabelsNo Bad, Virgin, Phonogram, Mercury, Vertigo, Compulsion, Fox, Transatlantic, Track
Formerly ofSkids, Big Country, the Raphaels

William Stuart Adamson (11 April 1958 – 16 December 2001) was a Scottish rock guitarist and singer. Adamson began his career in the late 1970s as a founding member and performer with the punk rock band Skids. After leaving Skids in 1981, he formed Big Country and was the band's lead singer and guitarist. The group's commercial heyday was in the 1980s. In the 1990s, he was a member of the alternative country band the Raphaels. In the late 1970s the British music journalist John Peel referred to his musical virtuosity as a guitarist as "a new Jimi Hendrix".[1]

  1. ^ Glen, Allan (February 2011). Stuart Adamson – In A Big Country. Birlinn, Limited. ISBN 978-1846971426.

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