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Dec 30, 2023 · Ian Broudie and his son, Riley, in 1995 and 2023 Ian Broudie and his son, Riley, in 1995 and 2023. Later photograph: Pål Hansen/The Guardian. Styling: Andie Redman. Grooming: Carol Sullivan at ...
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It was originally written about Broudie's firstborn son. Twenty-six years later, Riley Broudie now plays second guitar in The Lightning Seeds – and so is in the strange situation of performing a song his father wrote about him before he was born. “We don’t dwell on that,” says Broudie. “That was written when I was waiting for him to ...
Broudie’s personal tumults eventually found a voice on 2004’s pared-down solo album Tales Told, ... (with a band now featuring his son Riley). But he’d “been through the wringer ...
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Ian Broudie played in Liverpool's fledgling punk scene in the 1970s. He was a member of the band Big in Japan, with Holly Johnson and Bill Drummond. He was also a founder member of John Peel favourites Original Mirrors in the early 1980s, and was credited as a member of Bette Bright and the Illuminations on their lone album from 1981. In 1983, he r...
Broudie began writing as the Lightning Seeds at the end of the 1980s, scoring a debut hit with the song "Pure". The Lightning Seeds had just one member: Broudie. The Lightning Seeds produced a selection of well-received singles and albums in the 1990s. The albums Cloudcuckooland (1990) and Sense (1992) followed. The latter's song "The Life of Riley...
Broudie worked as a producer with many independent labels including Factory Records, Creation Records, Zoo Recordsand Rough Trade, sometimes under the name 'Kingbird'. Broudie subsequently concentrated on production for other bands, working with the Coral, the Subways, the Zutons, French rock band Noir Desir for their first long album Veuillez rend...
On 11 October 2004, Broudie released his debut solo effort, Tales Told, embraced by critics and fans alike despite the fact that Tales Told saw Broudie move into folk rock territory and away from the slick pop sound of the Lightning Seeds. The first song on the album, "Song for No One", was featured in the opening episode of the third season of the...
Broudie's paternal grandfather was a Latvian Jew, who fled Cossack violence and emigrated to Liverpool, having originally intended on disembarking in New York; in his adolescence during the punk rock era, Broudie was the victim of anti-semitic abuse. Broudie lives in London but spends a substantial amount of time writing and recording in Liverpool ...
Ian Broudie at AllMusicIan Broudie discography at DiscogsOct 4, 2021 · The latest episode highlights Riley Broudie, guitarist with Liverpool’s long-standing indie favourites The Lightning Seeds. In this latest episode, Riley reflects on his time in the band visiting some of their favourite spots around their hometown of Liverpool. Throughout the feature, Riley is seen wearing an array of new designs by Columbia ...
"The Life Of Riley" was the first single from the second Lightning Seeds album, Sense. The "group" is really an Ian Broudie solo project; he recorded the album in a studio he set up at his brother's house and got help from Simon Rogers with the production and instruments.
The writer of the song, Ian Broudie, cites his son Riley as the namesake of the piece. The song title has also been used for a compilation album, Life of Riley: The Lightning Seeds Collection. A remix of "The Life of Riley" appeared on the single "Sense", and an instrumental version appeared on "Change". The single was also later reissued.
