Chris Lowe

Known for ActingBorn 1959-10-04 (age 66)Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Christopher Sean Lowe (born 4 October 1959) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, and co-founder of the synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he formed with Neil Tennant in 1981. Christopher Sean Lowe was born and raised in Blackpool, Lancashire, and attended Arnold School. His grandfather was a trombonist and a member of the comedy jazz troupe The Nitwits. His mother was a dancer, and his father, a sales representative, could play piano by ear. Lowe learned trombone and piano and was in the school orchestra and dance band. He studied music as an A-level subject. Lowe played trombone in a semi-professional seven-piece dance band named One Under the Eight that performed favourites like "Hello Dolly", "La Bamba" and "Moon River", and he joined the Musicians' Union with them. He was also in a local brass band, the Norman Memorial Youth Band, and briefly played keyboards with a school rock band called Stallion. Lowe began studying architecture at the University of Liverpool in 1978 and earned a BA (Hons) in 1981. During a work placement in 1981 at a London architectural practice, he designed a staircase for an industrial estate in Milton Keynes. It was at this time that he met Neil Tennant in Chelsea Record Centre, a hi-fi shop on King's Road in London. As their music career developed, Lowe continued his architecture course and got a B.Arch, but did not complete the final work requirement to qualify as an architect before he and Tennant committed full time to the Pet Shop Boys in 1985. Lowe generally performs as the Pet Shop Boys' keyboardist. He occasionally provides spoken-word or sung vocals and takes the lead on a few songs, including "Paninaro". Lowe played trombone on the song "I Want a Lover", and he appeared with his trombone in the video for the song "What Have I Done to Deserve This?". In 1993, he wrote and produced the track "Do the Right Thing" for Arsenal footballer Ian Wright. The song featured backing vocals by long-time Pet Shop Boys backing singer Sylvia Mason-James, and the single featured remixes by Rollo. Two years later, Lowe had a cameo in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. His appearance was filmed while Pet Shop Boys were touring Australia in 1994. In 2004, he was commissioned to do music for an advertisement for the sunscreen brand Blockhead. The song ended up in a remixed version on a "Café Mambo" compilation. Lowe wrote the music for the song "Streets of Berlin", featured in the 2006 revival of Bent at the Trafalgar Studios in Whitehall. In 2011, Lowe appeared as featured vocalist on Stop Modernists' cover version of the New Order song "Subculture". It was the first time he had appeared as a vocalist on a non-Pet Shop Boys project. ... Source: Article "Chris Lowe" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.Read more

Movies & web series

Pet Shop Boys: Pandemonium

MTV Europe Music Awards

The BRIT Awards

Pet Shop Boys Smash The Videos 1985 - 2020

The Big New Years & Years Eve Party with Kylie and Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys: Inner Sanctum 2018

Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia

60 Songs: BBC Two at 60

Pet Shop Boys: Somewhere

An Audience with Elton John

Projections

Pet Shop Boys: Pop Art - The Videos

Pet Shop Boys: Montage - The Nightlife Tour

Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now

Pet Shop Boys: Discovery (Live in Rio)

Pet Shop Boys Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live at the Royal Arena Copenhagen

Synth Britannia

Pet Shop Boys: Television

MTV Video Music Awards

Live 8

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

Pet Shop Boys: Performance

Pet Shop Boys: Cubism

The Graham Norton Show

Radio 2 in the Park: Pet Shop Boys

Discovery: Live in Rio 1994

Pet Shop Boys - BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park

Champs-Elysées

My Best Friend's Wedding

Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop

Pet Shop Boys at the BBC

It Couldn't Happen Here

Sacrée soirée

An Audience with...

TFI Unplugged

The World According to Allee Willis

Pet Shop Boys - Live Isle Of Wight 2024

Pet Shop Boys: Live @ Primavera Sound 2023

Pet Shop Boys: Rock in Rio 2017

Pet Shop Boys: Electric

Electronic Beats Festival Berlin 2012 - Pet Shop Boys

London 2012 Olympic Games

Pet Shop Boys: Live at Roskilde Festival 2009

Back To The 80's - Live In Concert

Parkinson

Pet Shop Boys - Highlights On Tour

BBC Radio 2 Piano Room