Roddy Frame
Scottish singer-songwriter and musician
Roddy Frame (born 29 January 1964) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. He was the founder of the 1980s new wave band Aztec Camera and has undertaken a solo career since the group's dissolution. In November 2013, journalist Brian Donaldson described Frame as: "Aztec Camera wunderkind-turned-elder statesman of intelligent, melodic, wistful Scotpop".
Since the end of the Aztec Camera project, Frame has released four solo albums, the most recent of which is 2014's Seven Dials.
Early life
Frame grew up in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, and went to Canberra Primary School and Duncanrig Secondary School. Frame was surrounded by music from a very young age, as his elder sisters were music fans and listened to a great number of artists, such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
He started to learn guitar playing at a very early age. During his early years playing guitar, Frame frequently listened to Wilko Johnson and was able to play many of Johnson's songs as a result.
As a child and adolescent, Frame was inspired by a variety of musical influences, including David Bowie, the Velvet Underground, the Byrds and Love. Following the advent of the punk subculture, Frame states that he was drawn to it, as "it said, 'Anyone can do it.
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