Boz Boorer founded the new wave rockabilly group the Polecats, and starting in 1991 had a 30-year collaboration with singer Morrissey as co-writer, guitarist and musical director.
13 Facts About Boz Boorer
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Boz Boorer fell in love with music at an early age.
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Boz Boorer decided to play an instrument when buying T Rex's Electric Warrior at age nine: it "basically made me want to be in a band, made me want to learn to play the guitar", which he did in 1974.
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Raucous Records released a compilation album of Boz Boorer's work titled Between The Polecats in early 2001.
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From 1991 through 2021, Boz Boorer worked not only as one of Morrissey's co-writers and guitarists but as the band's musical director.
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In 1994, Boz Boorer produced for the first time a record for Morrissey: it was for the single "Interlude", a duet between Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux, a one-off released under the banner of both artists.
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Boz Boorer has released solo material between his recording and touring.
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Besides having a solo career, writing and playing for Morrissey and touring occasionally with the Polecats, Boz Boorer has worked with other artists, including Adam Ant, Kirsty MacColl, Joan Armatrading, Jools Holland, and Edwyn Collins.
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Boz Boorer worked with his wife's band, the Shillelagh Sisters, between 1983 and 1998.
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In 2009, Boz Boorer produced the debut EP by Tiguana Bibles, Child of the Moon.
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The plan was to record some acoustic, stripped-down hip-hop, which Boz Boorer described as "an MC fronting early Tyrannosaurus Rex".
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In June 2014, Boz Boorer teamed up with Art Brut singer Eddie Argos for a new solo single, "Girl from Atlanta", which was included on his solo album Age of Boom in 2016 for Fabrique Records.
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Boz Boorer has been married to Lyn since 1981, and they have two daughters: Pearl-May and Billie-Rose.