13 Facts About Terry Bickers

Terry Bickers is currently based in Brighton, England where he teaches music.

Terry Bickers was born in Kensington, London, and grew up in nearby Fulham, initially learning bass guitar and then progressing to electric guitar, playing gigs in local pubs from aged 15.

Terry Bickers played on their Hallelujah Chorus EP and Glentoran album, both released in 1986 on Fire Records.

In 1986 Terry Bickers left Colenso Parade to join The House of Love, playing the role of lead guitarist and creative foil to singer and songwriter Guy Chadwick.

In 1990, Terry Bickers formed the psychedelic rock band Levitation with drummer David Francolini, former Cardiacs guitarist Bic Hayes, multi-instrumentalist Robert White and bass player Joe Allen.

In interviews with the music press, Terry Bickers would provide career-friendly quotes by, for example, citing an interest in the then-current dance and rave music scenes as well as the indie-rock and psychedelic music movements.

Years later, Terry Bickers would speak about his departure with regret and shame, but in his defence claim that he had been unhappy with the band's musical direction and wanted to spend more time with his family.

Since this time Terry Bickers has committed to a clean and healthy living lifestyle.

Terry Bickers went on to work in production, resurfacing briefly in 1999 with a new band called Monkey 7.

Terry Bickers would continue as a member of The House of Love until 2020, when Chadwick put together an entirely different line-up to tour the United States.

In 2009, Terry Bickers joined up with Worthing resident Pete Fijalkowski for a new "stripped down" project.

Terry Bickers' guitar playing features on Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses, a recording of Corsican polyphonic singing, and on some Heidi Berry recordings.

Since 1998 Terry Bickers has been a practitioner of the martial art Shintaido, which originated in Japan.