Warren Reginald Cann was born on 20 May 1950 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and is a Canadian drummer, drum machine programmer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the British new wave band Ultravox, for which he has been one of the main songwriters.
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Warren Cann established himself in London, where he formed his first band, along with Huw Lloyd-Langton, future Hawkwind member, on guitar and Rob Rawlinson, later in Overnight Angels, on bass.
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Shortly thereafter, Warren Cann contacted John Foxx, who invited Warren Cann to join his fledgling band Tiger Lily with bassist Chris Cross and guitarist Stevie Shears.
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Also in 1985 Warren Cann produced a single for the eccentric singer Duffo, "Gonna Send the Boys Around", and took part in the Doctor Who charity single "Doctor in Distress".
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Warren Cann was ousted from the band in 1986, after disagreements arose with other band members who started to consider him a problem for the progress of the band.
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Warren Cann wanted a fully programmed percussion sound while the others preferred a "back-to-basics" approach.
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Warren Cann did session work for other artists, including 7000 Danses by Indochine, appeared on several television shows with Kim Wilde and produced demos for aspiring bands.
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Warren Cann joined a band called The Sons of Valentino, and then played guitar and keyboards with The Huw Lloyd-Langton Group.
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Warren Cann later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the movie business.
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Warren Cann was an actor in the Hollywood Horror-movie, "The American Scream", and made the music to "Deadly Currency", as well as writing for music technology magazines such as Sound On Sound.
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Warren Cann endeavoured to have extremely precise timing; this would make the songs with live drums match songs driven by electronic, programmed percussion.
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