1. Jerry Wayne Hussey was born on 26 May 1958 and is an English musician who was born in Bristol, England.
12 Facts About Wayne Hussey
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Wayne Hussey is best known as the lead singer of the Mission, and as the guitarist of the Sisters of Mercy.
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Wayne Hussey was influenced at a young age by Marc Bolan and his band T Rex, and was thus inspired to become a guitarist.
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The first success for Wayne Hussey came when he joined Dead or Alive at the request of frontman Pete Burns.
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Wayne Hussey lived in Leeds for a while before moving to London towards the end of the 1980s.
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Wayne Hussey has produced and played on records by the Mission's Mercury Records labelmates All About Eve and in the late 1990s provided some remixes for Cleopatra Records.
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Wayne Hussey produced, remixed and appeared on some tracks for the US band Gossamer including the track "Run" for the first Unquiet Grave compilation album by Cleopatra Records.
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Wayne Hussey produced and played on Brilliant Mistakes by the Greek band the Flowers of Romance.
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Wayne Hussey has played live with both Gary Numan and the Cure.
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Since 2002, Wayne Hussey has regularly played solo shows that features Mission material, new songs and cover versions.
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In May 2009, Wayne Hussey announced on the Mission's website and in an interview on BBC Radio 6 Music that he and Julianne Regan were working together on an album of cover versions, reinterpretations of old material and new songs, and invited fans to suggest songs for the duo to cover.
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When playing live with the band, Wayne Hussey currently uses a Schecter Corsair 12-string.