Ian North is tagged as: new wave, minimal electronic, power pop, 80s underground, out of control There are two artists with the name Ian North: 1)Canadian songwriter who released the album “Theory of Your Life” and the single “Skates” in 2006. 2) Ian North (singer, guitarist, synthesist, producer and songwriter) was the leader of Long Island’s finest contribution to pop punk rock, Milk ‘n’ Cookies. HATES folk music.| Ian North was present at the birth of the New York punk scene - playing CBGB’s shows with The Ramones and Talking Heads, among many others, with Milk N’ Cookies in their cute baseball. The band’s sole LP — recorded in 1975 but released two years later — is full of catchy melodies, twee lyrics and energetic fizz-pop guitar hooks. Awfully early for the power pop revival, it never was very popular; however, fans of bands like Shoes and Sparks might appreciate its preciously naïve charms. | North’s subsequent solo career has taken several turns. Living in London for a while, he led a new wave band called Neo at the time of the English Punk explosion. At the outset, NEO, fronted by Ian North, was actually called Ian North’s Radio, but the band only managed one gig supporting Ultravox in November 1976, before Martin Gordon (ex-Sparks, ex-Jet ) left to be replaced by George Dyner on bass... Read More About Ian North Biography...  Send Ian North ringtones to your cell
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