Chris Foreman
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Christopher John Foreman (born 8th of August 1956) is an English singer, singer-songwriter, and composer.
Foreman rose to fame in the late 1970s as the guitarist for the English ska band Madness, spanning more than 40 years.
Early life
Christopher John Foreman was born in St Pancras, England, on August 8th. His father, John Foreman, who is best known as a music hall revivalist, tried to teach him how to play guitar as a child, but he was unable to keep an interest. When he first started to learn chords, Foreman bought a cheap secondhand guitar when he was 20 and became more interested. He then acquired a Fender Telecaster, which he used while recording Madness' debut album.
Personal life
Foreman married Susan, his childhood sweetheart, in 1976, and they have one son, Matthew (born 1976). Felix (born 1993, Hampstead, London) is Foreman's second wife Laurence's son. Foreman's third wife Melissa was married in 2001, and they have a son Frankie Foreman (born 2002, London) and Elfie (born 2006, Brighton).
Foreman walked out of his Kentish Town home in 2006, settling in Brighton.
Career
Foreman formed Madness with keyboardist Mike Barson and saxophonist Lee Thompson in 1976. Foreman was one of the group's main songwriters, mostly writing music with other members, usually Suggs or Lee Thompson, providing the lyrics.
After Madness disbanded in 1986, he formed a new band The Madness with Thompson, Suggs and Chas Smash, but they broke up after releasing their debut album, the eponymous The Madness. Then Foreman, alongside Thompson, created another group called The Nutty Boys with Thompson on lead vocals. They released an album called Crunch! in 1990. The band continued to be known as Crunch!, and played in London every couple of years.
Foreman reunited with all seven original Madness members in 1992. In 2005 Foreman announced that he was leaving the band, but on 30 November 2006, it was confirmed that Foreman was returning to play on Madness' forthcoming UK Christmas tour.
In 2006, Foreman began using a Samsung D600 mobile phone attached to his guitar to record short videos from his position on stage during live Madness performances to provide his fans with a unique perspective from the "guitar's eye view". He coined the term "Axecam" to describe this filming technique. By December 2008, he had acquired a higher quality digital Flip video camera which he attached to the shoulder strap of his guitar using an "Axecam holder", crafted by a member of the stage crew just before Madness went on stage at The O2 Arena on 19 December 2008. The new "Axecam" produced a far more stable picture and Foreman posted the first video from this performance ("It Must Be Love") to the MadnessStudio2008 Channel on YouTube on 20 December 2008.