Alex Fergusson (musician)

Alex Fergusson (born 16 December 1952, Glasgow, Scotland) is a singer songwriter, guitarist and record producer.

First record: 3 acetates were made on Scotia Records Scotland march 1973 - Avalanche/ Living In The City both Fergusson tunes.

Fergusson played guitar and wrote songs in The Nobodies (1976), with Sandy Robertson (later a rock journalist), before forming the punk band Alternative TV with Mark Perry in 1977, and a few years later (in 1981) was a founder member of Psychic TV (1981). ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Fergusson left the latter in 1987. He started Ambership (1984–1989), with Peter McGregor while still in Psychic TV.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1993, he released an eponymous white label record, followed by Perverse Ballads in 1996, The Essence in 2001, and The Castle in 2006.

As a record producer, Fergusson has worked with a variety of musicians, including Orange Juice, The Go-Betweens and Gaye Bykers on Acid.^{[ citation needed ]}

In late 2023, he released a 5 album vinyl box set: Secret Recordings 1976–1992, on the German VOD label and featuring music from various bands and other projects from his career including solo material.^{[ citation needed ]}

His new solo album "Songbook" was released in July 2025 on Glass Modern records.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Poulsen, Henrik Bech (2005). '77 : The Year of Punk & New Wave . London: Helter Skelter. pp.  58–59. ISBN   1-900924-92-7. OCLC   1023792996 – via the Internet Archive.
2. Thompson, Dave "Alternative TV Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved 20 June 2014
3. Huey, Steve "Psychic TV Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved 20 June 2014
4. Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music . Oxford University Press. p.  141. ISBN   978-0-19-983260-6 – via Internet Archive.

External links

• Alex Fergusson discography at Discogs