George Barnett (musician, born 1988)

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George Barnett
Background information
Born (1988-08-09) 9 August 1988 (age 35)
United Kingdom
Origin Southend-on-Sea, England
Genres Art rock
Occupation(s)Musician, model
Instrument(s)
  • Drums
  • percussion
Years active2005–present
Labels

George Barnett (born 9 August 1988) is the English drummer of the band These New Puritans. He is also a male model, having appeared in campaigns for brands such as Burberry, Lanvin and Valentino.

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Career

At 18, he worked for designer and photographer Hedi Slimane at Dior Homme in Paris from 2006 to 2007, after a chance meeting. He went on to both walk and co-write the soundtrack for the A/W 2007 show, both the show and music received good reviews one stating "..band du jour, These New Puritans, provided a sound track that left one wanting more, their drummer George Barnett made for an appealing muse...". [1]

When Hedi Slimane left Dior Homme, Barnett moved to London and recorded These New Puritans debut album, Beat Pyramid , released in 2008 with his twin brother Jack Barnett. It received many reviews one by NME stating they demonstrated a "span of ideas and singularity of vision that simply shouldn't happen to 20-year olds. They've created their own imperfect world."

Whilst touring the Beat Pyramid album he signed a modelling contract with Bananas Models in Paris and Models 1 where he shot the following fashion campaigns [2] for Lanvin, [3] Levi's, [4] Alfred Dunhill, Aquascutum [5] and COS. [6] He has walked as a catwalk model for Dior Homme, Prada, [7] Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, Burberry, Versace, Bottega Veneta, Valentino, Louis Vuitton and Dries van Noten amongst other brands. [8]

In his modelling career, he has worked with fashion photographers Willy Vandereperre, Hedi Slimane, David Sims, Nick Knight [9] and Alasdair McLellan. [10] He has also appeared in many fashion magazines including British Vogue , [11] i-D Magazine, [12] LOVE magazine, Arena Homme+, AnotherMan, and Dazed and Confused.

In 2010, Barnett's second album Hidden with These New Puritans won NME 's 'Album of the Year 2010'. [13] In late 2010, a series of full live performances of Hidden, entitled 'Hidden Live', took place at venues such as the Barbican Centre [14] (featuring the Britten Sinfonia) and the Pompidou Centre.

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References

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  2. ↑ "George Barnett on Models.com". Models.com.
  3. ↑ "Lanvin F/W 2008 Campaign". Models.com.
  4. ↑ "Levi's Campaign". thefashionisto blog. 15 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Aquascutum Campaign". Models.com.
  6. ↑ "COS Campaign". Models.com.
  7. ↑ "Prada Mens Show 2011". Style.com.
  8. ↑ "'Meet the Artrocker Moonlighting on the Mens Runways' by Tim Blanks". Style.com. 20 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Notes on Modern Masculinity". i-D Magazine.
  10. ↑ "Glamorama: The Life of a Boy Model". Arena Homme+.
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