Alex Lloyd
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Alex Lloyd is an Australian singer-songwriter. His most popular album Watching Angels Mend released in 2001 went double platinum and his third album Distant Light released in 2003 has featured three songs that have made the Australian top 40 singles charts. He has also won two Australian Record Industry Association awards for "Male Artist of the Year" in 2000 and 2002.
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Early Years
Alex Lloyd was born Alex Wasiliev in Sydney and adopted the name Alex Lloyd after his mother's maiden name in tribute to her after her death. Lloyd was a member of Mother Hubbard, an indie rock band from Sydney, having left school at 16. His solo career began in 1997 when he started writing songs for his debut solo album Black The Sun and spent time at a songwriting clinic organised by Miles Copeland, former manager of The Police. Alex Lloyd started producing the album in 1998 and finished the album with producer Ed Buller, a former member of the Psychedelic Furs, who had produced albums by Pulp (band) and Suede (band).
Black The Sun won a great deal of critical acclaim with Triple J listeners voting it their album of the year. Alex Lloyd won an ARIA award for "Best New Artist" in 1999 and his first award for "Best Male Artist" in 2000.
Amazing - Chart Success
Lloyd's second album Watching Angels Mend went double platinum in Australia after its release in 2001. The second single "Amazing" proved to be a breakthrough for him, becoming his first top 40 single in Australia, being the top song on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2001. It went to go to number one in New Zealand and be the most played track on Australian radio during 2002.
Two further top 40 singles in Australia followed in 2002 "Green" and "Everybody's Laughing". Alex Lloyd went on to win his second ARIA award for "Best Male Artist" and was nominated in several other categories.
Lloyd's third album Distant Light was released in 2003. It featured Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey of Midnight Oil on several tracks. It was produced by Stuart Miller, who had also produced Watching Angels Mend and mixed by Tony Hoffer who has worked with Air (band), Beck and Turin Brakes.
Distant Light was also a success on the ARIA charts. So far, three singles from the album - "Coming Home" in August 2003, "1000 Miles" in November 2003 and "Beautiful" in April 2004. The album has been certified platinum in Australia.
Alex Lloyd is married to Ameilia, a doctor, and the couple had a son Jake born in February 2004. News of the marriage was leaked to the media by singer Beth Orton, a friend of Alex Lloyd's.
Discography
- Black The Sun (1999)
- Watching Angels Mend (2001)
- Distant Light (2003)
Links
- Amazon artist page (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/236728/104-4457826-2355920)
- Undercover news aerticle on the birth of Lloyd's child (http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2004/feb2004/20040227_alexlloyd.html/)
- Chaos Music biography (http://www.chaosmusic.com/shop/biography.asp?artistID=138581/)