Biography

William Owen Gregory (Born 17 September 1959 in Bristol) is best known as a songwriter, and the lead keyboards/synthesizer player & producer of the electronic music group Goldfrapp. Originally a classical music student at the University of York, Gregory is the son of an actress and an opera chorus-line singer. In the 1980s he mainly recorded and toured with Tears for Fears and in the 1990s he performed with artists including Peter Gabriel, The Cure as well as fellow Bristolians Portishead, along with playing oboe for Tori Amos and recording with Paula Rae Gibson. In 1999, vocalist Alison Goldfrapp and Gregory formed the group Goldfrapp, a collaboration that has led to international critical and commercial success on the music charts.