Biography
Glenn Peter Gregory (born 16 May 1958) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music career spans more than 50 years. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as co-founder and lead vocalist of the new wave and synth-pop band Heaven 17, which released several UK chart hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang", "Temptation", "Let Me Go", "Come Live with Me", "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry", "Sunset Now", and "This Is Mine". Glenn Peter Gregory was born on 16 May 1958 in Sheffield, England. His father, Howard, was a steel worker. As a teenager, he wanted to be an actor, but he worked in London as a photographer. In 1977, Gregory was part of the band 57 Men, formed by Jack Hues and Nick Feldman, who both later formed the band Wang Chung. Gregory knew the founding members of the Human League for many years. He had been singing and playing bass guitar in bands with Ian Craig Marsh since 1973, and was later also in a short-lived band with Martyn Ware. In early 1981, he was contacted by Martyn Ware after the original incarnation of the Human League broke up, and was asked to join Heaven 17, a new band resulting from …
Movies & TV Shows
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996) — Self
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The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? (2024) — Self
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Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music: A Musical History (2018) — Self
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Heaven 17 - At The Scala — Self
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When Tina Turner Came to Britain (2022) — Self
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Days Like These (1986) — Self
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This Happened: Claudia Brücken Live at the Scala (2012) — Self
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Heaven 17: Penthouse and Pavement - Live in Concert 2010 — Self
- Heaven 17: The Story of Penthouse and Pavement (2010) — Self
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Stevie Wonder: A Musical History (2018) — self
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Relish (2016)
- Billy Mackenzie: The Glamour Chase (2000) — Self