Garry William Beers was born to Lola (died 2011) and William Beers. William Beers was a front-end loader operator, and Lola worked part-time in a variety of jobs.[citation needed] Garry has an older sister, Kerry.[citation needed] He grew up in the Sydney suburb of Manly and attended The Forest High School.[1] His first band was Legolas Elvin Warrior in 1975, where he played acoustic guitar with school mates, Bill Hucker and Glen Fender.
After nine months of studying acoustic guitar with little improvement, Beers moved over to bass guitar but refused to take further lessons. His inspiration was John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin,[citation needed] James Jamerson, and Paul McCartney. He met Andrew Farriss and they formed the band Dr Dolphin, which was followed by the Farriss Brothers in 1977.[2][3] Farriss Brothers became INXS in 1979 with Beers on bass guitar and double bass, Andrew Farriss on keyboards and guitar, Jon Farriss on drums and keyboards, Tim Farriss on lead guitar, Michael Hutchence on lead vocals and Kirk Pengilly on guitar, saxophone and backing vocals.[4] Generally playing bass guitar, Beers' double bass work occurs on some INXS tracks including "By My Side".
In 1989, while on hiatus from INXS, he joined Absent Friends as bass guitarist. Their No. 7 album, Here's Looking Up Your Address (May 1990) spawned the No. 4 hit single, "I Don't Want To Be With Nobody But You".[5] He also plays the guitar, keyboards, ukulele, and is adept at computer programming for song writing and music production. Beers has co-written tracks for INXS including "Listen Like Thieves", "Don't Change", and "Perfect Strangers". From 2008, Beers has been concentrating on his song writing in Los Angeles, as well as the INXS album, Original Sin released on 8 November 2010.[6]
He co-wrote the song "Tangle With Your Mind" with Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots for Weiland's solo CD Happy in Galoshes (2008).[7] In late 2015, Beers formed a new band called Stadium with Irish singer Ciaran Gribbin who was the lead singer for INXS when they announced their retirement from live performance at the end of 2012.[citation needed]
Garry Beers: INXS UK Tour, Brighton June 2007Garry Beers in January 2016
Beers was given his double name at school,[citation needed] it was later misprinted on the cover of INXS' 1980 debut album, INXS, as Garry Gary Beers. Very rarely given as Gary, Beers adopted the alternative spelling, which appears on merchandise and personal items such as guitar picks.
Garry and Jourdan Beers married in September 2007. They live in Los Angeles and enjoy volunteering for several animal rescue organisations. They have girl/boy twins. Beers also has two daughters from his first marriage to Jodie Crampton, and a son from his short relationship with Shelley Preston.
Referencesedit
^St John, Ed (1998). Burn: The life and times of Michael Hutchence and INXS. Bantam Books, Sydney. ISBN0-7338-0182-X.
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Garry William Beers born 22 June 1957 known as Garry Gary Beers is an Australian musician and was the bass guitarist for the rock group INXS Garry Gary BeersGarry Gary Beers August 1986Background informationBirth nameGarry William BeersBorn 1957 06 22 22 June 1957 age 66 Sydney New South Wales AustraliaGenresNew waverockOccupation s MusiciansongwriterproducerInstrument s Bass guitarvocalsYears active1975 presentFormerly ofINXSAbsent Friends Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksCareer editGarry William Beers was born to Lola died 2011 and William Beers William Beers was a front end loader operator and Lola worked part time in a variety of jobs citation needed Garry has an older sister Kerry citation needed He grew up in the Sydney suburb of Manly and attended The Forest High School 1 His first band was Legolas Elvin Warrior in 1975 where he played acoustic guitar with school mates Bill Hucker and Glen Fender After nine months of studying acoustic guitar with little improvement Beers moved over to bass guitar but refused to take further lessons His inspiration was John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin citation needed James Jamerson and Paul McCartney He met Andrew Farriss and they formed the band Dr Dolphin which was followed by the Farriss Brothers in 1977 2 3 Farriss Brothers became INXS in 1979 with Beers on bass guitar and double bass Andrew Farriss on keyboards and guitar Jon Farriss on drums and keyboards Tim Farriss on lead guitar Michael Hutchence on lead vocals and Kirk Pengilly on guitar saxophone and backing vocals 4 Generally playing bass guitar Beers double bass work occurs on some INXS tracks including By My Side In 1989 while on hiatus from INXS he joined Absent Friends as bass guitarist Their No 7 album Here s Looking Up Your Address May 1990 spawned the No 4 hit single I Don t Want To Be With Nobody But You 5 He also plays the guitar keyboards ukulele and is adept at computer programming for song writing and music production Beers has co written tracks for INXS including Listen Like Thieves Don t Change and Perfect Strangers From 2008 Beers has been concentrating on his song writing in Los Angeles as well as the INXS album Original Sin released on 8 November 2010 6 He co wrote the song Tangle With Your Mind with Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots for Weiland s solo CD Happy in Galoshes 2008 7 In late 2015 Beers formed a new band called Stadium with Irish singer Ciaran Gribbin who was the lead singer for INXS when they announced their retirement from live performance at the end of 2012 citation needed nbsp Garry Beers INXS UK Tour Brighton June 2007 nbsp Garry Beers in January 2016Personal life editThis section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Garry Gary Beers news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Beers was given his double name at school citation needed it was later misprinted on the cover of INXS 1980 debut album INXS as Garry Gary Beers Very rarely given as Gary Beers adopted the alternative spelling which appears on merchandise and personal items such as guitar picks Garry and Jourdan Beers married in September 2007 They live in Los Angeles and enjoy volunteering for several animal rescue organisations They have girl boy twins Beers also has two daughters from his first marriage to Jodie Crampton and a son from his short relationship with Shelley Preston References edit St John Ed 1998 Burn The life and times of Michael Hutchence and INXS Bantam Books Sydney ISBN 0 7338 0182 X McFarlane Ian 1999 Encyclopedia entry for INXS Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop Allen amp Unwin ISBN 1 86448 768 2 Archived from the original on 30 September 2004 Retrieved 7 November 2010 Garry Gary Beers INXS Archived from the original on 12 August 2011 Retrieved 7 November 2010 Nimmervoll Ed INXS HowlSpace Archived from the original on 21 February 2001 Retrieved 7 November 2010 Discography Absent Friends Australian charts portal Hung Medien Retrieved 7 November 2010 Adams Cameron 19 October 2010 INXS rework old classics with guest vocalists in new album Herald Sun The Herald and Weekly Times News Corporation Retrieved 7 November 2010 Scott Weiland More Solo Album Details Revealed Tour Dates Announced Blabbermouth net 5 September 2008 Archived from the original on 12 September 2008 Retrieved 7 November 2010 External links editOfficial INXS site Garry Gary Beers at IMDb Garry Gary Beers discography at Discogs nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Garry Gary Beers amp oldid 1212703560, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
