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Paul Draper
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Paul Draper

Information
Full Name Paul Edward Draper
Date of birth (1970-09-26) September 26, 1970 (age 53)
Birth Place Liverpool, England
Musician Info
Singer-songwriter, Rhythm/Lead Guitar, Record producer, Studio Engineer, Multitalentless Musician
Years Active
1995 (1995)–Present
Record Label
Sci-Fi Hi-Fi, Parlophone, EMI
Associated acts
Grind * The Anchoress * Paul Draper solo-project
Websites
www.mansun.co.uk
www.facebook.com/pauldraperofficial
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Biography

Draper grew up on Garmoyle Road in Wavertree, Liverpool before moving with his family to Connah's Quay, Deeside, which Draper described as "the absolute nothing of Great Britain", adding "It's a horrible, horrible place. In Liverpool, if you're 15 and you pick up an acoustic guitar in school and play a song, then people would listen. But in my school when I tried to take in a guitar, I was just a poof and a queer, and that was that"

Early Days

Draper attended St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint and Thames Polytechnic (now University of Greenwich) where he formed Grind with Steve Heaton and drummer Carlton Hibbert who regularly played around London and released one 12" single Thoughts/A Dying Man before splitting.

Musical Inspiration

The Mansun Years

On 16 May 2006, Draper announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer during fourth album sessions at Rockfield Studios. After a blister appeared on his left hand middle finger that kept bleeding, Draper visited a local doctor who took a sample of tissue from the finger. He was informed that it was a malignant tumour known as a "Bowenoid Malignancy", and responded positively to five cycles of chemotherapy. However, he was unable to play for several months after the tumour was cut out and his finger swelled up following treatment

Life after Mansun

Studio Engineering Producing other artists

Other Artists/bands Paul was collaborated, produced for:

Solo Projects

Trivia

References