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Foster grew up in Pimlico, West London. His first band in which he played lead guitar, was the short-lived Los Apachés. In 1983, he joined the Monochrome Set following the departure of guitarist, Lester Square. The band had just released the single, "Jet Set Junta', which 'nodded to the previous year's Falkland islands conflict, becoming a big indie hit and garnering extensive play.' One of Foster's first jobs was to appear in the video for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpyhQK_3AdU Jet Set Junta], miming to Lester Square's guitar part. Foster went on to play on the band's fourth album, the poppier Lost Weekend (1985), which included the singles Wallflower and Jacob's Ladder. In the video for the altter, Foz dressed in a bear costume, beginning a tradition of wearing animal costumes on stage. Although well received by fans, sales were disappointing, and the band split up. |
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FOZ FOSTER
James 'Foz' Foster (1960-) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the lead guitarist in the art-rock band, David Devant and his Spirit Wife, and the 1983-5 incarnation of The Monochrome Set. Foster also plays guitar, musical saw and vibraslap in the house band of Karaoke Circus and Martin White's Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra. He plays ukulele and other instruments as part of the double-act, Foster and Gilvan, and is also musical director of Sawchestra - a band of musical saw players who perform Foster's compositions to accompany silent films.
MONOCHROME SET Foster grew up in Pimlico, West London. His first band in which he played lead guitar, was the short-lived Los Apachés. In 1983, he joined the Monochrome Set following the departure of guitarist, Lester Square. The band had just released the single, "Jet Set Junta', which 'nodded to the previous year's Falkland islands conflict, becoming a big indie hit and garnering extensive play.' One of Foster's first jobs was to appear in the video for Jet Set Junta, miming to Lester Square's guitar part. Foster went on to play on the band's fourth album, the poppier Lost Weekend (1985), which included the singles Wallflower and Jacob's Ladder. In the video for the altter, Foz dressed in a bear costume, beginning a tradition of wearing animal costumes on stage. Although well received by fans, sales were disappointing, and the band split up.