
Aqualung
Matthew “Matt” Hales – who is better known in the music industry as Aqualung – is an English singer/songwriter who grew up in his parents independent record shop and at the age of 16 was awarded a scholarship to study music composition at Winchester College. The next year he wrote his first symphony entitled “Life Cycle”. While he was still a teenager he formed his first band, which went by several different names, producing one album, but they soon broke up.
In 1990, Hales moved to London to study music at City University where he formed a band with his brother Ben. They released several singles as well as an album, but they had very little success. In 2001, they were signed to Mercury Records, released two more singles, but in the following year they were dropped by the record label and the duo split up.
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