Education
Neil Codling was raised in Stratford-upon-Avon and studied English and Drama at Hull University.
Neil Codling was raised in Stratford-upon-Avon and studied English and Drama at Hull University.
He is best known as the keyboardist for the alternative rock band He and the drummer of, Simon Gilbert, are cousins. In the autumn of 1995, Codling joined the band as a keyboardist and backing vocalist whilst recording their third album, Coming Up. His first appearance for took place in Hanover Grand, on a secret fanclub gig on 27 January 1996, while his first public performance with was in September 1996.
Foreign their 1999 album Head Music, his role became considerably larger within the band, co-writing many of the album"s songs.
Codling also played some rhythm guitar during live shows while he was in the group. Together with Richard Oakes, Codling gave "s style a touch of popular and electricity, giving birth to two Number.
1 albums in the United Kingdom: Coming Up and Head Music. On 23 March 2001, it was announced that Codling had quit, due to his Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
In December 2004 he played a show featuring his musical project Barry O"Neil, which is a duo comprising him and Harriet Cawley.
Subsequently, Codling played keyboards on tour with the popular singer Natalie Imbruglia in 2005. In April 2007, it was announced that Codling would be playing keyboards for two Anderson solo concerts in Germany—the first time the pair would be re-united since he left Codling joined his former bandmates for three United Kingdom concerts in 2010, and the reunited band continued playing occasional gigs around the world throughout 2010 and 2011. In 2013, released Bloodsports, their first album in 10 years.
Codling is credited with part-writing eight of its ten songs.
Bloodsports was critically praised, and played more extensive shows in its wake during 2013. In 2015, a new album called Night Thoughts was confirmed to be released on 22 January 2016.
Aside from singer Brett Anderson, Codling was the only member of to receive sole writing cr on several of the group"s songs, which included "Elephant Manitoba", "Digging a Hole", "Waterloo" and "Weight of the World", and sang lead on the latter three songs, all B-sides.