Background
Peter Perrett was born in Camberwell, United Kingdom. His father was first a police officer and then a builder, and his mother was an Austrian Jew.
Peter Perrett was born in Camberwell, United Kingdom. His father was first a police officer and then a builder, and his mother was an Austrian Jew.
Perrett attended boarding school, where he was expelled at age 15 for rebellious behaviour.
Perrett"s music career spans more than 30 years. The band has maintained a cult following throughout its existence. Perrett is the main composer of the Only Ones" music, and made major lyrical contributions to the band"s songs.
Early years He was again expelled from his next school at age 16.
He left home after that and learned how to support himself within the London drug scene. Prior to forming the Only Ones, Perrett had recorded material with England"s Glory in 1973.
At that time, his singing style was so similar to Lou Reed"s that it nearly led NME journalist Nick Kent to believe that he was listening to unreleased Velvet Underground material. Although the band did not officially release any material at the time, an album of demos was released in 1987 due to interest in Perrett"s next band, the Only Ones.
Musical career After self-releasing their debut single "Lovers of Today", the band signed with Columbia Broadcasting System Records and released three albums,, Even Serpents Shine and Baby"s Got a Gun, before splitting up in 1982.
Perrett re-emerged in 1994 with a new band called The One. The band released their debut European Parliament Cultured Palate via their manager"s record label Dwarf Records, before signing to Demon Records and releasing their debut album Woke up Sticky in 1996. The band split up that same year, with Perrett disappearing again until April 2004 when he made an appearance on stage with the Libertines.
Long hiatuses in his music career have been ascribed to his enduring struggles with heroin and crack cocaine addictions. reunited in 2007, following the use of "Another Girl, Another Planet" in a Vodafone advertising campaign and a subsequent request to perform at the All Tomorrow"s Parties Festival in Minehead.
The band first played a brief United Kingdom tour in April and June of that year, and then continued performing as far afield as Japan through 2009. Despite reports that the band was working on a new album and performing new songs live, including "Dreamt She Could Fly" and "Black Operations" (which the group played on Later with Jools Holland), the band went on hiatus again without releasing any new material.
After the Only Ones performed in Japan in 2014 without their drummer Mike Kellie, a press release announced that Perrett would play a one-off solo date in England at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire in January 2015.