Green Gartside

Green Gartside was born in Cardiff, Wales. While at art school in Leeds in 1977, Gartside formed the post-punk band Scritti Politti. Rough Trade Records who released the first Scritti Politti album Songs to Remember in 1982.

Cupid & Psyche '85 reached number 5 in the UK in 1985 and was certified Gold

In 1988 Scritti Politti's album Provision was a UK Top 10 success. Gartside became disillusioned with the music industry and retired to south Wales for more than seven years. He returned to music-making in the late 1990s, releasing a new album, Anomie & Bonhomie, in 1999. In 2006, another new album was released by Gartside, the stripped-down White Bread, Black Beer by Scritti Politti, which returned to the more experimental era of the band's history.

In 2020, Gartside released a new solo single on Rough Trade Records.

His memoir will be published by Faber.