Baz was born in Northamptonshire, England and started playing the guitar aged just 5 years old...
The son of a weekend musician he was encouraged to pursue an obvious talent as a natural musician. He raced through his grades on both guitar and piano, and was recruited into his fathers band at 14, where he played Bass guitar. His gift of perfect pitch and his ability to busk effortlessly, stood him in good stead through these busy early years. At 17 he fulfilled another ambition and joined the British Army. Service in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan were interludes in a varied military career. While based in Germany, Baz began to develop his own musical style, and started to get involved with the local music scene.
At 19 he began as a solo performer playing in Irish Pubs in Central Germany. Over the years, he continued to play solo and soon struck up an association with named bands. The Boogie Wonderland Disco Explosion as lead vocalist and Liv-It and Teezer as bassist.
Despite a hectic schedule with three bands and solo performances, Baz was invited to help write and arrange the music for the modern musical; Bens Party in 2005.
In June 2005, Baz released his solo album Boredom Killer. Apart from financing the project, he wrote and arranged all his songs, sang all the vocals and played all the instruments featured apart from the drums, then co-produced the whole album. In the process, he created a unique mix of melody and tempo styles that have been very well received by critics at Broadjam, Taxi, Oscar Radio, Tonic TV and Chromium Records.
Baz Barrett is now back in the studio recording his new album.
