Does anybody know John's age/date of birth?

Even Rob and I don't know that - John keeps it VERY close to his chest!

Thats a tough one Alex. We can only guess! At least John still makes good music, whatever his age and that is all that counts.
About time for some new sounds. We've waited now for over a year.
Regards
Metal Beat.

Yeah! I was curious to his starsign actually.

My psychic readings clearly prove that he's born in 1953 and that his starsign is Libra.

Err, that's MIdge, not John! <img border="0" alt="[Suave]" title="" src="graemlins/suave.gif" />

The only clue I have as to what his age might be is in this interview I have with him where he mentions having seen Jimi Hendrix when he was 13 or 14. So that would narrow it down to being somewhere between 1967-1970, wouldn't it? I'm guessing somewhere closer to '67, since any later would make him a few years younger than the others.

Here's the link to the interview. It's quite interesting.

John Foxx: If You Don\'t Trust Your Instincts, You\'ll Never Do Anything Valuable

Mrs. X

Well, that's funny!
I was just joking, of course, but I wanted to believe that John was born exactly 10 years before me (Oct 9, 1963).
Now, after your remark, I discovered that Midge was born on Oct 10, 1953! Missed by just one day... I will remember his birthday from now on.
I don't know much about starsigns... I will ask our resident psychic/esoterist (Meriseth) for a consultation.
Cheers,
Luca

Luca - Excellent, LOL!

Mrs X - website says 'Service Unavailable' at the mo, but the interview sounds great! Will check it again, maybe it's a temporary fault. Interesting re: Jimi Hendrix tho - I'm pretty sure that John is a few years older than the others. Maybe he was stretching the truth a little to disguise his age!! The others have been known to do that...

I shall look forward to reading this interview when it's back online! Thanks!

Damn it, you're right! It says "Service Unavailable" for me too! It didn't when I posted that though! (I wanted to double-check the information so I didn't end up posting something erroneous!) Strange... Sorry about that! I hope it comes up too, because it was quite good!!

Mrs. X

Hi
I've just managed to open the link. Great interview from John, I felt it is one of the best and the most honest interviews I've read for a long time.
Regards
Mr Beat

Agreed. Seems a particularly candid and well structured interview.
The Dussledorf 1970 thing is interesting - sheds a bit of light on the meaning of the whole Ultravox sound especially, but also the value of innovation and the evolution of a sound over time.

How many 13-14 yr olds now would even think of hitching to London to see a band???

Oh what a relief! It's back up! Sorry about the inconvenience of before, and yes...I thought it was a fantastic and very candid interview. One of the best I've read as well.

Mrs. X

He once told me he was born in 1950, but who knows, maybe he was just having fun at my expense!
I hope he's not an Aquarius (I have one at home, and that's enough!)

Meriseth

What's wrong with Aquarians?!

As one of the five headed beast I know that John is as old as me.. I'm 43 and John is a few days older give or take a bit

Erm...that would mean that he formed Ultravox when he was 13. Sorry, but he didn't look that young!!

Mrs. X

Chris - you're having a laaaaaaff!!!

43 !!!!!! Why not likely

oi, stop ya stirring, Piggy - ya know I was speaking in jest!

43....Mrs X - its true ya know - Ultravox were once thought to be the English equivalent of the Jackson 5...

Sorry, guys, but I will stick to my original hunch.
JF was born exactly 10 years before me - Oct 9, 1953.
He doesn't disclose his age because he doesn't want to admit that he's 1 day older than Midge!

Define "a few" and "a bit" please!

So John was a child prodigy!! (Come to think of it, I'm sure I've read somewhere that he really was!)

Let's see then... "Ain't Misbehavin'" was about typical adolescent behaviour, and "Monkey Jive" was about...er...pleasuring oneself?

Mrs. X

Replace the word "days" with "years" and the word "bit" with "decade." :p

Mrs. X

Well, if it's any help, I know that he's just a little older than Mike Oldfield...

Surely you know to never believe anything a lampie says!!!

JF does not have a date of birth. He was manufactured in a German town called Disslediff by the alien robot cult called Kriftwok (Chinese electronic chefs). He was then shipped to Chorley in 1901 and remaineded hidden in a pie shop until 1980 when he was attached to another robot called Garth Jinns. They lived in a small factory called "Paarthway Stoodios" located in London Village and made electronic warblings to make other people follow them way into the next century (these people are now over weight and balding).

Lol!!

ROFLMFAO!!!!!!

That was funny...

Mrs. X

I never thought I'd read anything with the words "John Foxx" and "pie" in the same sentence. Respect is due. If I knew how to use emoticons, they'd all be wetting themselves.

That was a ' nice piece of cheese', Nice Piece of Cheese...

Why?

Cerise was right!!

Of course I'm having a laaf!!

I really haven't a clue how old he is

Ahhhh, Maestro Lampie......

Regardless of how old you are Chris, you are a fine specimen of a man, I wish I look as good as you when I reach your mature age, (taller, of course!!)

Respec' Lampie Dude....

dm!!

Hey there!
I literally bumped into John in 87 in Highgate cos I was looking for the Flask (the pub) and I asked a passer-by who happened to be John himself. I was 17 at the time and very impressionable haha and I stammered when I realised that it was him haha! I was hardly trying to say his name and all I could say was Jo........hnFoxx! HAHA hilarious. He said 'You frightened me there. For a minute I thought you were feeling ill' HAHAHA. We had a long chat and he told me he was in his thirties which does not clear your argument sorry haha...I work as a music journalist and do promotion for a few underground bands so I have a couple of cool jobs but to this day, that was the most surreal night of my life. And I remember he told me his birthday cos I asked but I cannot remember the correct date. He is an Aries though if I remember right...goddamn, it was 17 years ago, you know

The rest of the band were all born in 1952 apart from Midge who was born in 1953. I am sure that Chris was born on 14th July, Warren on 20th May, Billy in April sometime (Aries) and Midge on 10th October, somebody posted correct information here.

I was well into the band back in the 80s when a teenager and those are the years you just absorb everything like a sponge. I knew so much irrelevant shit about those guys back then that somebody suggested that I went on one of those TV quizzes to answer only Ultravox questions HAHAHA insane stuff looking back.

I went to see "Ultravox" play the forum in the 90s sometime but the only original member was Billy so it was ok but not as magic as if they had all been there. I had a chat with Billy afterwards and I asked him about the rest of the guys but he didnt know anything about Warren and he told me that Chris had moved to the Shetlands and had opened a geese farm. That was wild! Does anybody here know if that is correct? Maybe I should post in the Chris Chross forum...

But if you know something, let me know. I am not obsessional about them anymore, grown up and all that haha but I am still curious to know what happened to Chris and Warren.

Cheers or as they say in Norway, Skål! Px

53

its not hard

go to st catherines house london

d leigh
chorley
lancs

WOW! Who is this? Is this THE Dennis Leigh??? What is St Catherines House London, another way to say "go to hell"? haha!

What...he is 53, or he was born in 1953? I'd be more inclined to believe the former.

Mrs. X

As I said earlier, a feature around the time of The Garden said he was 28. Therefore he would be 51 now. Thus born in '53. I agree with Patrizia.

Noooo...Billy was born in 1950, I believe. As for the exact date, not sure. And the info page from the old site is gone!!

Mrs. X

Ist of April, wasn't it ? I seem to recall that his own site has a pretty full biog.

In his bio on his website, he only states that: "I was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, 1950." I'm sure that his birthdate was on his questionnaire page in the Info section of the old EV site, but of course, it's not there now...

Mrs. X

Lucky girl!
A cousin of a friend of mine had a similar adventure at the airport in Rome, same year. John was there, coming home after one of his Cathedral Oceans performances at the Giardino Botanico (of which I knew nothing, dam***). If I want to meet John I have to chase him around the world...
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Ah... 51 53 1953... in Italy we call this "dare i numeri" (give numbers) that means "going mad".
But... ARIES?!? Odd... He looks more like Gemini to me.

Meriseth