Arthur Brown

Who is Arthur Brown?

Arthur Brown is an English rock musician best known for his flamboyant, theatrical perfomances, powerful wide ranging operatic voice and for his number one hit in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, "Fire" in 1968.

Brown has been lead singer of various groups most notably The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Kingdom Come followed by a varied solo career as well as associations with Hawkwind, The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa.

Brown has been a significant influence on Alice Cooper, Peter Gabriel, Marilyn Manson, George Clinton, Kiss, King Diamond, and Bruce Dickinson, among others and his songs have been covered or sampled by a range of artists including Ozzy Osbourne, The Prodigy and The Who.

Browns voice and in particular his high banshee screams are a pre cursor to the banshee screaming of many later heavy metal singers and his theatrical concepts and stage presence such as the face makeup, voodoo dancing and flaming helmet pioneered a lot of what was to become Shock Rock and Progressive Rock.