- Simon Tong is an English guitarist and keyboardist, who was a member of The Verve between 1996 and 1999 and is a member of Erland & The Carnival and Transmission. Tong has played with Damon Albarn on tour with his bands Blur and Gorillaz, and as a member of the Good, the Bad & the Queen.
Tong grew up in English town Skelmersdale, the subject of his most recent release, Prospect of Skelmersdale with his project The Magnetic North. Simon Tong set up a record label with Youth called Butterfly Recordings. The first acts to be released are Indigo Moss and Duke Garwood along with a compilation entitled "What the Folk".
In 2012 Simon contributed to the recording of the Dr Dee soundtrack, written by Damon Albarn, which was released on 7 May 2012.
Tong is a member of the band Transmission with Youth, Paul Ferguson (of Killing Joke) and Tim Bran (of Dreadzone) which has released a single called "Noctolucent" and an album "Beyond Light" in 2006. He has also played guitar on several tracks on the 2007 Client album "Heartland". Simon Tong is recording and performing as a member of heavy-weight folk rock band Erland and the Carnival.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast
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