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Paul Heaton

Born in Bromborough, Cheshire, on May 9, 1962, Paul Heaton grew up in Sheffield and later in Chipstead, Surrey, and developed an interest in soccer before forming his first band, Tools Down, with one of his two brothers and two friends. After traveling across Europe, he settled in Hull, where he formed The Housemartins, a band that made a name for itself in the British indie rock scene of the 1980s with the albums London 0, Hull 4 (1986) and The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death (1987). His bassist, Norman Cook, would go on to become famous under the name Fatboy Slim. A writ...