MARTIN Fry, frontman of ABC, has scaled the heights of pop stardom. He created an iconic debut album, The Lexicon of Love, and enjoyed chart success both sides of the Atlantic with hits such as Tears Are Not Enough, Poison Arrow, The Look Of Love and When Smokey Sings. At the peak of his success, he survived a brush with Hodgkin lymphoma and hung out with the likes of Andy Warhol and Robbie Williams.
A family man who received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the University of Sheffield the day before his daughter, Nancy, got her degree from the same university, Martin created sophisticated pop songs that have stood the test of time. Now, as his autobiography is published, he’s hitting the road to share his remarkable stories and sing acoustic versions of his hits. His book, A Lexicon of Life, is lavishly presented.
A superluxe version is hand-bound in the same Savile Row fabric used to make Martin’s famous gold suits, and features a gold vinyl of his most popular songs. ABC were the Eighties band that redefined glamour and cool. Led by the charismatic Fry, they had huge success with The Lexicon of Love, a brilliantly distinctive debut album, unapologetically flamboyant.
Frontman Martin embraced a golden era of luxe, as though Cole Porter had been re-imagined among the streets of Sheffield. Martin grew up in the North, inspired by David Bowie and the Sex Pistols, starting a fanzine and getting into bands. “I vividly remember that moment when I first went to see a .
