Boy George

George Alan O'Dowd (born 14 June 1961), known professionally as Boy George, is an English singer, songwriter, DJ, author and mixed media artist. Best known for his soulful voice and his androgynous appearance, Boy George has been the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club since the group's formation in 1981. He began his solo career in 1987. Boy George's music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by rhythm and blues and reggae.
Boy George grew up in Eltham and was part of the New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s to early 1980s. His look and style of fashion was greatly inspired by glam rock pioneers David Bowie and Marc Bolan. He formed the Culture Club with Roy Hay, Mikey Craig and Jon Moss in 1981. The band's second album Colour by Numbers (1983) sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Their hit singles include "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "Time (Clock of the Heart)", "I'll Tumble 4 Ya", "Church of the Poison Mind", "Karma Chameleon", "Victims", "Miss Me Blind", "It's a Miracle", "The War Song", "Move Away" and "I Just Wanna Be Loved". 
Boy George was the lead singer of Jesus Loves You between 1989 and 1992. He has performed with Culture Club in reunion shows since 1998, and began his career as a DJ in the late 1990s. Outside of music, Boy George has been involved in many activities, among them songwriting, DJing, writing books, designing clothes and photography. He has also made several appearances in television, most recently appearing as a contestant on the 22nd UK series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in November 2022, eventually finishing in 8th place.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played some tracks from Culture Club in the early 80's, but when they split up and Boy George pursued a solo career, he was not particularly interested in his music, although he did play a track from Boy George's Jesus Loves You project called Generations Of Love between 1990 and 1991.
In a four hour Evening Session show co-hosted by Steve Lamacq and John Peel, the former played a track by dub group, Dubversive, covering Junior Murvin's, 'Police And Thieves' (the song was later covered by the Clash), featuring the vocals of Boy George and Mica Paris on their 22nd May 1997 show. 
==Shows Played==
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*22 May 1997 (Dubversive featuring Boy George & Mica Paris): Police And Thieves
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists