Q:What key details about lee payne -lrb- bassist -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: lee payne -lrb- born lee andre barry payne , 15 june 1960 , wednesbury , england -rrb- is the founding bassist and main songwriter of the british heavy metal/power metal band cloven hoof . payne is a self-taught musician and is the only member of cloven hoof to feature in every line-up of the band to date . he started playing guitar at age of 17 , but eventually switched to bass . his creative mind was and still is influenced by horror movies and science fiction . cloven hoof was originally formed in the heart of the west midlands , england in 1979 . the group went through various line up changes until spring 1982 when the band line-up consisted of payne on bass guitar , david potter on vocals , steve rounds on lead guitar and kevin poutney on drums . in the early days of cloven hoof the members , in keeping with their science fiction theme , used one of the four elements as a pseudonym - payne 's was air , but since the dissolution of the band 's first stable line-up in the mid 1980s they decided to drop the stage names .
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- instrument is guitar , bass guitar , vocals- years active is 1979 & ndash ; present- birth name is lee andre barry payne- genre is heavy metal , power metal- alias is lee '' air '' payne- notable instruments is musicman stratocaster stingray gibson les paul custom guitar fender usa- birth date is 15 june 1960- name is lee payne- background is non_vocal_instrumentalist- website is http://www.clovenhoof.co.uk- birth place is wednesbury , england- associated acts is cloven hoof- occupation is bassist , songwriter