Facts: - instrument: vocals , bass guitar - years active: 1983 & ndash ; present - label: z records , avalon , bonnier amigo - genre: hard pop rock , glam rock rock , heavy metal , progressive metal , - birth date: 7 july 1962 - name: tony mills - background: solo_singer - image: tnt veritasparken 20120619-05 . jpg - birth place: solihull , england - associated acts: shy tnt , siam , andy scott 's sweet , Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tony mills -lrb- musician -rrb- .
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tony mills -lrb- born 7 july 1962 in solihull , england -rrb- is an english rock singer , best known for his work with shy and tnt .hailing from birmingham , when he was 14 years old , he sang in his first band , the punk band the rip-offs , before joining fellow birmingham punk band cracked actors as bass guitarist .turning to rock in 1980 , he sang in rock bands with guitarist nik lloyd , such as overdrive , orion and enigma , and in 1983 he joined the band shy .he recorded four albums with aor/hair metal band shy , including the critically acclaimed '' excess all areas '' and toured with shy , supporting gary moore , meatloaf , twisted sister , bon jovi , magnum , manowar , badlands , enuff z nuff , sleez beez , ufo , and the ian hunter/mick ronson outfit which he performed on stage with in brighton , just prior to mick 's death .the tours spanned the whole of europe and north america , it was here that tony worked with l.a. based band , cinderella on their debut album , '' night songs '' .co-writing sessions came about with don dokken -lrb- dokken -rrb- , michael bolton , michael des barres -lrb- power station -rrb- , john parker -lrb- chicago -rrb- , jeff paris and bob kulick .tony left shy in 1991 , when mca picked him up as a solo artist to record his first album in manchester with engineer andy macpherson and guitarist bob maxim along with various members of 10cc and sad cafe .later , forming another band , siam , he wrote and sang on two albums , '' prayer '' and '' the language of menace '' .after working as a session vocalist through the 1990s with slade , simon harrison , dave saylor and cozy powell -lrb- unreleased -rrb- in conjunction with his recording and touring work with siam , the band eventually folded in 1996 and mills spent a year fronting a rush tribute band , yyz .in 2000 he reunited with shy for two more albums , ' unfinished business ' and ' sunset and vine ' .at the turn of the millennium , he also released two solo albums , '' cruiser '' and '' freeway to the afterlife ''...