Brought up on The Glen Campbell TV show and Motown, at 15 years old I began writing songs on piano and guitar after studying violin (with MR. SWANSON) and drums (with BILLY MOORE, drummer for Ray Charles and James Brown) in Los Angeles. In 1976 I discovered punk rock and played in bands with STEW (THE ANIMATED, THE WONDERFUL GUISE, The Negro Problem,), BILLY GOULD (THE ANIMATED, Faith No More), and CHUCK MOSLEY (THE ANIMATED, Faith No More, Cement).When Reagan was elected, I left Hollywood and the U.S. for Europe in 1982 for a 2 year "Solo Madness Tour". Which crashed in Brixton where I was reunited with artist from New York and Los Angeles. We formed a Performance Arts Group titled THE NEW YORK SOUND IMAGE GROOVE which became THE WONDERFUL GUISE and was based in Berlin for one year. At which time we were arrested for subversive activities and I was refused entry back to Berlin as an undesirable.Returning to Hollywood, I continued my composition studies for 2 years.Now I am with the band THE FAIRYS and find myself once again marooned in London, this time by the river.
Below is Art Tery playin Invitation live in London 2006
Below is an Edited version of the Kungadred video of Art Terry perfoming African Child Soldier
