Tony Fennell (born 16 November 1963) is a British musician, songwriter, composer and producer. He was the lead singer, lyricist and musician for the band Ultravox from 1992 till 1994,[1] as well as a composer and producer of music for tv.

Fennell has signed publishing and recording contracts with Warner Brothers, Atlantic, EMI and BMG. His movie and tv credit include Disney, Nickelodeon, Viacom, HBO, PBS and Syfy as well as commercials for Dodge, Mattel and General Mills.

Profession
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Fennell was born in Birmingham, and began enjoying music in the early 1980s, signing his first publishing contract with Warner/Chappell Music. , produced by Elliot Wolfe. He toured extensively throughout the United Kingdom and Europe, together with with James Brown. His band, Mr. President, went on to sign with Atlantic Data. The band launched the album Bang! In 1985, the band changed its name to ‘Big Noise’. Throughout this time, Fennell was also the bass participant for Edwin Starr.

After shifting to the US permanently within the late 1980s, Fennell co-wrote with David Frank the monitor “If you Imagine” for soul singer Kenny Thomas’ 1991 album Voices.

In 1992, Fennell turned the lead singer of UK band Ultravox and signed with EMI. He recorded the EP Vienna 92 and co-wrote the album Revelation.

Teaming up with Rod Gammons and Bob Khozouri, he co-wrote two songs for Jaki Graham’s album Hold On and another for her album Real Life.

In 1996/7, Fennell formed the band Luxx with fellow Englishman Ian Hatton and signed with Push/BMG. The band went on to file two albums: Luxx and Hyrdroponic and toured the US over a interval of 4 years.

In 2004, he signed with Zest Music because the in-home writer/producer working along with CEO Steve Weltman (Chrysalis, Hit and Run Music). With Zest, Fenelle wrote and produced with Richard Evans and co-wrote and produced the album Evening Racing for Tara Chinn. Fenelle and Chinn went on to tour Australia to promote the album Night time Racing.

In 2010, Fennell co-wrote “Crash and Burn” and “Black and White” with Alex Smith and Karen Louise Barrow. “Crash and Burn” achieved excessive rotation on BBC Radio 2’s B-List and the Jason Nevins remix reached number 2 in the Music Week Business Pop Club Chart. It also made the top ten of the Billboard Breakout Membership Charts within the US.

In 2013/14, Fennell wrote and co-produced with Jason Silver the album Deliver It Again for singer Brenda Edwards. He wrote and produced with bass player Chip Z’nuff and the band Enuff Z’nuff[2] and has produced two songs for the band’s album Diamond Boy.

In March 2019, following a three-and-a-half-year stint with the band, Fennell announced his departure from Enuff Z’nuff in a statement on the band’s Fb web page.[3]

June 2019 saw Fennell be part of as lead singer and guitar player for the band When in Rome II. During January-March 2020, he embarked on a nationwide US tour with the Motels and recorded new material for the band.

As composer for film and tv
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In 1995, Fennell signed a publishing deal with Japanese firm Avex. While with Avex, Fennell co-wrote the underscore for the movie Throughout the Rock (Gary Tunnicliffe) for the Syfy Channel.

Within the early 2000s, he composed and recorded songs for Bear in the large Blue Home (Disney), Little Bill (CBS), Out of the Box (Nickelodeon), Gullah Gullah Island (Nickelodeon), Cyberchase (PBS), Scrubs (ABC) and Nash Bridges (CBS).

In 2009, Fennell composed/produced songs and the underscore for the movie King of the Avenue.

Present work
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Fennell is at the moment the co-founder and co-owner of the corporate Musations. The company launched the social media/music app Musations in July 2014. The app consequently charted at #3 within the Apple AppStore’s free music downloads.

He formed the band The Nu Wave in 2023 and is at present touring the US as of 2025. https://nuwaveband.com/

Partial discography
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Large Noise – Bang (1989)

Ultravox – “Vienna 92” (1992)

Ultravox – Revelation (1993)

Gerry Laffy – Sheer Greed[when?]

Luxx – Luxx[when?]

Luxx – Hydroponic[when?]

Bear in the big Blue House[when?]

Scarlette Fever – Medicine Time[when?]

Brenda Edwards – Convey It Again

Enuff Znuff – Diamond Boy (2018)

^ “Ultravox Reunite with Midge Ure for First New Album in Almost Two A long time”. exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-23.

^ “Hot shot rockers get set to blast into the Waterloo”. Retrieved 2018-05-23.

^ Olivier (11 March 2019). “Guitarist Tony Fennell leaving Enuff Z’Nuff – Sleaze Roxx”. Retrieved 2019-04-21.

Tony Fenelle discography at Discogs

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118183/fullcredits forged Inside the Rock

Chip Z’nuff

Tory Stoffregen

Jason K. Herman

Daniel Hill

Donnie Vie

Derek Frigo

Vik Foxx

Ricky Mother or father

Gino Martino

B.W. Boeski

Randi Scott

Johnny Monaco

Eric Donner

Enuff Z’Nuff

Strength

Animals with Human Intelligence

1985

Tweaked

Peach Fuzz

Seven

Paraphernalia

10

Welcome to Blue Island

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Dissonance

Clowns Lounge

Diamond Boy

Brainwashed Era

Hardrock Nite

Finer than Sin

“New Factor”

“Fly Excessive Michelle”

Associated articles

Adler’s Appetite

L.A. Guns

Ultravox

Chris Cross

Warren Cann

Billy Currie

Midge Ure

John Foxx

Stevie Shears

Robin Simon

Mark Brzezicki

Sam Blue

Vinny Burns

Studio albums

Ultravox!

Ha!-Ha!-Ha!

Programs of Romance

Vienna

Rage in Eden

Quartet

Lament

U-Vox

Revelation

Ingenuity

Good

Dwell albums

Monument

Compilation albums

Three into One

The gathering

If I used to be: The Very Better of Midge Ure & Ultravox

Rare, Vol. 1

Rare, Vol. 2

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes

Extended Ultravox

The Island Years

The Best of Ultravox

Best

Extended plays

Retro

Singles

“Younger Savage”

“ROckWrok”

“Frozen Ones”

“Quiet Males”

“Sleepwalk”

“Passing Strangers”

“Vienna”

“All Stood Nonetheless”

“The Thin Wall”

“The Voice”

“Reap the Wild Wind”

“Hymn”

“Visions in Blue”

“We Got here to Dance”

“One Small Day”

“Dancing with Tears in My Eyes”

“Lament”

“Love’s Nice Adventure”

“Standard Story”

“All Fall Down”

“All in Sooner or later”

“Vienna 92”

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