Chris Lowe

Chris Lowe is the deadpan engine room of Pet Shop Boys, and I genuinely think the duo doesn't work without his stillness. While Neil Tennant fronts it, Chris stands behind the keyboards, often shades on, looking gloriously unbothered, and yet he co-wrote that whole towering synth-pop catalogue since they formed in 1981. West End Girls, It's a Sin, Being Boring, the architecture is his as much as anyone's. He studied at Liverpool, he's English, Blackpool-born 1959, not American as the data claims. I love that he turned reticence into a stage persona. The quiet half of one of pop's smartest acts.

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Name (English)

Chris Lowe

Name (Japanese)

クリス・ロウ

Reading

くりす・ろう

Born

October 4, 1959 (age 66)

Origin

Blackpool, United Kingdom

Occupation

keyboardist / composer / songwriter / singer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

University

University of Liverpool

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Lowe
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433587

Tags

• keyboardist
• composer
• songwriter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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