Bruce Thomas

Bruce Thomas
Born (1948-08-14) 14 August 1948 (age 76)
Stockton-on-Tees, England
GenresRock
InstrumentBass guitar
Years active1977–present

Bruce Thomas (born 14 August 1948) is an English bass guitarist, best known as bassist for the Attractions;[1] the band formed in 1977 to back Elvis Costello in concert and on record.

In addition to his work with the Attractions, Thomas has recorded with Billy Bragg, John Wesley Harding, Suzanne Vega, and Tasmin Archer.

Thomas has also been a nonfiction writer for several decades, and is the author of Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit (1994), a biography of the renowned martial artist and movie star, and The Body of Time (and the Energies of Being), ISBN 0-14-019301-4 (1991), a short book about metaphysics. Rough Notes, published in 2015, is both a memoir of his time with The Attractions and a documentary history of the British music scene of the 1970s.[2]

  1. ^ Palmer, Robert (2 February 1981). "Elvis Costello Shows Range and Consistency". New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  2. ^ Thomas, Bruce (30 July 2015). Rough Notes: dancing about architecture. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1508919926.