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Antony Hegarty (born 1971) (often referred to as Antony) is an English singer, composer, and visual artist, best known as the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons. Antony Hegarty was born in Chichester West Sussex, UK in 1971. In 1977, his family moved to Amsterdam for a year, and then, in 1981, they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area of California where he grew up. As a teenager, he was influenced by British synth pop – in particular singers such as Marc Almond, Alison Moyet and Boy George, and was also strongly influenced by underground stars Diamanda Galas, Rozz Williams,... MORE

Antony Hegarty (born 1971) (often referred to as Antony) is an English singer, composer, and visual artist, best known as the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons. Antony Hegarty was born in Chichester West Sussex, UK in 1971. In 1977, his family moved to Amsterdam for a year, and then, in 1981, they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area of California where he grew up. As a teenager, he was influenced by British synth pop – in particular singers such as Marc Almond, Alison Moyet and Boy George, and was also strongly influenced by underground stars Diamanda Galas, Rozz Williams, Divine and Klaus Nomi and American singers including Nina Simone, Otis Redding, and Donny Hathaway. In 1990, Antony moved to Manhattan to attend the Experimental Theatre Wing of New York University, and founded the performance collective Blacklips with creative partner Johanna Constantine. He spent the next several years singing in after-hours bars and clubs using pre-recorded cassettes as self-accompaniment as well as writing and directing late night theatre productions. After being awarded a grant from New York Foundation for the Arts for the 1996 production of "The Birth of Anne Frank/The LESS