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Nick Beggs (Nicholas Beggs) was born on 15 December, 1961, is a British bassist. Discover Nick Beggs's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

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Occupation Musician
Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 15 December, 1961
Birthday 15 December
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1961

Nicholas Beggs (born 15 December 1961 ) is a British musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of the Mute Gods and Kajagoogoo, formerly also a part of Iona and Ellis, Beggs & Howard and plays in the band of Steven Wilson.

He is known for modifying a Chapman Stick into a fully MIDI-capable instrument triggering MIDI from both bass and melody strings; he calls it the Virtual Stick.

Beggs was born on 15 December 1961 in Winslow, Buckinghamshire.

His parents were Herby and Joan Beggs, and he has a younger sister, Jacqueline.

His father left when he was young but came back into his life at a later age.

1978

After attending art school, in 1978 Beggs formed the band Art Nouveau with Steve Askew, Stuart Croxford Neale and Jez Strode.

1979

In November 1979, Beggs' mother died of cancer, leaving him to care for his sister, who was then 15.

He took a job as a dustman upon leaving school.

Beggs' first band Johnny and the Martians (formed when he was 10) consisted of two friends on trumpet and acoustic guitar and Beggs on drums.

He went to Linslade Secondary School.

1981

Chris Hamill (Limahl) joined the band in 1981 and at Beggs' suggestion it was renamed Kajagoogoo.

1983

The release of the first single "Too Shy" in January 1983 saw the band on a promotional tour as the record reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart.

The band went on to have four more UK top 40 hits through 1983 and 1984.

After firing lead singer Limahl in 1983 and, following a split with Strode in 1985, the three remaining band members reformed as Kaja, releasing the album Crazy Peoples Right to Speak and the single "Shouldn't Do That".

1985

Between 1985 and 1987, Beggs concentrated on writing with various other songwriters and formed Ellis, Beggs & Howard in March 1987.

1989

Ellis, Beggs and Howard split in 1989, and in 1990 Beggs joined the progressive folk band Iona.

He recorded two albums with them: The Book of Kells and Beyond These Shores.

He continued working with various artists and bands, including Gary Numan, Alphaville, Belinda Carlisle, Emma Bunton (on her album Life in Mono) and Led Zeppelin's former bass player, John Paul Jones.

1996

In 1996, Beggs met Howard Jones on a flight from the United States, and Jones invited Beggs to tour as part of his band.

Beggs worked as a manager for Phonogram Records for eight months.

He later became a contributor to various guitar publications, and he is a staff writer for Bass Guitar magazine.

He is also a patron of London-based guitar and bass school Guitar-X.

2002

He has recorded and released Stick Insect (2002), The Maverick Helmsman (2004), and The Darkness Inside Mens Hearts.

Beggs and Askew have been heavily involved with a duo named Industrial Salt, which have been successful in Japan.

They have written material for Claudia Mills, a finalist on the talent show Let Me Entertain You.

2004

A reformed Kajagoogoo with Beggs, Askew and Croxford Neale toured in 2004.

2008

Limahl and Strode both rejoined in 2008, and the band toured extensively.

2011

The band released an EP of new material in 2011.

Since 2011, Beggs is a member of Steven Wilson's touring band, having also played on Wilson's albums Grace For Drowning, The Raven That Refused to Sing, Hand. Cannot. Erase., the EP 41/2, To the Bone, The Future Bites and The Harmony Codex.

2013

In February 2013, Beggs's project Lifesigns, with John Young and Frosty Beedle, released a self-titled album.

2014

Beggs also became a member of the Belgian prog band Fish on Friday, starting the collaboration with their third album named Godspeed at the end of 2014, marking the starting point of a series of successful albums, along a decade: Quiet Life (2017), Black Rain (2020), and the most recent creation, 8mm (2023).

2015

He contributed to John Mitchell's solo project Lonely Robot, which released the album Please Come Home in February 2015.

Beggs's latest collaboration is named The Mute Gods, with Marco Minneman and Roger King.

2016

Their first album was released in January 2016, titled Do Nothing till You Hear from Me.

Beggs was a pescetarian for a while and is a vegetarian as of January 2016 due to his rejection of the livestock industry.

With John Paul Jones

2017

This was followed up with Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth in February 2017 and Atheists and Believers in 2019.

In 2024, Beggs will temporarily replace bass player Peter Trewavas of Marillion, who is unavailable after a medical procedure.

2018

In an interview with Cherry Red TV in 2018, Beggs talked about the reunion, stating "we reformed and we toured and we recorded an EP and remastered the back catalogue...and at that point I felt that we had done it all. It was a nice way to tie it up, put a bow on it and leave it alone and move on."