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Chris Parry

real name John Christopher Parry

Chris Parry is credited on 1,527 releases across 119 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,527

Credits

119

Albums

7

Decades active

895

In collections

Biography

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New Zealand musician, producer and label owner. From Upper Hutt near Wellington he drummed with 1960s New Zealand pop stars Fourmyula and went to the UK with the band in 1969. By 1976 he was an A&R manager at Polydor, signing The Jam and Siouxsie and The Banshees. He then created his own label Fiction Records and signed The Cure, whom he managed for some years. Parry sold Fiction to Universal in 2001.

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Credited work

1,527 releases · 119 albums · active 1968–2025

  • Production · 1,807
  • Performance · 367
  • Engineering · 119
  • Other credits · 58

Studios: Morgan Studios · Wembley Arena · RAK Studios · Eden Studios

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