Happy Birthday Dom!

BIRTHDAY June 14, 1972

BIRTH SIGN Gemini

BIRTHPLACE England

Brown began playing guitar at the age of 14.

He started a band called Nexus when he was 16

He went on tour with his father, musician Rob Brown.

Dom first appeared with Duran Duran in December 2004 as a stand-in for Andy Taylor. He was hired to record guitar parts for their next album, Red Carpet Massacre (2007), and perform on the supporting world tour.

He co-wrote 13 of the 15 tracks on the band’s 2011 album All You Need Is Now and 4 of the 12 tracks on their 2015 album Paper Gods.

Dom has co-written six released songs with Mark Ronson and shares other writing credits with Anamatronic (Scissor Sisters), Mr Hudson, Kelis, Jahméne Douglas (X Factor 2012 runner-up), Sandi Thom, Tom Grennan (BBC Introducing 2017 nominee) and Nick Hodgson (Kaiser Chiefs).

Dom composed and produced the music for an hour-long episode of BBC1 drama, The Canterbury Tales.

Dom has performed on TV with Elton John, Rod Stewart, Lionel Richie, Take That, Robin Gibb, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Eddie Grant, Eagle Eye Cherry and Girls Aloud.

Dom has released three critically acclaimed solo albums (the latest, In my Bones in 2021) and a critically acclaimed blues album with Blue to Brown (featuring his voice artist father Rob Brown).