{"id":100369,"date":"2023-10-29T10:32:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T10:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=100369"},"modified":"2023-10-29T10:32:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T10:32:37","slug":"i-was-a-nineties-indie-star-who-sold-millions-of-records-now-im-an-animator-living-in-japan-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/i-was-a-nineties-indie-star-who-sold-millions-of-records-now-im-an-animator-living-in-japan-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I was a Nineties indie star who sold millions of records – now I\u2019m an animator living in Japan | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
BLUETONES music star Scott Morriss was one of the biggest stars of the 90s thanks to the group's success.<\/p>\n
These days the bass player has a very different job – and lives out in Japan with his family.<\/p>\n
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Scott, 50, was a founding member of the English indie rock band The Bluetones in 1993, alongside his older brother Mark who was the frontman.<\/p>\n
In the UK charts the group scored 13 top 40 singles and three top ten albums. <\/p>\n
Their debut album titled Expecting to Fly reached the coveted number one spot and has since been certified Platinum. <\/p>\n
Although the group did not match the success with any of their other albums, their third outing Science & Nature reached number seven.<\/p>\n
Scott also played in his brother's backing group which was called The Mummy's.<\/p>\n The band was active between 1993 and 2011 but we reported the group are going back on the road.<\/p>\n But decades later, the star works as an animator in Tokyo, Japan with his wife and their daughter. <\/p>\n On his official website, the star wrote: "I had always held a keen interest in animation since childhood but it wasn\u2019t until my mid-thirties that I decided it was something I wanted to do for a living.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "In 2009, After an intense 10 month internship in two of Scotland\u2019s leading animation studios I began working as a freelance animator.<\/p>\n "Mainly 2D animation and character design, occasionally some 3D animation, and a fair bit of storyboarding for various projects."<\/p>\n He has so far had a successful career in the art as he had worked on children's programmes and educational shows. <\/p>\n Projects include a credit as the Lead Animator on two seasons of the award winning Sky Kids programme, The Brilliant World of Tom Gates.<\/p>\n He was also the Art Director to the animation department for a documentary feature which was screened at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/picture>BACK ON <\/span><\/p>\n
I was in a huge indie band in the nineties – now I\u2019m an osteopath<\/h3>\n
<\/picture>SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT <\/span><\/p>\n
Nineties singer speaks out on QUITTING band and slams bandmates<\/h3>\n
Most read in Music<\/h2>\n
<\/picture>CHANGED HIS TUNE <\/span><\/p>\n
I was in Britain\u2019s top indie band but quit fame to run a London restaurant<\/h3>\n
<\/picture>STAR POWER <\/span><\/p>\n
Nineties music star Jaime Harding unrecognisable after selling millions in band<\/h3>\n
<\/picture>LOVELY JUBBLY! <\/span><\/p>\n
Only Fools And Horses The Musical set to tour the UK and Ireland next year<\/h3>\n
<\/picture>1 IN A BILLION <\/span><\/p>\n
From private jets to NYC mansions – inside Taylor’s billion dollar fortune<\/h3>\n