 | Thisbiography of a living personneeds additionalcitations forverification. Please help by addingreliable sources.Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced orpoorly sourcedmust be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentiallylibelous. Find sources: "Mat Osman" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(November 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Mat Osman | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mathew David Osman |
| Born | (1967-10-09)9 October 1967 (age 57) Welwyn Garden City,Hertfordshire, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock,Britpop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, author, journalist |
| Instrument | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Member of | Suede |
| Website | suede |
| Relatives | Richard Osman (brother) |
Mathew David Osman (born 9 October 1967) is an English musician and author, best known as the bassist in the rock bandSuede. Osman and singerBrett Anderson are the only remaining founding members left in Suede, and perform along with drummerSimon Gilbert, who has appeared on many Suede albums. Osman is also a writer; he has written two novels and contributed to various publications. He is the brother of presenter and authorRichard Osman.
Osman was born inWelwyn Garden City,Hertfordshire, but was raised mainly inHaywards Heath,West Sussex. Osman's younger brother is the presenter, author, and comedianRichard Osman.[1]
In 1986 he gained A-levels in economics, sociology and political studies.[2] He studied at theLondon School of Economics where in 1989, he was awarded aBSc in Politics.[3]
Osman met future Suede lead singerBrett Anderson in Haywards Heath, and they played together in early garage bands such as The Pigs and Suave And Elegant. Osman co-wrote some of Suede's songs, including "Lost in TV", "Europe Is Our Playground", "Attitude" and "Golden Gun". After Suede broke up in 2003, Osman provided music for television programmes, such as8 Out of 10 Cats,The Marriage Ref andYou Have Been Watching.[4] He returned to perform with Suede when the band reformed in 2010.[5]
Osman was the London editor of the email magazinele cool[6][7] and the editor of its London guidebook, published in summer 2008.[8] His writing has also been published in British magazines and newspapers includingThe Guardian,The Independent andThe Observer.
Osman's first novel,The Ruins, was published in February 2020 byRepeater Books[9][10] and his second,The Ghost Theatre, was published byBloomsbury Publishing in 2023.[11] He co-authored the bookEngland on Fire with Stephen Ellcock.[12]
{{citation}}:Missing or empty|title= (help)| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
 | This article about a British bass guitarist is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
