Lester Square

For the London landmark, see Leicester Square. Lester Square (born Thomas Woodburne Bruce Hardy, April 17, 1954, Canada) is the lead guitarist for The Monochrome Set. He also sings backing vocals, designed some of the band's record sleeves, and co-wrote some of their music. He had previously been in the original incarnation of Adam and the Ants, (and its original incarnation known as The B-Sides), writing Fall In and Fat Fun during this period. He left in 1978 to form The Monochrome Set with singer/songwriter Bid, a band cited as "a major influence on the Smiths, Franz Ferdinand, Orange Juice, Fire Engines and a whole host of UK indie and post punk bands." He has also briefly played guitar with The Invisible 1985 - 1987, ...And the Native Hipsters and Jesus Couldn't Drum. He has also composed music for dance performance, most notably 'Rhythm and Hues', a kinaesthetic exploration of 20th century works of art in collaboration with the Tate Gallery and Helen McCookerybook. Also in collaboration with McCookerybook, he composed soundtrack music for the Channel 4 documentaries 'Pictures of Women' and 'No-one Likes Us, We Don't Care', Akiko Hada & Wolfgang Müller's 1991 parable on the fall of the Berlin wall, 'The Fall of a Queen, or the Taste of the Fruit to Come.' Hardy is currently head of the art and design faculty at North London Collegiate School. He teaches GCSE and A-level/International Baccalaureate students. In 2011 he became St. Albans district first Green Parish Councillor.

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