Barry Sutton

Barry Thomas Sutton (born 1965, Liverpool) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Liverpool who has performed with numerous alternative rock bands since 1981. His career began as the songwriter and vocalist in the unsigned bands Western Diplomats (1981–1983) and Marshmallow Overcoat (1983–1987). He joined Walkingseeds as guitarist and backing vocalist in 1986 and played on two of their LPs: Skullfuck (1987) and Upwind of Disaster, Downwind of Atonement (1989) before leaving to join The La's in 1988.

Sutton left The La's after one year and during the 1990s, he performed with his own bands Froth (1990–1993) and Kung Fu (1995–2001) as well as playing live and recording with several artists such as The Stairs, Cast, Peter Coyle and Smaller. Since 1994, Sutton has also performed as a solo artist under the alias Fabian Rothschilde. During the 2000s, Sutton played in the bands Heavy Lemon (2002–2003) and Mirrorball (2004–2008) and he is currently playing as Beatnik Hurricane.