Tom Gray is a Mercury Prize-winning British songwriter, composer, and activist. He is a founding member of the rock band Gomez, the founder of the Broken Record campaign. and the elected Chair of the Ivors Academy. He is an elected Council Member of PRS For Music and sits on the board of UK Music. He is a UK Labour Party activist based in Brighton & Hove, and a member of the Musicians' Union. He was the recipient of the 2022 Unsung Hero Award presented by the Music Producer’s Guild UK.
Gray performing with Gomez in 2006
Gomez are an English indie rock band from Southport, Merseyside, comprising Ian Ball, Paul "Blackie" Blackburn (bass), Tom Gray, Ben Ottewell and Olly Peacock. The band has three singers and four songwriters, employing traditional and electronic instruments. Their music covers the genres of blues, indie, alternative, rock, folk, psychedelic and experimental.
The band in June 2006
Ian Ball, Beautiful Days Festival, Devon, August 2006
Ben Ottewell, Beautiful Days Festival, Devon, August 2006