OLIVER SYKES
About Oliver:
Oliver Sykes was born November 20, 1986. He moved to Australia with his parents Ian and Carol Sykes when he was young, moving between Adelaide and Perth over the course of six years. He then moved back to the UK at eight years old to Stocksbridge in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. As a teenager, he attended Stocksbridge High School, the same school where Arctic Monkeys band members Alex Turner, Andy Nicholson, Matt Helders attended.
Sykes has stated that he enjoyed the subjects English and Art while at high school, but wasn't interested in science or mathematics. While at school in 2003 he began crafting compilation CDs and short tracks under the name Quakebeat. He also played in other bands including mock hip-hop band "Womb 2 Da Tomb" with fellow Bring Me the Horizon member Matt Nicholls and brother Tom Sykes, and metal band "Purple Curto" as drummer/vocalist with schoolfriend Neil Whiteley, under the pseudonym "Olisaurus", which he would later use for releasing solo material.
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