Christopher John Payne (born February 1, 1957) is a British musician. [1]
He is known as a member of Gary Numan's backing-band [2] [3] [4] and the co-writer of Visage's 1981 synthpop hit single " Fade to Grey". [5] [6] Payne plays keyboards and viola and also a number of medieval instruments. He formed the band Dramatis with other members of Numan's backing-band in the early 1980s. [7] Payne has composed music for television and films and formed the band Celtic Legend. He has composed, scored, recorded and conducted his orchestral and choral works in London and Prague. [1]