Supports Sunderland Association Football Club Has two boys from his marriage to Fahey, Sam and Django. Became famous in the early 1980s as part of the British synth-pop duo, The Eurythmics, which also included Annie Lennox. Plays guitar, piano and synthesizers. Lou Reed strongly influenced him as a songwriter and a performer. Winner of the Brit Award for British Producer in 1990. Winner of the British Phonographic Industry Award for British Producer in 1986. Winner of the British Phonographic Industry Award for British Producer in 1987. The Eurythmics were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for their outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. (16 November 2005).