Will Gregory

William Owen Gregory (Born 17 September 1959 in Bristol) is best known as a songwriter, and the lead keyboards/synthesizer player & producer of the electronic music group Goldfrapp. Originally a classical music student at York University, Gregory is the son of an actress and an opera chorus-line singer. In the 1980s and 1990s he performed with artists including Tears for Fears, Peter Gabriel, The Cure as well as fellow Bristolians Portishead, along with playing oboe for Tori Amos and recording with Paula Rae Gibson. In 1999, vocalist Alison Goldfrapp and Gregory formed the group Goldfrapp, a collaboration that has led to international critical and commercial success on the music charts.

Will Gregory is also a saxophonist. He has played with the Apollo Saxophone Quartet, Spiritualized, Michael Nyman and as part of the saxophone section of the London Sinfonietta for the 1991 production of John Adams's opera Nixon in China in Paris. He is credited on Portishead's album Third for the tracks Magic Doors and Threads.

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