{{short description|British musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Andrew Vowles | image = | caption = | birth_name = Andrew Lee Isaac Vowles | alias = Mushroom | birth_place = Bristol, England | genre = {{hlist|Trip hop|electronic}} | instruments = {{hlist|Drums|percussion|turntables|keyboards}} | years_active = {{hlist|1983–1998|2023–present}} | past_member_of = {{hlist|Massive Attack|The Wild Bunch}} }}
'''Andrew Lee Isaac Vowles''', also known as '''Mushroom''', is an English musician, known for being a founding member of the trip hop/abstract art collective Massive Attack, along with Robert Del Naja (3D), Adrian Thaws (Tricky) and Grantley Marshall (Daddy G).
==Early years== Vowles was born in Bristol.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mushroom Vowles|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1156684/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|publisher=IMDB|access-date=15 November 2015}}</ref> Prior to Massive Attack, Vowles, along with Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Nellee Hooper, Adrian Thaws and others were the Wild Bunch crew, named after the western film of the same name by Sam Peckinpah. Several members of the Wild Bunch formed Massive Attack.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.innerviews.org/inner/massive.html |title=Innerviews: Massive Attack - Massive aggressive |work=innerviews.org |year=2011 |access-date=8 July 2011 |archive-date=4 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904051933/http://www.innerviews.org/inner/massive.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Vowles's nickname "Mushroom" comes from the arcade game ''Centipede''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Massive Attack|url=http://jimshelley.com/music/massive-attack/|publisher=Jim Shelley|access-date=15 November 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033209/http://jimshelley.com/music/massive-attack/|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was installed at Special K's Cafe, a popular hang-out spot in the mid-1980s for Vowles and his Wild Bunch peers.
==Career== Vowles remained a member of Massive Attack until shortly after the release of their third full-length album, ''Mezzanine'', in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/07/1046826508162.html |title=Through the past darkly - theage.com.au |first=Andrew |last=Drever |work=theage.com.au |date=7 March 2003 |access-date=8 July 2011 |archive-date=12 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612164439/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/07/1046826508162.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-mushroom-vowles-mn0000753415|publisher=All Music|access-date=15 November 2015|archive-date=7 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007152116/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-mushroom-vowles-mn0000753415|url-status=live}}</ref> Interviews with band members have pointed to differences of opinion in the creative direction the band should go.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cottingham|first1=Chris|title=Massive Attack interview|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/7085232/Massive-Attack-interview.html|access-date=15 November 2015|work=Telegraph|date=27 January 2010|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117071637/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/7085232/Massive-Attack-interview.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Skar|first1=William|title=Mezzanine: the inside story of Massive Attack's greatest album, 15 years on|url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/12/28/mezzanine-the-inside-story-of-massive-attacks-greatest-album-15-years-on/|publisher=FACT|access-date=15 November 2015|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213111907/https://www.factmag.com/2013/12/28/mezzanine-the-inside-story-of-massive-attacks-greatest-album-15-years-on/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Are We A Fucking Punk Band Now?|url=http://www.red-lines.co.uk/reading/qjan99.htm|publisher=Red Lines|access-date=15 November 2015|archive-date=21 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821131929/http://www.red-lines.co.uk/reading/qjan99.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
Apart from his contributions to Massive Attack, Vowles also appears as a DJ and co-producer on ''Raw Like Sushi'', Neneh Cherry's 1989 debut album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi|url=http://www.timetravelrecords.co.uk/Neneh-Cherry-Raw-Like-Sushi|publisher=Time Travel Records|access-date=15 November 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024851/http://www.timetravelrecords.co.uk/Neneh-Cherry-Raw-Like-Sushi|url-status=live}}</ref>
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