10cc

10cc
(l-r): Kevin Godley, Graham Gouldman, Lol Creme, Eric Stewart in 1973
Background information
Origin	Stockport, Greater Manchester
Genres	Rock, Pop, Art rock, Soft rock
Years active	1972–1983; 1992–1995, 1999–present
Labels	UK Records Mercury Records Polydor Virgin Records ZYX Music
Associated acts	Doctor Father Godley & Creme Hotlegs Wax
Members
Graham Gouldman Paul Burgess Rick Fenn Mick Wilson Keith Hayman
Past members
Eric Stewart Kevin Godley Lol Creme Stuart Tosh Duncan Mackay Tony O'Malley

10cc are a British art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians — Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme — who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name in 1972.

For the most part, 10cc featured two strong songwriting teams, one 'commercial' and one 'artistic'. Both teams however injected sharp wit to lyrically-dextrous and musically varied songs. Stewart and Gouldman were predominantly pop-song-writers, who created most of the band's accessible songs. By way of contrast, Godley and Creme were the predominantly experimental half of 10cc, featuring an Art School sensibility and cinematic inspired writing.^[1] Every member was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, writer, and producer. Most of the band's albums were recorded at their own Strawberry Studios (North) in Stockport, England and Strawberry Studios (South) in Dorking, England. Likewise most of the albums were engineered by Eric Stewart.