 He was a member of the band Grand Designs, an early incarnation of "A", who played regular gigs in and around Lowestoft.In 1991 he moved to London where he shared a flat with his brother Jason, bassist Stevie Swindon and Dan Hawkins, who later went on to be in The Darkness.Adam Perry was a founding member of 'A', which formed in the late 1980s under the name "Grand Designs".