Trivia: Son of a market researcher and a teacher.Played guitar for the band Little Chief, was in the band Groove Solution with Dave Westlake and played bass for artist Chris Corner.Adopted the name Julian Barratt, using his middle name as surname, because there was already a reporter named Julian Pettifer.In 1998, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, won The Perrier Best Newcomer Award as The Mighty Boosh.Wrote the music for the comedy series The Mighty Boosh.A member of The Mighty Boosh, along with Noel Fielding, and together created a radio series, The Boosh, and a television series, The Mighty Boosh.