Sam Preston

A former public schoolboy and self-described nerd, inspired by the works of Morrissey and Richard Dawkins, who rose to fame thanks to a reality TV celebrity relationship, the Ordinary Boys' frontman Sam Preston was one of the more contradictory figures on the British indie pop scene of the noughties. Born Samuel Preston in Worthing, West Sussex in 1982 to an American mother and an English father, who was a direct descendant of former Prime Minister Earl Grey, he began his musical career after forming a mod revival band with school friends guitarist William J. Brown, bassist Ja...