Michael Harwood
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Michael Stewart Harwood is the former guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 for the band Ultra
Ultra (boy band)
Ultra is an English male pop band, which was most successful in the late 1990s. The original line-up consisted of James Hearn , Michael Harwood , Jon O'Mahony and Nick Keynes .-Musical history:Although sometimes mistakenly described as a...

. After Ultra split up, he and two others Ultra members formed another group, Rider.

Biography

Harwood was born in London
London
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 and lives in Northwood, London, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. Before joining Ultra, he attended City University London and majored in Business studies and Financial Markets. He went to school with two Ultra members, James Hearn
James Hearn
James Hearn is an English singer-songwriter. He is best known as being the vocalist of boyband Ultra.-Biography:James Daniel Guy Hearn born on June 19, 1976, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England....

 was his class mate and Jon O'Mahony a couple of years older.

Musical career

In 1997 he, along with James, Jon and Nick Keynes, formed Ultra and released an album in 1998 named Ultra
Ultra (debut album)
Ultra was the debut studio album from the English pop band Ultra, released in February 1999 by East West Records .The album reached #37 in the UK album charts and spawned several hit singles in the UK and Europe...

. As the band finished their second album in 2001, singer James Hearn left the band, Ultra split and the other three members, Harwood, O'Mahony, and Keynes, formed another group named Rider. Rider made a 2002 World Cup single named 'England Crazy'. Michael, along with Jon O'Mahony and Nick Keynes formed a music production company and studios called Goldust Productions.

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