Innate inside London, he began his recording career in 1976 with the Cambridge-based band The Soft Boys. Within 1981 a b& broke higher & Hitchcock embarked upon his distinguished solo career, recording two under his have title and when Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians (which includes Andy Metcalfe and Morris Windsor from The Soft Boys).

Hichcock's musical comedy & lyrical styles stand drawn influence from either his appreciation of Bob Dylan and Syd Barrett. His tendency for irreverent-sounding delivery has led to critics misunderstanding him as a strictly novelty/comic lyrist. Numerous of the sentiments withinside his writing come actually quite good in themselves, exclusively framed in an unostentatious, impulsive manner.

The womb-to-tomb Dylan fan, Hitchcock's 2002 album Robyn Sings is an album of Bob Dylan song covers including a survive recording of his recreation of Dylan's Survive at a Royal Albert Hall 1966 concert.

Too around 2002, Hitchcock re-united sustaining Kimberley Rew and Windsor for The Soft Boys release of "Nextdoorland".

Hitchcock has collaborated by having director Jonathan Demme on two projects: the survive concert film Storefront Hitchcock (1998) and a 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate, in which Hitchcock portrayed double-professional Laurent Tokar.

witharound addition, Hitchcock has the lament interest in abstract art & literature, writes short stories & draws (typically in the capricious cartoon style).

Discography
Nigrify Snake Five hundredîamond Rölupus erythematosus, 1981 Great Decompose, 1982 I personally Typically Dream of Trains, 1984 Fegmania!, 1985 Gotta Let This Hen Retired!, 1985 Great Decoy, 1985 Element of Weak, 1986 Invisible Hitchcock, 1986 Globe of Frogs, 1988 Queen Elvis, 1989 Eye, 1990 Lucite Island, 1991 Respect, 1993 A Kershaw Sessions, 1994 Smart shoppers & Oblivion, 1995 Gravy Deco, 1995 Moss Elixir, 1996 Mossy Liquor, 1996 Greatest Hits, 1996 Undisciplined Personality Traits, 1997 Survive at a Cambridge Folk Festival, 1998 Shopfront Hitchcock, 1998 Jewels for Sophia, 1999 The Star for Bram, 2000 Robyn Sings, 2002 Luxor, 2003 Spooked, 2004 Obliteration Pie, 2005

Singles

|rowspan="2"|Year |rowspan="2"| Title |colspan="4"| Chart positions |rowspan="2"| Album |-

|US Hot 100 |US Modern Rock |US Mainstream Rock |UK |- | 1989 | "Madonna of the Wasps" | - | #2 | - | - | Queen Elvis |}