Bruce Thomas (born 14 August 1948, Stockton-on-Tees, England) is best known as bassist for the Attractions; the band formed in 1977 to back Elvis Costello in concert and on record.In addition to his work with the Attractions, Thomas has recorded with Billy Bragg, John Wesley Harding, Suzanne Vega, and, most recently, Tasmin Archer.Thomas has also been a nonfiction writer for several decades, and is the author of 1994's Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit, a biography of the renowned martial artist and movie star, and 1991's The Body of Time (and the Energies of Being), ISBN 0-14-019301-4, a short book about metaphysics. Rough Notes, released in 2015, is both a memoir of his time with The Attractions, and a documentary history of the British music scene of the 1970s. Wikipedia