"Wah!" redirects here. For the American band, see Wah! (American band).
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Pete Wylie
Wylie in the audience at Brady's Club, Liverpool, early 1980s
Background information
Birth name
Peter James Wylie
Born
(1958-03-22) 22 March 1958 (age 66) Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Genres
Post-punk
alternative rock
new wave
Occupation(s)
Musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar
Years active
1977–present
Musical artist
Peter James Wylie (born 22 March 1958)[1][2] is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of the band variously known as Wah!, Wah! Heat, Shambeko! Say Wah!, JF Wah!, The Mighty Wah! and Wah! The Mongrel.
^Rees, Dafydd & Crampton Luke, Rock Movers & Shakers: An A-Z of People Who Made Rock Happen. ABC-CLIO, 1991; ISBN 0-87436-661-5, ISBN 978-0-87436-661-7. Pete Wylie (born 22 March 1958, Liverpool)
^"Wah". NME. 22 March 1958. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
composed of Pete Burns and Julian Cope. In December 1977, he joined The Spitfire Boys, who dissolved the same month. Wylie and two of the band, Pete Griffiths...
" In 1977, Burns formed a punk band with contemporaries Julian Cope, PeteWylie, and Phil Hurst, calling themselves The Mystery Girls. They only had one...
acts. The term "rockism" was coined in 1981 by English rock musician PeteWylie. It soon became a pejorative used humorously by self-described "anti-rockist"...
McCulloch formed the very successful Echo & the Bunnymen, while guitarist PeteWylie formed Wah! Heat (and various subsequent incarnations of Wah!) and enjoyed...
time since 1995. They joined Mick Jones from the Clash, the Farm and PeteWylie at the Manchester Ritz in aid of the Justice for Hillsborough campaign...
reverse" which launched the careers of Ian McCulloch, Julian Cope and PeteWylie The Cryin' Shames: 1960s pop group Dalek I Love You: 1970s synthpop precursor...
Ltd (1992); recorded with P.P. Arnold (1995); toured and recorded with PeteWylie (1996–98); toured with Vinny Peculiar and Paul Arthurs (2007); and toured...
Richard Ashcroft, Wah! and Terry Hall. Campbell has also worked with PeteWylie, and toured with Shack. Rain (1988–1992) The Lightning Seeds (1994–2000...
effect in Liverpool. The gig was witnessed by Jayne Casey, Julian Cope, PeteWylie, Pete Burns, Bill Drummond, Holly Johnson, Will Sergeant, Budgie and Ian...
440 and Stuart Crichton. It features guest appearances from Jay Dunne, PeteWylie, Spoonface, The Beatnuts and Tommy Blaize among others. Its title and...
Clarke's band), and also played a gig with Holly Johnson. In December, PeteWylie (formerly of Crucial Three and The Mystery Girls) joined the band, but...
time since 1995. They joined Mick Jones from the Clash, the Farm and PeteWylie at the Manchester Ritz in aid of the Justice for Hillsborough campaign...
time since 1995. They joined Mick Jones from The Clash, The Farm, and PeteWylie at the Manchester Ritz in a concert in aid of the Justice for Hillsborough...
Duran singer Simon Le Bon declined an invitation to replace Johnson. PeteWylie was also approached, but Johnson remained with the band and completed...
incarnation of PeteWylie, Wah! Heat after being a member of the short-lived Crucial Three and the Mystery Girls. It was also Wylie's third serious project...
Worthington-Cox: Actress. Tommy Wright Everton F.C. England international. PeteWylie: Singer songwriter "The Mighty Wah!". Arthur Wynne: Inventor of the Crossword...
Peters being joined by PeteWylie (Wah!) and Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) for the first live album. For the second album, Wylie was replaced by Billy Duffy...
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