Silver Bullet (rapper)

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Silver Bullet was a rapper born in London, although he moved to Leighton Buzzard as a youngster and then to Aylesbury in 1988. He is most remembered for his singles "Bring Forth the Guillotine" (Tam Tam record label, 1989) and "20 Seconds to Comply", although he is still releasing records to this day.

[edit] Career

In 1985, before he had decided on his stage name, Bullet rapped with a rapper called Evil Ed in Leighton. Following Bullet's move to Aylesbury, he hooked up with a friend of Ed's - a rapper called Mistima, with whom he performed an anti-drugs rap on Dave Pearce's radio show. Bullet was a regular contributor to the show's regular telephone competition, where rappers would rap down the telephone to a beat played by Pearce about a topic chosen by the listeners. On one occasion, Bullet won the competition.

Silver Bullet's first recorded work followed his move to Aylesbury, where he became part of the group Triple Element, who released the tune "What's Dat Sound?" (also Tam Tam, 1988). Having come to the attention of the label, they went on to release his seminal single, "Bring Forth the Guillptine". Bullet's frenetic, hardcore delivery and the hook of a James Brown sample were an instant success and the single was twice re-issued with remixes by Ben Chapman and Norman Cook. The single was immediately followed by "20 Seconds to Comply", which was just as popular, Bullet's frantic rapping this time put up against samples from the movie Robocop.

Those waiting for a follow-up had to linger, as Silver Bullet's success brought him to the attention of Parlophone Records. He moved to them to release the single "Undercover Anarchist" (1991), and the seminal album Bring Down the Walls: No Limits Squad Returns.

Silver Bullet went on to guest on a variety of other artists songs, before relaunching himself as Silvah Bullet in 1998. A series of singles followed, and an album was recorded but never released. His most recent single was "Se7en" (Control Tower, 2004).