| Ginger | |
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Ginger, playing at the Glasgow Garage, Dec 20th 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Walls |
| Born | December 17, 1964 |
| Origin | South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupations | Singer Songwriter Guitarist |
| Instruments | Guitar Vocals |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Various |
| Associated acts | The Wildhearts SilverGinger 5 Ginger & The Sonic Circus |
| Website | The Wildhearts Ginger and the Sonic Circus |
| Notable instruments | |
| Gibson Les Paul | |
Ginger (born David Walls, 17 December 1964, in South Shields in the North East of England) is a rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his band The Wildhearts.
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Ginger saw his first success as a member of the English band The Quireboys. After being sacked, he went on to form The Wildhearts.
Whilst intermittently continuing with various incarnations of The Wildhearts, he has also formed a variety of side projects, including a number of solo albums. These projects include:
In early 2001, Ginger planned to release one CD single featuring three new tracks every month for the entire year, in a project known as The Singles Club. This would be the first material released under the name Ginger, and the project commenced parallel to tours with Silver Ginger 5 and the recently reformed Wildhearts. Owing to financial problems at Infernal Records, only 18 tracks were recorded, and only five singles were released. A compilation of all 18 tracks was released in 2005 as the double album A Break In The Weather. Ginger also performed regular acoustic shows during this period, resulting in the live acoustic albums The Great White Monkey (2004) and Potatoes & You (2005).
The album Valor Del Corazon (Spanish for "Strength of Heart") was released on January 9, 2006. Ginger is also listed as the producer of the album World of Filth, released by Howling Willie Cunt,[1] with Ginger and Howling Willie Cunt rumored to be the same person.
Ginger released Yoni, on January 22, 2007. Following a new album and tour by the again reformed Wildhearts, Ginger released the album Market Harbour in January 2008. During this period Ginger played a series of acoustic gigs with American guitarist Scott Metzger.
In March 2009 Ginger began writing a regular online column for Classic Rock Magazine titled "Ginger's Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll" in which he discusses lesser-known album releases.[2] In May 2009 Ginger embarked on his first purely solo tour in which no Wildhearts songs were performed.[3] the tour received rave reviews including a 4K Live review from writer Steve Beebee in Kerrang! magazine.[4] Ginger created an internet TV channel called "Great White Monkey TV" featuring tour footage and backstage video from every show on this tour.[5]
Ginger was the penultimate act at the Kerrang!-sponsored Camden Rocks festival at the Underworld in London on June 6, 2009.[6] Ginger's performance was considered by Kerrang! Magazine to be the highlight of the day and received a review of 5 out of 5.[7]
In July Ginger brought together Billy Morrison, Scott Lipps and Michael Butler in Los Angeles to perform a predominantly Wildhearts-heavy set under the guise "Ginger and Friends"[8] A second show by this ensemble in August also included Michael Lee Smith (from the band Starz) performing guest vocals on 'Loveshit' and Steve Stevens performing guitar on The Wildhearts song "My Baby is a Headf**k" and a cover of Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell."
Along with Billy Morrison, Ginger performed with the supergroup Camp Freddy at The Joint in Las Vegas on August 30, 2009.[9] Other performers on stage included Corey Taylor, Duff Mckagan, Matt Sorum, Billy Morrison, Chris Chaney, Dave Navarro, Steve Jones, John 5, and Ozzy Osbourne.
The Relentless Garage in London was chosen as the venue for Ginger's Birthday show on December 17, 2009 under the guise "Ginger & Friends." The event featured two sets and a rotating band of musicians playing a variety of Ginger's backcatalogue, covers along with Wildhearts songs. Guest musicians included Nathan Connolly from Snow Patrol & Chris McCormack from 3 Colours Red along with the current members of the Wildhearts. Highlights included a reunion of Silver Ginger 5 and Clam Abuse.[10]
On October 10, 2010, Ginger released the compilation album 10 as a 16-track CD on Round Records. The album collects tracks from Gingers solo work since 2000, along with two previously unreleased new tracks. A second collection called 10 (Two) as a free 10-track download.[11]
In August 2011, Ginger launched the The Triple Album Project [12] via Pledgemusic, a website that enables fans to fund the recording and production of an album or other music project up front. The Project reached the required funding target within 6 hours of opening. All fans who pledged will receive the 30-track album upon completion in early 2012, with only an abridged, single album version (10 to 12 tracks) being available commercially via the usual retail channels.
On the January 25, 2010 ex-Hanoi Rocks lead singer Michael Monroe announced the formation of his new band, to include Ginger as rhythm guitarist. The band embarked on a world tour and released the live album Another Night in the Sun - Live in Helsinki in September 2010. A studio album produced by Jack Douglas called Sensory Overdrive was released on 14 March 2011. It debuted at #1 on Finnish album chart. In UK it rose to 13th place in the Rock charts, Ginger played his last gig with the band at Provinssirock on the 17th of June 2011.
This list attempts to bring together the major albums Ginger has released under various guises throughout his musical career and focuses on albums that contain original studio recorded material (i.e. not live recordings or greatest hits).
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