| Russell Webb | |
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| Born | 1958 |
| Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Genres | Glam Rock, Soft Rock, Punk rock, New Wave, Power Pop, Post-Punk, Indie Rock |
| Occupations | Musician, record producer, composer |
| Instruments | bass guitar, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion |
| Years active | 1977 – present |
| Associated acts | Slik, PVC2, Zones, The Skids, The Armoury Show, Public Image Ltd. |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/russellwebbmusic http://www.myspace.com/russell_webb |
Russell Webb (born in Glasgow, Scotland,[1] 1958[2] ) is a New Wave bass guitarist who was member of bands like Slik, PVC2 (both with Midge Ure), The Zones, The Skids, The Armoury Show and Public Image Ltd., and collaborated with Richard Jobson and Virginia Astley, and The Who.
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In 1977, future Ultravox and Live Aid face, guitarist and singer Midge Ure, drummer Kenny Hyslop, keyboardist Billy McIsaac and bassist Jim McGinlay had commercial failures as a band, named Slik, of different styles like glam and soft rock and bugglegum pop, playing since 1975 different promising songs like "Forever And Ever" and "Requiem", but punk rock originated their falling, so McGinlay left early 1977. Webb, who recently dropped out university,[3] replaced him and Slik changed their name to PVC2 and also their musical style to punk. It's unknown if McGinlay left or Webb replaced him when the band had that changes. PVC2 released one single, "Put You in the Picture", in 1977.
By late 1977/early 1978, Webb and the rest of PVC2 called Alex Harvey's cousin Willie Gardner to replace Ure, who went to join Glen Matlock's Rich Kids, and founded Zones. This band released different singles during 1978 and 1979 and one album called "Under Influence" in the latter year. The Zones failed to get success and split up shortly afterwards.
Without Kenny Hyslop and Billy McIsaac, he joined The Skids halfway through their career in February 1980,[4] replacing co-founding member William Simpson. Webb performed on the last two Skids albums, The Absolute Game released in 1980 and 1981s Joy, which he also produced. During that time, he was collaborating with Jobson's solo career and engineering The Who's new recordings, which were incomplete, because that band split up.[5]
After The Skids broke up, he and Jobson along with guitarist John McGeoch (formerly of Magazine and Siouxsie and the Banshees) and drummer John Doyle (also of Magazine) formed The Armoury Show in 1983. They only recorded one album in their brief existence called Waiting for the Floods, which was critically acclaimed but a commercial letdown. The band released more singles until 1988, when they broke up.
In mid-to-end 1992, Webb joined John Lydon's post-Sex Pistols band, Public Image Ltd., replacing bassist Allan Dias. He was the last bassist of the band. They split-up in 1993.
After Pil, he formed a band, and retired to be a videogame designer, and wrote TV scores with his Armoury Show mate, John McGeoch, until the death of the latter in 2004.[6]
He is now composing music for Nine Lives, an upcoming Internet TV Series.[7]
He currently lives in Somerset, England.[8]
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