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Jah Wobble (born '''John Wardle''', in Stepney in 1958) is an English Bass Guitar ist, singer, Poet and Composer . He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd (PiL) in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but left the band after two years. Following his departure from PiL, he went on to a successful solo career, continuing to the present. His daughter is actress Hayley Angel Wardle , and he is married to renowned harpist Zi Lan Liao . EARLY LIFE Wobble grew up in en, mumbled version of Wardle's name by Sid Vicious ; another states it was Wordplay based on Wardle's name, and his fascination with the "wobbly" basslines of Reggae and related genres, where praise to " Jah " — a near- Homonym of "John" — is often offered. MUSICAL CAREER Public Image Ltd (PiL) Wobble started his musical career with John Lydon's post- and exacerbated by alcohol abuse. He has stated that the first Public Image Ltd. album was recorded so quickly due in part to the bassist's altercations with a studio producer and men at a nearby pub. He has, however, dismissed claims accusing him of extreme malice, such as setting fire to the former drummer for The Fall , Karl Burns , while Burns was session drumming for PiL. Wobble left his signature mark on PiL's seminal second album '' Metal Box '' released in 1979. However, he grew increasingly frustrated by the lacklustre creative atmosphere in the band, which he felt stifled his artistic ambitions and PiL's creative potential. Besides differences in artistic vision, further conflicts were brought on in part by heavy drug and alcohol abuse in the band 1. Wobble then went on to recording and releasing his debut album ''The Legend Lives on - Jah Wobble in Betrayal'', and found himself accused by other PiL members of having made unauthorized use of material from Metal Box for the making of ''Betrayal'' . Wobble then left PiL in late 1980. Early post-PiL years Soon after leaving PiL, Wobble started his solo career by forming ''The Human Condition'' with guitarist Dave "Animal" Maltby and PiL's original drummer, Jim Walker . ''The Human Condition'' toured the UK, Europe, and USA in 1981, and made two cassette-only releases of their live shows (''Live at the Collegiate Theatre'' and ''Live in Europe''). The post-PiL years saw Wobble also collaborating with Can members Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit on Czukay's solo projects (notably ''On the Way to the Peak of Normal'' and ''Rome Remains Rome'') and ''Full Circle'' (released in 1984). In 1983, Wobble formed the Invaders of the Heart, and released the LP '' Snake Charmer '' featuring U2 's The Edge alongside Czukay and Liebezeit, and produced by François Kevorkian . However, his critical stance towards the commercialization of the music industry, compounded by heavy drinking, led to his abandoning music for a short period in the mid-eighties. By 1986 he was clean and sober. He then worked a variety of straight jobs, whilst continuing to perform and record his music in what spare time he had. These jobs included a long stretch with the London Underground . In an oft-quoted tale it is related that he once, at Tower Hill Underground Station via the Public Address System , humorously regaled commuters with the deadpan announcement, "I used to be somebody. I repeat, I used to be somebody." Early Nineties - present Encouraged by friends to resume music full time, the clean-and-sober Wardle has since collaborated with a wide variety of musicians. His explorations into World Music predated much of the genre's popularity. Jah Wobble's 1994 album ''Take Me To God'' was influenced by world music genres, and its uplifting sounds made it both a critical and commercial success. His music has spanned a number of genres, including Ambient Music and Dance Music , and in 2003, reworkings of traditional English Folk Songs . Though he has released recordings since the early 1980s, Wobble has been quite prolific from the mid-1990s to the present. He now runs his own label, 30 Hertz Records , and tours regularly throughout England and Europe. Besides his work as a musician and composer, Jah Wobble also writes occasional book reviews for the '' The Independent ''. {Link without Title} According to the liner notes of ''Alpha One Three'' he is currently working on his autobiography. LIST OF COLLABORATORS REFERENCES DISCOGRAPHY EXTERNAL LINKS
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