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7 unusual facts about The Wildhearts


13 Songs

"Waiting Room" was featured on The Wildhearts covers album Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before Vol 1. Atom & His Package has recorded a cover of the song.

Bernie Tormé

In 2007, Tormé contributed lead guitar and sitar parts to "Smile In Denial", track #4 of Yoni, a solo album from Wildhearts frontman Ginger.

Jason Ringenberg

In 2002, he released an album of duets named All Over Creation featuring Steve Earle, Lambchop, The Wildhearts and more.

Neil Leyton

He participated in a side-project with Ky Anto, titled Pretty Volume, and recorded an E.P. with fellow Canadian guitarist Rich Jones and The Wildhearts' frontman Ginger in the UK.

Runaway Brides

Ginger of The Wildhearts joined as second guitarist but soon left not before contributing writing to four album tracks.

Scott Sorry

Scott Sorry (born October 30, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American musician best known as the bass player for The Wildhearts.

Supershit 666

Supershit 666 or Super$hit 666 were a European rock supergroup consisting of Ginger from The Wildhearts on vocals and guitar, Nicke Andersson from the Hellacopters on vocals and drums, Dregen from the Backyard Babies on vocals and guitar, and Swedish producer Thomas Skogsberg on bass.


Andy Selway

Seeming going nowhere, the band split, though two of the 'Snatches went on to form 'The Yo-Yos', a punkabilly band formed by Danny McCormack after the 1997 split of The Wildhearts.

AntiProduct

The band formed in 2000, and have played alongside acts such as Rachel Stamp, The Wildhearts, Ginger, The Quireboys, Enuff Z'Nuff, Electric Eel Shock, Tyla from Dogs D'Amour, Murderdolls, Trashlight Vision and Sigue Sigue Sputnik.

Geordie in Wonderland

Geordie In Wonderland is a song by U.K rock band The Wildhearts, from their 1995 Fishing for Luckies album.

Life Just Is

In one scene, the character David performs "Geordie in Wonderland" by The Wildhearts, and two of the other songs he sings are originally by bands featuring ex-Wildhearts members: "Lemonade Girl" by The Jellys and "Moving Along" by Plan A.

Ragnar ZSolberg

For his work with "Sign" he received awards, toured around Europe with The Wildhearts, Aiden, Wednesday 13 and Skid Row, played at Downloads main stage and released four albums - two in English and 2 in his mother language Icelandic.


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Honeycrack

With Dowling opting to front the band on lead vocals and guitar (and CJ playing a similar role to the one he'd performed with the Wildhearts), the Honeycrack lineup was completed by the addition of third guitarist Mark McCrae (previously with hotly tipped London rock band Rub Ultra), session drummer Hugo Degenhardt and bass player Pete Clarke.

Multi-instrumentalist Willie Dowling had previously been part of The Grip, and later joined The Wildhearts as keyboard player for tours and studio sessions (contributing to their debut album Earth Vs. The Wildhearts).