Ginger (musician)
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Ginger, playing at the Glasgow Garage, 20 December 2010
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Leslie Walls |
| Born | 17 December 1964 |
| Origin | South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) |
Singer Songwriter Guitarist |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Various |
| Associated acts |
The Wildhearts Silver Ginger 5 Ginger & The Sonic Circus |
| Website |
The Wildhearts Ginger and the Sonic Circus |
| Notable instruments | |
| Hagstrom Guitars | |
Ginger (born David Leslie Walls; 17 December 1964 in South Shields) is an English rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his band The Wildhearts.
Ginger Played in the legendary South Shields band, The Cups.
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:
On 25 January 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 17 June 2011.
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).
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