Peter Wolfe (musician)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Peter Randall |
| Also known as | Wolfman |
| Born |
3 August 1968 Tonbridge, Kent England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, poet |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Beyond Bedlam |
| Associated acts | Pete Doherty |
Peter Wolfe (born Peter Randall, 3 August 1968). also known as Wolfman, is an English poet, musician and songwriter, best known for his collaborations with Libertines and Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty. Children son: Arthur Wolfe, born 12 June 2017 with partner Natalie Coolen.
At 18 he moved to London, and for a short while shared a flat with Shane MacGowan. In the early 1990s, he moved to a flat in the and worked on his career as a musician. However, Wolfe was "relentlessly unsuccessful". Throughout the 1990s Wolfe was regularly in and out of the major recording studios (Island, EMI, and Sony), but failed to secure a recording contract.
In February 2001, Wolfe was the subject of a film documentary commissioned for The Other Side on Channel Four in the UK. The half-hour film titled, The Greatest Unknown Rock 'n' Roll Star, was directed by filmmaker Andy Lee, who later worked for a year as Wolfe's manager (2006–2007). Later in 2001, Wolfe met Pete Doherty in Islington. They formed a relationship based on songwriting. Wolfe about their relationship: "He turned up at my flat and started hanging around saying he was in a band. He's a great fucking person. Sometimes really awful but sometimes very kind. Maybe he was the first person to look at me through eyes which didn't say, 'This guy's a cunt'."
In 2003, Wolfe recorded "For Lovers" together with Doherty. Wolfe had written the song in the mid 1990s and recorded a demo with his old school friend and musical collaborator, Julian Taylor. Doherty altered the words to one verse, and musicians in Wolfe's band, "The Side Effects", along with record producer Jake Fior made other changes to the arrangement for the single recording. The single was Wolfe's biggest success as musician, reaching #7 in the UK Singles Chart. Despite the success of the single, which was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for songwriting, the pair received relatively little money. Rumours that the publishing rights were sold for "a small amount in a pub" are unfounded, as the rights were shared amongst the musicians who worked without pay on the recording.
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