Combining global music, reggae, fusion and punk influences, Jah
Wobble has entranced the world with his hypnotic bass riffs for over four
decades and has become one of Britain’s most influential and distinct
bass players. Accompanied by his band, Invaders of the Heart, Jah
Wobble is reborn into a new decade as defiant as ever with a brand new
UK tour.
Born John Wardle, the nickname was given to him by Sid Vicious
following an evening of drunken antics. Sid Vicious then went on to give
Jah his first ever bass guitar. As a bassist, Jah Wobble is well known as
one of the founding members and ultimately the back bone of the
legendary Public Image Limited (PiL) during the early years. Whilst
working with John Lyndon, Keith Levene and Jim Walker, Jah’s
notoriously powerful low end bass created PiL’s debut album Public
Image: First Issue, which included the band’s first Top 10 single as well
as their prestigious second album Metal Box, which included the
post-punk classic Death Disco.
Since departing with PiL, Jah Wobble is now a prevalent solo artist with
his band, Invaders of the Heart and was nominated for a Mercury Music
Prize for his debut album, Rising Above Bedlam. Following the release
of the highly acclaimed second album, Take Me To God, Jah Wobble
also became a successful entrepreneur by developing his own
independent record label, 30 Hertz Records. Additionally, Jah Wobble
has worked with the likes of Primal Scream, Dolores O’Riordan, Sinead
O’Connor, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Bill Laswell, Holger Czukay and many
more.
