Chris Willsher), is an entertainer, musician

Musician

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, punk

Punk rock

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 singer, drummer

Drummer

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, actor

Actor

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 and writer

Writer

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 of London Irish

London Irish

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 extraction, now residing in Plymouth

Plymouth

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. He is also known as Chris Wheelie, Wheelchair and Felcher.

His bands include the Bus Station Loonies

Bus Station Loonies

The Bus Station Loonies are a 'cabaret punk' band from Plymouth, England. They have been described as a cross between Dead Kennedys, Undertones, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band....

, Oi Polloi

Oi Polloi

Oi Polloi are an anarcho-punk band from Scotland that formed around 1981. Starting as an Oi! band, they are generally associated more with the anarcho-punk genre. More recently the band have become notable for their contributions to the Scottish Gaelic punk subgenre...

, Disorder (band)

Disorder (band)

Disorder are a hardcore punk band that formed in the Bristol area of the United Kingdom in 1980, and has existed with varying line-ups to this day. Faithful to anarcho-punk ethics, Disorder are a band who aligned with politically-charged punk bands like Crass and Conflict.-History:Disorder formed...

, Eastfield and HIV and the Positives. In 1989, Willsher established the Ruptured Ambitions record label

Record label

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 and distribution company.

His film appearances include The Necro Files: Lust Never Dies (Astaroth Entertainment, 1998) and The Other Side: Punx Picnic on Channel 4

Channel 4

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 (2000). Willsher also filmed a fantasy feature entitled Nightscape (Visual Deviance), released in 2010.

He established the Plymouth

Plymouth

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 Punx Picnic in 1996; an annual music festival

Festival

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, which continues, every September

September

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, to this day.

Willsher continues to perform with The Bus Station Loonies, in his role of singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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, as well as drummer with HIV and The Positives, C.D.S. and Anarcho Folko. He also works as a solo artist under the name of Harakiri Karaoke. His label, though somewhat dormant in latter years, continues to produce sporadic material by punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 and experimental

Experimental music

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 artists, including forthcoming work by, and relating to Crass

Crass

Crass are an English punk rock band that was formed in 1977, which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, way of living, and as a resistance movement. Crass popularised the seminal anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, and advocated direct action, animal rights, and environmentalism...

, Subhumans

Subhumans

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, UK Subs

UK Subs

The U.K. Subs are an English punk rock band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk. Formed in 1976, the mainstay of the band has been vocalist Charlie Harper, originally a singer in Britain's R&B scene. They were also one of the first street punk bands.-Career:The U.K...

 and the Bus Station Loonies.

Willsher is currently studying for a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 degree in theatre and performance at the University of Plymouth

University of Plymouth

Plymouth University is the largest university in the South West of England, with over 30,000 students and is 9th largest in the United Kingdom by total number of students . It has almost 3,000 staff...

, for which he received a commendation award as the Xcel Performing Arts

Performing arts

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Student of 2008.