Ginger (singer)
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Ginger is a rock
guitarist
, singer and songwriter
, best known for his band The Wildhearts
.
band The Quireboys
. After being sacked, he went on to form The Wildhearts
.
s. These projects include:
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).
The album Valor Del Corazon
(Spanish
for "Strength of Heart") was released on January 9, 2006. Ginger is also listed as the producer of the album World of Filth, released by Howling Willie Cunt, with Ginger and Howling Willie Cunt rumored to be the same person.
Ginger released Yoni
, on January 22, 2007. Following a new album and tour by the again reformed Wildhearts
, Ginger released the album Market Harbour
in January 2008. During this period Ginger played a series of acoustic gigs with American guitarist Scott Metzger
.
In March 2009 Ginger began writing a regular online column for Classic Rock Magazine titled "Ginger's Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll" in which he discusses lesser-known album releases. In May 2009 Ginger embarked on his first purely solo tour in which no Wildhearts songs were performed. the tour received rave reviews including a 4K Live review from writer Steve Beebee
in Kerrang!
magazine. Ginger created an internet TV channel called "Great White Monkey TV" featuring tour footage and backstage video from every show on this tour.
Ginger was the penultimate act at the Kerrang!-sponsored Camden Rocks festival at the Underworld in London on June 6, 2009. Ginger's performance was considered by Kerrang! Magazine to be the highlight of the day and received a review of 5 out of 5.
In July Ginger brought together Billy Morrison
, Scott Lipps
and Michael Butler in Los Angeles to perform a predominantly Wildhearts-heavy set under the guise "Ginger and Friends" A second show by this ensemble in August also included Michael Lee Smith (from the band Starz) performing guest vocals on 'Loveshit' and Steve Stevens
performing guitar on The Wildhearts
song "My Baby is a Headf**k" and a cover of Billy Idol
's "Rebel Yell
."
Along with Billy Morrison, Ginger performed with the supergroup
Camp Freddy
at The Joint in Las Vegas on August 30, 2009. Other performers on stage included Corey Taylor
, Duff Mckagan
, Matt Sorum
, Billy Morrison
, Chris Chaney
, Dave Navarro
, Steve Jones
, John 5, and Ozzy Osbourne
.
The Relentless Garage in London was chosen as the venue for Ginger's Birthday show on December 17, 2009 under the guise "Ginger & Friends." The event featured two sets and a rotating band of musicians playing a variety of Ginger's backcatalogue, covers along with Wildhearts songs. Guest musicians included Nathan Connolly
from Snow Patrol
& Chris McCormack from 3 Colours Red
along with the current members of the Wildhearts. Highlights included a reunion of Silver Ginger 5
and Clam Abuse
.
On October 10, 2010, Ginger released the compilation album 10
as a 16-track CD on Round Records. The album collects tracks from Gingers solo work since 2000, along with two previously unreleased new tracks. A second collection called 10 (Two) as a free 10-track download.
In August 2011, Ginger launched the The Triple Album Project via Pledgemusic
, a website that enables fans to fund the recording and production of an album or other music project up front. The Project reached the required funding target within 6 hours of opening. All fans who pledged will receive the 30-track album upon completion in early 2012, with only an abridged, single album version (10 to 12 tracks) being available commercially via the usual retail channels.
lead singer Michael Monroe
announced the formation of his new band, to include Ginger as lead 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 in rose 13th place in rock charts, Ginger played his last gig with the band at Provinssirock
on the 17th of June 2011.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, singer and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, best known for his band The Wildhearts
The Wildhearts
The Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
.
Early career
Ginger saw his first success as a member of the EnglishEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
band The Quireboys
The Quireboys
The Quireboys are an English hard rock band formed in 1984 in London, England, with strong ties to Newcastle. When the band formed they were originally known as The Queerboys and later as the London Quireboys in the United States....
. After being sacked, he went on to form The Wildhearts
The Wildhearts
The Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
.
Side Projects
Whilst intermittently continuing with various incarnations of The Wildhearts, he has also formed a variety of side projects, including a number of solo albumSolo album
A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...
s. These projects include:
- Super$hit 666Supershit 666Supershit 666 or Super$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.The only...
, with DregenDregenAndreas Tyrone Svensson , is best known as the former guitarist The Hellacopters and current guitarist of Backyard Babies and the newest member of Michael Monroe's band, replacing Ginger as guitarist....
of Backyard BabiesBackyard BabiesBackyard Babies are a rock band, from Nässjö, Sweden. The band was formed in 1987 and over the years they have released five studio albums and won a Swedish Grammy. The band is now located in Stockholm, Sweden....
and Nicke AnderssonNicke AnderssonNicke Andersson , born 1 August 1972 is a singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer most known for his work as the singer and guitarist of the successful Grammy award winning rock band The Hellacopters as well as the former drummer for Swedish death metal band Entombed...
of The HellacoptersThe HellacoptersThe Hellacopters were a Swedish garage rock band that was formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson , Dregen , Kenny Håkansson and Robert Eriksson . Andersson had been the drummer for death metal band Entombed and Dregen was taking a break from his full-time band Backyard Babies...
, releasing Super$hit 666 E.P. (1999) - Clam AbuseClam AbuseClam Abuse was the title of a collaborative side project of Ginger, of Wildhearts, and Alex Kane, of Life, Sex & Death. The band also featured Prodigy live-drummer Kieron Pepper....
, with Alex Kane, releasing Stop Thinking (1999) - Silver Ginger 5Silver Ginger 5Silver Ginger 5 was originally formed in 1999 as a solo project for Ginger, lead singer/songwriter of The Wildhearts.The band was not formed until after the recording of the album Black Leather Mojo, and despite the name only ever had 4 members...
, releasing Black Leather MojoBlack Leather MojoDebut album released in 2000 by British Rock band SilverGinger 5, produced by Tim Smith of the Cardiacs, who Ginger counted as one of his biggest influences. It was claimed by Ginger himself in an interview with Kerrang! magazine, that the audition for Wildhearts bassist Danny McCormack consisted...
(2000). This album was originally intended as Ginger's first solo album, but was released under the name Silver Ginger 5Silver Ginger 5Silver Ginger 5 was originally formed in 1999 as a solo project for Ginger, lead singer/songwriter of The Wildhearts.The band was not formed until after the recording of the album Black Leather Mojo, and despite the name only ever had 4 members...
. A new band was formed to perform the material live, consisting of Conny BloomConny BloomConny Bloom is the stage name for Ulf Conny Blomqvist, who is a Swedish guitarist and songwriter. He was originally the frontman for the late-1980s/1990s funk metal band, Electric Boys. Currently Bloom is best known as a guitarist of the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks...
of Hanoi RocksHanoi RocksHanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after the death of their drummer, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley...
and Electric BoysElectric BoysThe Electric Boys are a funk metal band founded in Sweden in 1988, which enjoyed a cult status in Europe at the end of the decade.They were formed by Conny Bloom and Andy Christell . Originally a duo, they signed for Polygram and scored a local Swedish hit with the single "All Lips and Hips" in...
) on guitar and backing vocals; Jon PooleJon PooleJon Poole is a British multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter best known for his work as guitarist for Cardiacs and as bass player for The Wildhearts .Poole is the frontman and main performer of God Damn Whores, and has also worked with the...
of the CardiacsCardiacsCardiacs are an English alternative rock/psychedelic pop band formed in 1977 and led by Tim Smith. Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style and for their eccentric, theatrical stage shows, they have been hailed as an influence by bands as diverse as Blur, Faith No More and...
(and later of The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
) on bass and backing vocals; and Ritch Battersby of The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
and Grand Theft Audio on drums. - Brides of DestructionBrides of DestructionBrides of Destruction were an American hard rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2002. The band's last lineup consisted of singer London LeGrand , Tracii Guns and Scot Coogan...
: Ginger was briefly a member of this supergroupSupergroup (music)In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
in 2005 but did not play on any recordings. He co-wrote some songs for the band's album Runaway BridesRunaway BridesRunaway Brides is the second studio and last album by Brides of Destruction released via Shrapnel Records on September 13, 2005. Nikki Sixx left the band to rejoin Mötley Crüe in January 2005 for a reunion tour supporting a greatest hits compilation but still has writing credits on the album. Amen...
and played guitar for part of a tour, but then left the band acrimoniously. The bassist for Brides of Destruction at the time, Scott SorryScott SorryScott Sorry is an American musician best known as the bass player for The Wildhearts. As well as playing with The Wildhearts, Sorry has his own group, Sorry and the Sinatras, and has played with Amen and Brides of Destruction.-Amen :After playing in a variety of punk bands in hiladelphia, Scott...
, later joined The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
. - Ginger & The Sonic CircusGinger & The Sonic CircusGinger & The Sonic Circus is a collective of friends and musicians led by The Wildhearts frontman Ginger .Ginger formed the band following the 2005 split of The Wildhearts with guitarist/ producer Jason Edwards and Jon Poole , they were soon joined by Conny Bloom and Vickie Perks Ginger & The...
, releasing Valor Del CorazonValor Del CorazonValor Del Corazon is the first solo album to be released by Ginger , released under the name Ginger & The Sonic Circus. It initially had a limited mail order release on 19 December 2005, with a full release to the shops on 9 January 2006 and features 19 tracks spread across two CDs...
(2005) and the single "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah." - Howling Willie Cunt, releasing World of Filth (2006). Ginger has never actually admitted that he is Howling Willie Cunt, instead insisting that Howling Willie is another person that he (Ginger) met while in America and that Cunt is signed to another record label, Round Records.
- In mid-2007, Ginger guested as the vocalist for The ScorchersJason & the ScorchersJason & the Scorchers, originally Jason & the Nashville Scorchers, are a Cowpunk / Country rock band formed in 1981 and led by singer/songwriter Jason Ringenberg....
in place of his hero Jason RingenbergJason RingenbergJason Ringenberg is an American musician, and lead singer of Jason & the Scorchers. He is also a songwriter and guitarist....
, billed as "Ginger and The Scorchers" on a few dates in the UK. No studio work is to be recorded.
Solo career
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 5Silver Ginger 5
Silver Ginger 5 was originally formed in 1999 as a solo project for Ginger, lead singer/songwriter of The Wildhearts.The band was not formed until after the recording of the album Black Leather Mojo, and despite the name only ever had 4 members...
and the recently reformed Wildhearts
The Wildhearts
The Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
. 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
A Break in the Weather
A Break In The Weather is a compilation album released by Ginger that collects together all the tracks from the first five releases from the ill fated "Singles Club," of which there were originally going to be one single released each month for twelve months...
. Ginger also performed regular acoustic shows during this period, resulting in the live acoustic albums The Great White Monkey
The Great White Monkey
The Great White Monkey is an acoustic live album that was available to buy at acoustic performances by The Wildhearts frontman Ginger. The album was recorded at the Rugeley Rose Theatre in Staffordshire England on 27 September 2003...
(2004) and Potatoes & You
Potatoes & You
Potatoes & You is an acoustic live album that was available to buy at shows by The Wildhearts frontman Ginger. This album now can be downloaded from free at Ginger's official website.-Track listing:#"Loveshit"#"Show A Little Emotion"...
(2005).
The album Valor Del Corazon
Valor Del Corazon
Valor Del Corazon is the first solo album to be released by Ginger , released under the name Ginger & The Sonic Circus. It initially had a limited mail order release on 19 December 2005, with a full release to the shops on 9 January 2006 and features 19 tracks spread across two CDs...
(Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
for "Strength of Heart") was released on January 9, 2006. Ginger is also listed as the producer of the album World of Filth, released by Howling Willie Cunt, with Ginger and Howling Willie Cunt rumored to be the same person.
Ginger released Yoni
Yoni
Yoni is the Sanskrit word for the vagina. Its counterpart is the lingam as interpreted by some, the phallus.It is also the divine passage, womb or sacred temple...
, on January 22, 2007. Following a new album and tour by the again reformed Wildhearts
The Wildhearts
The Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
, Ginger released the album Market Harbour
Market Harbour
Market Harbour is a solo album by The Wildhearts frontman Ginger, released in January 2008 on Round Records.- Track listing :#"Casino Bay"#"Soap Hammer"#"The Queen Of Leaving"#"Attentionette"#"The Ninns Of Mourning"#"House Of Moths"...
in January 2008. During this period Ginger played a series of acoustic gigs with American guitarist Scott Metzger
Scott Metzger
Scott Metzger is an American guitarist.-Biography:Scott Metzger is a Brooklyn, New York based guitarist...
.
In March 2009 Ginger began writing a regular online column for Classic Rock Magazine titled "Ginger's Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll" in which he discusses lesser-known album releases. In May 2009 Ginger embarked on his first purely solo tour in which no Wildhearts songs were performed. the tour received rave reviews including a 4K Live review from writer Steve Beebee
Steve Beebee
Steve Beebee is a journalist, author and broadcaster, best known for his work with Kerrang! magazine. Beebee is one of the magazine's longest serving writers. He is known for championing bands for their genuine entertainment qualities as opposed to their tendency to fit in with present fashions and...
in Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...
magazine. Ginger created an internet TV channel called "Great White Monkey TV" featuring tour footage and backstage video from every show on this tour.
Ginger was the penultimate act at the Kerrang!-sponsored Camden Rocks festival at the Underworld in London on June 6, 2009. Ginger's performance was considered by Kerrang! Magazine to be the highlight of the day and received a review of 5 out of 5.
In July Ginger brought together Billy Morrison
Billy Morrison
Billy Morrison is an English guitarist, singer and actor who performs with the Los Angeles-based cover band Camp Freddy. Morrison is also a member of Billy Idol's current touring band, and has previously fronted the hard rock act Circus Diablo...
, Scott Lipps
Scott Lipps
Scott Lipps is an American Model Mogul. He is the founder and CEO of One Management, one of the top boutique model agencies in the world. One Management currently represents international stars such as Claudia Schiffer, Helena Christensen, Eva Herzigova, Iman, Devon Aoki and Bar Rafaeli...
and Michael Butler in Los Angeles to perform a predominantly Wildhearts-heavy set under the guise "Ginger and Friends" A second show by this ensemble in August also included Michael Lee Smith (from the band Starz) performing guest vocals on 'Loveshit' and Steve Stevens
Steve Stevens
Steve Stevens is an American guitarist and songwriter.He is best known for playing for other artists and less known for his critically acclaimed solo efforts , collaborations Steve Stevens (born as Steven Schneider on May 5, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist and songwriter.He...
performing guitar on The Wildhearts
The Wildhearts
The Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
song "My Baby is a Headf**k" and a cover of Billy Idol
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad , better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X...
's "Rebel Yell
Rebel yell
The rebel yell was a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. Confederate soldiers would use the yell during charges to intimidate the enemy and boost their own morale, although the yell had other uses. The exact sound of the yell is unknown and the subject of much...
."
Along with Billy Morrison, Ginger performed with the supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
Camp Freddy
Camp Freddy
Camp Freddy is a group of established musicians who play rock and roll covers at various shows around America. The band is composed of core members Dave Navarro , Billy Morrison , Matt Sorum , Donovan Leitch, Jr. and Chris Chaney...
at The Joint in Las Vegas on August 30, 2009. Other performers on stage included Corey Taylor
Corey Taylor
Corey Todd Taylor sometimes known by the number 8, is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of Slipknot and Stone Sour. Taylor was raised by his single mother. He developed a fond feeling toward classic rock after his grandmother introduced him to it...
, Duff Mckagan
Duff McKagan
Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan is an American musician and writer. He is best known for his twelve-year tenure as the bassist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
, Matt Sorum
Matt Sorum
Matthew William Sorum is an American rock drummer and percussionist. Sorum is most famous for his 7-year stint in Guns N' Roses and supergroup Velvet Revolver , which is comprised in part of former Guns N' Roses members Duff McKagan and Slash .-Early career :Matt Sorum was born Matthew William...
, Billy Morrison
Billy Morrison
Billy Morrison is an English guitarist, singer and actor who performs with the Los Angeles-based cover band Camp Freddy. Morrison is also a member of Billy Idol's current touring band, and has previously fronted the hard rock act Circus Diablo...
, Chris Chaney
Chris Chaney
Chris Chaney is a rock bass player who has performed with artists including Jane's Addiction, Alanis Morissette, Slash, and many others. He was the bass player in the third incarnation of Jane's Addiction and a member of Morissette's touring and recording band for seven years...
, Dave Navarro
Dave Navarro
David Michael "Dave" Navarro is an American guitarist who plays in the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and cover band Camp Freddy. He has also played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel, and many others.- Early life :...
, Steve Jones
Steve Jones (musician)
Stephen Philip "Steve" Jones is an English rock guitarist, singer and actor, best known as guitarist and founding member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols.-Childhood:...
, John 5, and Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...
.
The Relentless Garage in London was chosen as the venue for Ginger's Birthday show on December 17, 2009 under the guise "Ginger & Friends." The event featured two sets and a rotating band of musicians playing a variety of Ginger's backcatalogue, covers along with Wildhearts songs. Guest musicians included Nathan Connolly
Nathan Connolly
Nathan Connolly is a Northern Irish musician, who is best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for alternative rock band Snow Patrol.-Early life:...
from Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994 as an indie rock band, the band is now based in Glasgow...
& Chris McCormack from 3 Colours Red
3 Colours Red
3 Colours Red were a rock band from the United Kingdom. They achieved their biggest chart success at the end of the 1990s, along with other Britrock bands such as Ash and Feeder. The band was named by sticking a pin in a London listings magazine, Time Out...
along with the current members of the Wildhearts. Highlights included a reunion of Silver Ginger 5
Silver Ginger 5
Silver Ginger 5 was originally formed in 1999 as a solo project for Ginger, lead singer/songwriter of The Wildhearts.The band was not formed until after the recording of the album Black Leather Mojo, and despite the name only ever had 4 members...
and Clam Abuse
Clam Abuse
Clam Abuse was the title of a collaborative side project of Ginger, of Wildhearts, and Alex Kane, of Life, Sex & Death. The band also featured Prodigy live-drummer Kieron Pepper....
.
On October 10, 2010, Ginger released the compilation album 10
10 (Ginger album)
-10 Track listing:...
as a 16-track CD on Round Records. The album collects tracks from Gingers solo work since 2000, along with two previously unreleased new tracks. A second collection called 10 (Two) as a free 10-track download.
In August 2011, Ginger launched the The Triple Album Project via Pledgemusic
Pledgemusic
PledgeMusic is an online Direct-to-Fan / Fan-funded music platform utilising a Threshold Pledge System / Provision Point Mechanism, launched in August 2009, that facilitates musicians reaching out to their fan-base to financially contribute to upcoming recordings or other musical projects...
, a website that enables fans to fund the recording and production of an album or other music project up front. The Project reached the required funding target within 6 hours of opening. All fans who pledged will receive the 30-track album upon completion in early 2012, with only an abridged, single album version (10 to 12 tracks) being available commercially via the usual retail channels.
Michael Monroe Band
On the January 25, 2010 ex-Hanoi RocksHanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after the death of their drummer, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley...
lead singer Michael Monroe
Michael Monroe
Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm , best known by his stage name, Michael Monroe, is a Finnish rock musician, and multi-instrumentalist who rose to fame as the vocalist for the glam punk band Hanoi Rocks, and has served as the frontman for all-star side projects, such as Demolition 23...
announced the formation of his new band, to include Ginger as lead 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
Jack Douglas (record producer)
Jack Douglas is an American record producer. He was born in New York City. Starting out as folk musician and performer, he worked on Robert Kennedy's senatorial campaign as a song-writer. Douglas then moved to England and joined a succession of bands before returning to New York to attend the...
called Sensory Overdrive
Sensory Overdrive
Sensory Overdrive is the sixth studio album by Finnish glam rock singer Michael Monroe, released on March 14, 2011, through Spinefarm Records...
was released on 14 March 2011. It debuted at #1 on Finnish album chart. In UK in rose 13th place in rock charts, Ginger played his last gig with the band at Provinssirock
Provinssirock
Provinssirock is one of the biggest rock festivals in Finland. It takes place in the city of Seinäjoki in Southern Ostrobothnia, Western Finland. The 3-day festival, which starts the busy Finnish rock festival season, has been held every June since 1979.The 2007 festival enjoyed a combined three...
on the 17th of June 2011.
Studio albums
- Valor Del CorazonValor Del CorazonValor Del Corazon is the first solo album to be released by Ginger , released under the name Ginger & The Sonic Circus. It initially had a limited mail order release on 19 December 2005, with a full release to the shops on 9 January 2006 and features 19 tracks spread across two CDs...
(2005) - YoniYoni (album)Yoni is the second solo album to be released by Ginger, main driving force of rock band The Wildhearts. It was released on January 22 2007 and features 12 tracks...
(2007) - Market Harbour (2008)
Live albums
- Grievous Acoustic Behaviour (2001)
- The Great White MonkeyThe Great White MonkeyThe Great White Monkey is an acoustic live album that was available to buy at acoustic performances by The Wildhearts frontman Ginger. The album was recorded at the Rugeley Rose Theatre in Staffordshire England on 27 September 2003...
(2004; special edition 2009) - Potatoes & YouPotatoes & YouPotatoes & You is an acoustic live album that was available to buy at shows by The Wildhearts frontman Ginger. This album now can be downloaded from free at Ginger's official website.-Track listing:#"Loveshit"#"Show A Little Emotion"...
(2005) - Live Begins at 40Live Begins at 40Live Begins at 40 is a live album The Wildhearts frontman Ginger that was available to buy through mail order. It was recorded at Ginger's 40th Birthday Bash live at The Marquee, London, 17 December 2004. The show consisted of two sets, however the CD was a condensed version of both...
(2005)
Compilation albums
- A Break In The WeatherA Break in the WeatherA Break In The Weather is a compilation album released by Ginger that collects together all the tracks from the first five releases from the ill fated "Singles Club," of which there were originally going to be one single released each month for twelve months...
(2005) - 1010 (Ginger album)-10 Track listing:...
(2010)
Singles
- "I'm A Lover, Not A Fighter" (2001)
- "Cars and Vaginas" (2001)
- "And This Time I'm Serious" (2002)
- "The Saga of Me & You" (2002)
- "Virtual Love" (2003)
- "Yeah Yeah Yeah" (2006)
- "Holiday" / "Casino Bay" (2007)
Selected discography
This list attempts to bring together the major albums Ginger has released under various guises throughout his musical career and focuses on albums that contain original studio recorded material (i.e. not live recordings or greatest hits).- Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go (1992) - The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
- Don’t Be Happy…Just Worry (1992) - The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
- Earth Vs The WildheartsEarth Vs The Wildhearts-Track listing:All Songs Written By Ginger.-Japanese Bonus Tracks:Released: August 1993 · Label: East West · UK Chart: No. 46Formats: CD , LP , Cassette ....
(1993) - The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica... - P.H.U.Q.P.H.U.Q.P.H.U.Q. is an album by British Rock band The Wildhearts. It was released in May 1995 on East West Records and reached #6 in the UK Albums Chart. Ginger has said the title of the album is pronounced "fuck" in the 'Ask Ginger' section of the band's official website...
(1995) - The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica... - Fishing For LuckiesFishing For LuckiesFishing for Luckies is an album by The Wildhearts that originated as a fan club-only release of newly recorded material, but has since been expanded and re-released with extra tracks.-Original release:...
(1996) - The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica... - Endless Nameless (1997) - The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
- Super$hit 666 E.P. (1999) - Super$hit 666Supershit 666Supershit 666 or Super$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.The only...
- Stop Thinking (1999) - Clam AbuseClam AbuseClam Abuse was the title of a collaborative side project of Ginger, of Wildhearts, and Alex Kane, of Life, Sex & Death. The band also featured Prodigy live-drummer Kieron Pepper....
- Black Leather MojoBlack Leather MojoDebut album released in 2000 by British Rock band SilverGinger 5, produced by Tim Smith of the Cardiacs, who Ginger counted as one of his biggest influences. It was claimed by Ginger himself in an interview with Kerrang! magazine, that the audition for Wildhearts bassist Danny McCormack consisted...
(2000) - Silver Ginger 5Silver Ginger 5Silver Ginger 5 was originally formed in 1999 as a solo project for Ginger, lead singer/songwriter of The Wildhearts.The band was not formed until after the recording of the album Black Leather Mojo, and despite the name only ever had 4 members... - Riff After Riff After Motherfucking RiffRiff After Riff After Motherfucking RiffRiff After Riff After Motherfucking Riff is a 2002 compilation of the B-sides from various versions of The Wildhearts' 2002 single "Vanilla Radio" plus the song "Stormy In The North, Karma In The South"...
(2002) - The Wildhearts - The Wildhearts Must Be DestroyedThe Wildhearts Must Be DestroyedThe Wildhearts Must be Destroyed is a 2003 album by The Wildhearts. The album's title makes reference to 1969 horror film Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed....
(2003) - The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica... - Coupled WithCoupled WithCoupled With is a compilation album by The Wildhearts, released on Gut Records in March 2004. The album collects almost all the B-sides recorded by the band and released on various CD and vinyl singles during their reformation and comeback in the 2001-2003 period. The A-sides of most of these...
(2004) - The Wildhearts - World of Filth (2006) - Howling Willie Cunt
- The WildheartsThe Wildhearts (album)The Wildhearts is the sixth album by the eponymous band. The first single was "The Sweetest Song" released two weeks before the album...
(2007) - The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica... - ¡Chutzpah! (2009) - The WildheartsThe WildheartsThe Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
- The Haiti Project (2010) - Sonic Graffiti
Additional appearances
- Devin TownsendDevin TownsendDevin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
- "Christeen" (Co-Writer) - Neil LeytonNeil LeytonNeil Leyton is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and guitarist born in Lisbon. He has lived and played music in Toronto, London, and Stockholm.He was a founding member and songwriter in Canadian art-glam indie project The Conscience Pilate from 1995–1998, beginning a solo career in 1999. He is also the...
- Dead Fashion Brigade EP (guitar, arrangements, production) - Backyard BabiesBackyard BabiesBackyard Babies are a rock band, from Nässjö, Sweden. The band was formed in 1987 and over the years they have released five studio albums and won a Swedish Grammy. The band is now located in Stockholm, Sweden....
- "Brand New Hate" (Co-Writer) from the album Making Enemies Is GoodMaking Enemies is GoodMaking Enemies Is Good is an album by Backyard Babies, released in 2001. A number of tracks were co-written by Ginger of The Wildhearts. The album contains big hits such as "The Clash" and "Brand New Hate". The album was produced by the famous producer Thomas Skogsberg... - Brides of DestructionBrides of DestructionBrides of Destruction were an American hard rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2002. The band's last lineup consisted of singer London LeGrand , Tracii Guns and Scot Coogan...
- "White Trash," "Never Say Never," "Tunnel Of Love", "Dimes in Heaven" (Co-Writer) - Sensory OverdriveSensory OverdriveSensory Overdrive is the sixth studio album by Finnish glam rock singer Michael Monroe, released on March 14, 2011, through Spinefarm Records...
(2011) - Michael MonroeMichael MonroeMatti Antero Kristian Fagerholm , best known by his stage name, Michael Monroe, is a Finnish rock musician, and multi-instrumentalist who rose to fame as the vocalist for the glam punk band Hanoi Rocks, and has served as the frontman for all-star side projects, such as Demolition 23...
(Co-Writer)
External links
- Ginger on Facebook - Official Facebook page
- Ginger on Twitter - Official Twitter Page
- Ginger on Myspace - Official Myspace Page
- Great White Monkey TV - Official Ginger TV Channel
- Ginger and the Sonic Circus - Site covering Ginger's solo work
- The Wildhearts - Official site for The Wildhearts