After They Were Famous
Posted by busker_du on 8 May 2008 - 11:56am.
Listening to last week's Podcast, Clare Grogan mentioned inventing the name "Tallulah Gosh". This reminded me of seeing recently that Amelia Fletcher of the 80s indie band Tallulah Gosh (and backing vocals on some of the early The Wedding Present records) is now Chief Economist at the Office Of Fair Trading. Anyone else know of members of bands who have gone on to more notable careers or achievements in other fields?
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Ugly Ru. . .
[hooked off sharpish]
Hasn't this been featured in Word before?
I seem to remember something about one of Runrig being chief whip for the SNP and Louise Wener of Sleeper being a successful novelist.
Other than that, um... Billie Piper? Ricky Gervais?!
Wener
I've read a couple of hers, quite good.
Why only this week...
...I was reading in that Word magazine, that the 'other' bloke from Bros is now Managing Director of RCA Records.
Midnight Oil
Singer Peter Garrett is now Australia's Environment Minister.
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of Dan and Doobies fame...
...is now a top expert on military aerospace systems and logistics, member of the NASA Exploration Systems Advisory Committee (ESAC), consultatnt to many top US defence companies and former chair of chair the the Congress' Civilian Advisory Board for Ballistic Missile Defense.
Fergal Sharkey
yes that ex Undertones Fergal Sharkey, is now the Chief Executive of British Music Rights.
Charlie Higson
He of The Fast Show and Swiss Toni fame, comedy legend in fact...anybody remember his old band The Higsons?
Has changed career again....
He's now writing the official Young James Bond novels.