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Marti Pellow

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Also known as Mark McLachlan

Scottish singer

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1965
balladpop

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Listeners
9,675
Total plays
88,490

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Marti Pellow (born March 23, 1965 in Clydebank, near Glasgow, Scotland) is the lead singer of the Scottish pop group Wet Wet Wet. He enjoyed success with the group throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. However, in 1997 drummer Tommy Cummingham left the band and its success waned immediately. Pellow was by this time suffering from addiction to heroin. He famously quoted, on finally beating the drug, "It was textbook. I couldn't function without it. But there's no romantic side to heroin - it's no

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Mark
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Clydebank
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
music
Instrument
voice
Image
Marti Pellow (photo by Simon Fowler).jpg
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date of birth
1965-03-23
start of work period
1982-00-00
social media followers
36746
birth name
Mark McLachlan
name in native language
Marti Pellow
Commons category
Marti Pellow
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