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Gareth Russell (musician)

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Genres
  
Indie rock

Instruments
  
bass

Name
  
Gareth Russell

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, Bassist

Years active
  
1997-present

Role
  
Musician

Origin
  
Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Associated acts
  
Idlewild, Astrid, The Reindeer Section

Music groups
  
Idlewild (Since 2006), The Reindeer Section, Astrid, The Vaselines

Gareth Russell is a Scottish musician, best known as the former bass guitarist for the indie rock band Idlewild. Russell joined the band in 2006, following the departure of Gavin Fox, and recorded two studio albums with the band: Make Another World (2007) and Post Electric Blues (2009).

Contents

Russell also performed in Astrid until their split, and was also a member of The Reindeer Section.

with Idlewild

  • 2007: Make Another World
  • 2009: Post Electric Blues
  • with Astrid

  • 1999: Strange Weather Lately
  • 2001: Play Dead
  • 2004: One in Four
  • with The Reindeer Section

  • 2001: Y'All Get Scared Now, Ya Hear!
  • Songs

    Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
    Monster Pussy
    Molly's Lips
    Son of a Gun
    You Are My Joy
    Sex Sux
    Rory Rides Me Raw
    Take Me Back In Time
    No Emotion
    Take Me Back to the Islands
    Teenage Superstar
    Dying for It
    I'll Be Here When You Wake
    I Hate the '80s
    Sex with an X
    A Ghost in the Arcade
    The Day I Was a Horse
    Will You Please Be There for Me
    Oh Susanna
    Yn Eirey Cronk Yn Ollee
    Bottle
    Cartwheels
    Blue Mountain
    Yn Bollane Bane
    The Flitter Dance
    The Mist Upon the Water
    Tra Va Ruggit Creest
    Dick Turpin
    O Ven Aef - Ven Aalin Aeg
    Astgit
    Everything
    Youstar

    References

    Gareth Russell (musician) Wikipedia