Marti Pellow

Marti Pellow (born Mark McLachlan; 23 March 1965) is a Scottish singer. He was the lead singer of the Scottish pop group Wet Wet Wet for 28 years: from their formation in 1982 until their split in 1997, and again from their reformation in 2004 to his departure in 2017. He has also recorded albums as a solo artist, and performed as an actor in musical theatre productions in both the West End and on Broadway. Pellow's first exposure to music occurred around the age of 7. He would listen to his mother's Barras-bought 8-track record collection of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, but it was the soul genre of the selection that drew him in. Early Marvin Gaye and, especially, Sam Cooke captivated him. He then discovered live music. "Hey, wait a minute – check that picture: not only is this music amazing, but these guys deliver it live? That's for me." When he told his father about the direction he wanted his life to take, he was less than enthusiastic. "'Are you on a hallucinogenic substance or something? What's wrong with getting out there and getting an apprenticeship? I'm a builder, your grandfather was a builder, your great-grandfather was a shipbuilder. What do you want to be a musician for?' And I said, 'No, you don't understand – this is my vocation in life; this is what I want to be'." In 1982, at the age of seventeen, McLachlan, who was training to be a painter and decorator, formed a band with three friends from Clydebank High School in his hometown. The friends were Tommy Cunningham, Graeme Clark and Neil Mitchell, and the band's name was Vortex Motion. This was subsequently changed to Wet Wet Wet, a title taken from the Scritti Politti song "Gettin, Havin' and Holdin'". McLachlan also changed his birth name in favour of the stage name Marti Pellow, created from his mother's maiden name Pellow and the nickname he was given at school (“Smarty”). Pellow enjoyed success with Wet Wet Wet throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. However, in 1997 drummer Tommy Cunningham left the band over a royalties dispute and its success waned immediately. Pellow was by this time addicted to heroin. On finally overcoming his addiction, he stated: "It was textbook. I couldn't function without it. But there's no romantic side to heroin – it's no good." Pellow left Wet Wet Wet in May 1999, effectively disbanding the group. They reformed, however, in March 2004. On 28 July 2017, Pellow departed from Wet Wet Wet to focus on his solo career. Pellow began his career as a solo artist in association with Chris Difford of Squeeze. The two met while they were patients in The Priory in March 1999. Difford subsequently became Pellow's lyricist and unofficial helper. ... Source: Article "Marti Pellow" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK, 1965-03-23

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1995	Wet Wet Wet – Picture This – All Around And In The Crowd Live At Wembley Arena, 30th July 1995	Self	0
2	1998	WetWetWet - Playing Away at Home: Live at Celtic Park Glasgow	Self	0
3	2003	Wet Wet Wet: Greatest Hits	Self	0
4	2004	Wet Wet Wet - The Greatest Hits And More	Self	55
5	2009	Chess in Concert	The Arbiter	68
6	2013	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage!	The Sung Thoughts of The Journalist	68
7	2014	Wet Wet Wet: Greatest Hits - Live In Glasgow	Self	68
8	2023	Queen of the New Year 2023		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	Top of the Pops	Self - Wet Wet Wet	66
2	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self - Wet Wet Wet	63
3	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self - Wet Wet Wet	65
4	1987	Le monde est à vous	Self - Wet Wet Wet	0
5	1990	Les Nuls, l'émission	Self	83
6	2016	Michael McIntyre's Big Show	Self - Musical Guest	74

Marti Pellow

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