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Whalley became a guitarist despite describing himself as being of "limited ability". He continued to play guitar and sing while doing a series of other jobs such as shopworker, newspaper delivery man, typesetter, and cartoonist.
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and worked in a supermarket and as a postman. His parents were both primary school teachers. He has three sisters named Anne, Helen, and Rachel.
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Chumbawamba was a hardcore punk band in the style of DC punk, or LA punk. In 1984, when the British coal mining industry was privatised by
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In 2013, Whalley wrote a musical drama "Wrong 'Un" which was performed in Norwich. It was based on the life of suffragette
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Together with his fellow members of Chimp Eats Banana, Midge (Michael Hartley) and Danbert Nobacon, Whalley moved from
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Whalley recorded a song called "Stud Marks on the Summits", inspired by a chance meeting with legendary fell runner
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began protesting, Chumbawamba became even more politically active in equal rights and labour rights.
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Beyond his musical career, Whalley has been prominent in the
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