Jah Wobble & the Invaders of the Heart play Bedford Esquires on Friday night (October 14).
The man born John Wardle began his musical journey when he met John Lydon and Sid Vicious in 1973.
It was Vicious who nicknamed John ‘Jah Wobble’ after a drunken binge and loaned him his first bass guitar.
Lydon asked JW to join Public Image Limited (aka PiL) in 1978 and Wardle’s distinctive ‘low end’ bass became the backbone of PiL’s pioneering sound.
After its follow-up, the exploratory yet sinister soundscapes of 'Metal Box', Wardle became disillusioned by politics within the band and their reluctance to play live.
He eventually split from PiL in the mid-1980s and embarked on a prolific solo career.
Since then Jah Wobble has ploughed his own furrow as a prolific solo artist, as well as becoming a well-respected session musician, with a genuine passion for Eastern and Global music.
He has worked with a diverse range of musicians, including Baaba Maal, Bjork, Primal Scream, Brian Eno, Sinead O’Connor, Julianne Regan, Dolores O’Riordan, Holgat Czukay, The Edge and Chaka Demus & Pliers.
Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart released their debut album in 1990 and received a Mercury Music Prize nomination in 1991 for the 'Rising above Bedlam' album.
After the acclaimed 'Take me to God' album in 1994 the band split and Jah Wobble launched his own 30 Hertz record label which has subsequently released around 30 albums.
New album Everything is Nothing was released in early August.
Tickets are £12.50 in advance from www.seetickets.com
