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33_2	seeing an early gig where they were performing as a three-piece. He was an integral member of the
33_3	band for 33 years. He was also the guitarist for the English alternative rock band All About Eve
33_4	from 1991 to 1993 and again from 1999 to 2002. He has also worked with Swedish progressive rock
33_5	band Anekdoten.
33_6	Early life
33_7	Willson-Piper was born in Stockport, Cheshire, on 7 May 1958 and grew up as a teenager in
33_8	Thingwall. He has a brother and an adopted sister. When he was 3 years old the family moved from
33_9	Compstall where his parents had a pub called The Commercial. Sometime around 1970, the family
33_10	moved to Birch Vale in Derbyshire, a small village between New Mills and Hayfield where his parents
33_11	took on another pub. They later moved back to Thingwall.
33_12	At 14 he was taught the guitar by his brother who was a member of a cabaret band. Willson-Piper
33_13	soon started his own band with school friends. After leaving school at 16, Willson-Piper had worked
33_14	various jobs. He soon travelled to mainland Europe busking outside train stations and working odd
33_15	jobs such as grape collecting.
33_16	He moved to Australia in April 1980. Willson-Piper went along to see an early performance of The
33_17	Church and was asked to join the band a few days before his 22nd birthday in May 1980.
33_18	The Church
33_19	On 6 May 1980, Willson-Piper joined The Church on guitar, vocals and bass guitar, alongside Steve
33_20	Kilbey, Peter Koppes and Nick Ward. Willson-Piper's sound was influenced by guitarists such as Tom
33_21	Verlaine and Bill Nelson.
33_22	Willson-Piper contributed to most of the Church's studio releases and was a member almost
33_23	continuously from 1980 to 2013. The only exception is the 1997 album Pharmakoi/Distance-Crunching
33_24	Honchos with Echo Units, which only featured Kilbey, Koppes and drummer Tim Powles and was released
33_25	as by "The Refo:mation".
33_26	In 2013, Kilbey announced on the band's Facebook page that former Powderfinger guitarist Ian Haug
33_27	had replaced Willson-Piper.
33_28	Solo career and Noctorum
33_29	Willson-Piper has maintained a steady solo output since the mid-1980s, releasing six solo studio
33_30	albums and three live solo albums.
33_31	Four of his albums are collaborations with long-time friend Andy 'Dare' Mason (who has produced and
33_32	played on Willson-Piper's solo releases) under the name Noctorum.
33_33	In September 2015, Willson-Piper's band Acres Of Space embarked on a tour of the United States.
33_34	During the spring and summer of 2016, Acres of Space toured the Eastern half of the United States.
33_35	In December 2016 / January 2017 Acres Of Space played four shows in Chile.
33_36	Marty and his wife have toured as an acoustic duo, playing shows in Uruguay, Argentina, the United
33_37	States, Germany and the UK.
33_38	In Deep Music Archive
33_39	Willson-Piper is an avid record collector. His music archive, the In Deep Music Archive (named
33_40	after Argent's 1973 album In Deep), is an eclectic collection of music in many forms. An historical
33_41	and contemporary library of various physical formats: vinyl, CD, cassette, reel to reel tape, 8
33_42	track, 78 rpm, VHS, DVD, Laser discs, reference books, encyclopedias, catalogues, biographies and
33_43	magazines. The archive's digital presence is the In Deep Music Archive website with regular posts
33_44	about both popular and more obscure artists included in the collection. Collected by Willson-Piper
33_45	over the past 50 years, the archive has grown into a collection through a life of scouring the
33_46	record stores around the world, but also through donations from friends, fans and record labels. It
33_47	currently holds an estimated 50,000 vinyl records and is located in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.
33_48	Side projects and collaborations (selection)
33_49	Willson-Piper appeared on the single "(Just like) Surf City" by James Griffin and the
33_50	Subterraneans in 1985.
33_51	He produced the 1987 album Blood Red Roses for the band Bell Jar.
33_52	Jules Shear's 1989 album The Third Party consist entirely of one acoustic guitar track, played by
33_53	Willson-Piper, and one vocal track by Shear.
33_54	Willson-Piper played on several tracks on Tom Verlaine's 1990 album The Wonder, but is uncredited.
33_55	He spent two stints as guitarist for UK rock group All About Eve, playing on their 1991 album
33_56	Touched By Jesus, 1992's Ultraviolet, Fairy Light Nights 1 & 2, Live and Electric at the Union
33_57	Chapel in 2001 as well as their Live In Bonn 1991 DVD. He was also in the offshoot band "Seeing
33_58	Stars".
33_59	With Aimee Mann he co-wrote the song "Could've Been Anyone" and appeared on Mann's first album,
33_60	1993's Whatever.
33_61	He wrote "The Sensual Hour" and "Sticks And Stones" in 1994 for The Infidels.
33_62	He was the co-writer of the song "Battersea" for All About Eve singer Julianne Regan's side
33_63	project Mice in 1996, as well as appearing on the tracks "Miss World" and "Dark Place".
33_64	He played lead guitar on Scratch's 1996 song "We Got Fooled Again".
33_65	He was a co-writer of the song "Knock Me Out" on 4NonBlondes singer Linda Perry's 1996 album In
33_66	Flight. The song appears on The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack.
33_67	He wrote and produced three tracks (and played on two) for Brix Smith's 1997 album Happy
33_68	Unbirthday, as well as co-writing and singing on most of the tracks on her 2007 album Neurotica.
33_69	He worked with David Gedge's Cinerama on their first album, 1998's Va Va Voom, and plays on seven
33_70	tracks.
33_71	He produced seven tracks on album Elvis, Halleluja and Hurrah (1998) for Håkan Ahlström, as well
33_72	as playing on five of them.
33_73	He produced Justin Clayton's 1999 album Limb and guests on the track "Shallow World".
33_74	For Swedish act Moderna Män, Willson-Piper produced, recorded and mixed their 2000 album, Entré.
33_75	In 2003 Willson-Piper recorded the song "Motorcycle" with Australian band Urban Folk Collective
33_76	for their album Black Rabbit.
33_77	In 2004 Willson-Piper featured on the tracks "Who Knew the World Would End" and "All Your Kingdom"
33_78	on Edward Roger's album Sunday Fables and again in 2008 on the follow up You Haven't Been Where
33_79	I've Been, on the tracks "Graveyard Voices" and "What Happened To Manfred What Happened To Jane".
33_80	Willson-Piper plays guitar on the Duncan Brown version of "Alfred Bell" and bass on "Wounded
33_81	Conversation" on Edward Rogers’ 2017 album TV Generation, co-writing the track "Listen To Me".
33_82	He contributed guitar solos to Rob Dickinson's single "Oceans" (2005) and The Gronk's "Touch the
33_83	Sun" (2008).
33_84	In 2005, Willson-Piper joined veteran Australian band The Saints to record an album Nothing Is
33_85	Straight In My House, as well as co-writing the track "Passing Strange". Willson-Piper also joined
33_86	the band for the following tour. However, in the summer of 2005, Willson-Piper famously left The
33_87	Saints on the night before a big concert. This resulted in The Saints having to play at Download
33_88	festival the next day (and the rest of their 2005 summer tour) without their lead guitarist. At
33_89	first this did stress out The Saints somewhat. But soon after, they realized that they were
33_90	actually better off without him. That following year The Saints continued to tour in Europe,
33_91	Canada, The USA and Australia as a power trio and recorded their next album without Willson-Piper.
33_92	In 2006 Willson-Piper performed on the tracks "Martha's Harbour" and "Circle" on the White Rose
33_93	Transmission album Bewitched And Bewildered.
33_94	Willson-Piper recorded the duet "Beatles and Stones" with Norwegian singer Marte Heggelund in
33_95	2008, for her album Treason.
33_96	In 2014 Willson-Piper was part of French band Sweet Gum Tree, recording the album The Snakes You
33_97	Charm and the Wolves You Tame as well as joining the band for their subsequent tour.
33_98	He makes a guest appearance on Swedish progressive rock band Anekdoten's album entitled Until All
33_99	The Ghosts Are Gone, released April 2015, and has since joined the band, playing gigs in Japan,
33_100	Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Norway, France and Armenia.
33_101	Personal life

33_2

seeing an early gig where they were performing as a three-piece. He was an integral member of the

33_3

band for 33 years. He was also the guitarist for the English alternative rock band All About Eve

33_4

from 1991 to 1993 and again from 1999 to 2002. He has also worked with Swedish progressive rock

33_5

band Anekdoten.

33_6

Early life

33_7

Willson-Piper was born in Stockport, Cheshire, on 7 May 1958 and grew up as a teenager in

33_8

Thingwall. He has a brother and an adopted sister. When he was 3 years old the family moved from

33_9

Compstall where his parents had a pub called The Commercial. Sometime around 1970, the family

33_10

moved to Birch Vale in Derbyshire, a small village between New Mills and Hayfield where his parents

33_11

took on another pub. They later moved back to Thingwall.

33_12

At 14 he was taught the guitar by his brother who was a member of a cabaret band. Willson-Piper

33_13

soon started his own band with school friends. After leaving school at 16, Willson-Piper had worked

33_14

various jobs. He soon travelled to mainland Europe busking outside train stations and working odd

33_15

jobs such as grape collecting.

33_16

He moved to Australia in April 1980. Willson-Piper went along to see an early performance of The

33_17

Church and was asked to join the band a few days before his 22nd birthday in May 1980.

33_18

The Church

33_19

On 6 May 1980, Willson-Piper joined The Church on guitar, vocals and bass guitar, alongside Steve

33_20

Kilbey, Peter Koppes and Nick Ward. Willson-Piper's sound was influenced by guitarists such as Tom

33_21

Verlaine and Bill Nelson.

33_22

Willson-Piper contributed to most of the Church's studio releases and was a member almost

33_23

continuously from 1980 to 2013. The only exception is the 1997 album Pharmakoi/Distance-Crunching

33_24

Honchos with Echo Units, which only featured Kilbey, Koppes and drummer Tim Powles and was released

33_25

as by "The Refo:mation".

33_26

In 2013, Kilbey announced on the band's Facebook page that former Powderfinger guitarist Ian Haug

33_27

had replaced Willson-Piper.

33_28

Solo career and Noctorum

33_29

Willson-Piper has maintained a steady solo output since the mid-1980s, releasing six solo studio

33_30

albums and three live solo albums.

33_31

Four of his albums are collaborations with long-time friend Andy 'Dare' Mason (who has produced and

33_32

played on Willson-Piper's solo releases) under the name Noctorum.

33_33

In September 2015, Willson-Piper's band Acres Of Space embarked on a tour of the United States.

33_34

During the spring and summer of 2016, Acres of Space toured the Eastern half of the United States.

33_35

In December 2016 / January 2017 Acres Of Space played four shows in Chile.

33_36

Marty and his wife have toured as an acoustic duo, playing shows in Uruguay, Argentina, the United

33_37

States, Germany and the UK.

33_38

In Deep Music Archive

33_39

Willson-Piper is an avid record collector. His music archive, the In Deep Music Archive (named

33_40

after Argent's 1973 album In Deep), is an eclectic collection of music in many forms. An historical

33_41

and contemporary library of various physical formats: vinyl, CD, cassette, reel to reel tape, 8

33_42

track, 78 rpm, VHS, DVD, Laser discs, reference books, encyclopedias, catalogues, biographies and

33_43

magazines. The archive's digital presence is the In Deep Music Archive website with regular posts

33_44

about both popular and more obscure artists included in the collection. Collected by Willson-Piper

33_45

over the past 50 years, the archive has grown into a collection through a life of scouring the

33_46

record stores around the world, but also through donations from friends, fans and record labels. It

33_47

currently holds an estimated 50,000 vinyl records and is located in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

33_48

Side projects and collaborations (selection)

33_49

Willson-Piper appeared on the single "(Just like) Surf City" by James Griffin and the

33_50

Subterraneans in 1985.

33_51

He produced the 1987 album Blood Red Roses for the band Bell Jar.

33_52

Jules Shear's 1989 album The Third Party consist entirely of one acoustic guitar track, played by

33_53

Willson-Piper, and one vocal track by Shear.

33_54

Willson-Piper played on several tracks on Tom Verlaine's 1990 album The Wonder, but is uncredited.

33_55

He spent two stints as guitarist for UK rock group All About Eve, playing on their 1991 album

33_56

Touched By Jesus, 1992's Ultraviolet, Fairy Light Nights 1 & 2, Live and Electric at the Union

33_57

Chapel in 2001 as well as their Live In Bonn 1991 DVD. He was also in the offshoot band "Seeing

33_58

Stars".

33_59

With Aimee Mann he co-wrote the song "Could've Been Anyone" and appeared on Mann's first album,

33_60

1993's Whatever.

33_61

He wrote "The Sensual Hour" and "Sticks And Stones" in 1994 for The Infidels.

33_62

He was the co-writer of the song "Battersea" for All About Eve singer Julianne Regan's side

33_63

project Mice in 1996, as well as appearing on the tracks "Miss World" and "Dark Place".

33_64

He played lead guitar on Scratch's 1996 song "We Got Fooled Again".

33_65

He was a co-writer of the song "Knock Me Out" on 4NonBlondes singer Linda Perry's 1996 album In

33_66

Flight. The song appears on The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack.

33_67

He wrote and produced three tracks (and played on two) for Brix Smith's 1997 album Happy

33_68

Unbirthday, as well as co-writing and singing on most of the tracks on her 2007 album Neurotica.

33_69

He worked with David Gedge's Cinerama on their first album, 1998's Va Va Voom, and plays on seven

33_70

tracks.

33_71

He produced seven tracks on album Elvis, Halleluja and Hurrah (1998) for Håkan Ahlström, as well

33_72

as playing on five of them.

33_73

He produced Justin Clayton's 1999 album Limb and guests on the track "Shallow World".

33_74

For Swedish act Moderna Män, Willson-Piper produced, recorded and mixed their 2000 album, Entré.

33_75

In 2003 Willson-Piper recorded the song "Motorcycle" with Australian band Urban Folk Collective

33_76

for their album Black Rabbit.

33_77

In 2004 Willson-Piper featured on the tracks "Who Knew the World Would End" and "All Your Kingdom"

33_78

on Edward Roger's album Sunday Fables and again in 2008 on the follow up You Haven't Been Where

33_79

I've Been, on the tracks "Graveyard Voices" and "What Happened To Manfred What Happened To Jane".

33_80

Willson-Piper plays guitar on the Duncan Brown version of "Alfred Bell" and bass on "Wounded

33_81

Conversation" on Edward Rogers’ 2017 album TV Generation, co-writing the track "Listen To Me".

33_82

He contributed guitar solos to Rob Dickinson's single "Oceans" (2005) and The Gronk's "Touch the

33_83

Sun" (2008).

33_84

In 2005, Willson-Piper joined veteran Australian band The Saints to record an album Nothing Is

33_85

Straight In My House, as well as co-writing the track "Passing Strange". Willson-Piper also joined

33_86

the band for the following tour. However, in the summer of 2005, Willson-Piper famously left The

33_87

Saints on the night before a big concert. This resulted in The Saints having to play at Download

33_88

festival the next day (and the rest of their 2005 summer tour) without their lead guitarist. At

33_89

first this did stress out The Saints somewhat. But soon after, they realized that they were

33_90

actually better off without him. That following year The Saints continued to tour in Europe,

33_91

Canada, The USA and Australia as a power trio and recorded their next album without Willson-Piper.

33_92

In 2006 Willson-Piper performed on the tracks "Martha's Harbour" and "Circle" on the White Rose

33_93

Transmission album Bewitched And Bewildered.

33_94

Willson-Piper recorded the duet "Beatles and Stones" with Norwegian singer Marte Heggelund in

33_95

2008, for her album Treason.

33_96

In 2014 Willson-Piper was part of French band Sweet Gum Tree, recording the album The Snakes You

33_97

Charm and the Wolves You Tame as well as joining the band for their subsequent tour.

33_98

He makes a guest appearance on Swedish progressive rock band Anekdoten's album entitled Until All

33_99

The Ghosts Are Gone, released April 2015, and has since joined the band, playing gigs in Japan,

33_100

Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Norway, France and Armenia.

33_101

Personal life