Pete Wylie has recently finished recording 'Songs Of Strength And Heartbreak'. He says, 'every track on the album is a classic.'

On the album, Pete worked with Steve Lironi of Black Grape and Fun Lovin' Criminals fame as well as reteaming with Mike Hedges who collaborated with him on the classic 'Story Of The Blues', and who has since gone on to produce the Manic Street Preachers, Texas and theaudience.

Born and bred in Liverpool, Pete Wylie has long been at the heart of the creative output from Merseyside. Urban poet, pub drunk, rock guru, bastard descendent of Shelley, Shankly, Mick Jones and Morrison, he's claimed to be all these - and has sometimes proved it.

Pete calls his group the Mighty Wah! though he's named it a lot of other things too; Wah! Heat, Shambeko Say Wah!, Wah! The Mongrel and many others. Its most recent incarnation sees Pete on guitar and vocals, Mike Joyce (from the Smiths) on drums and Danny 'Lovebone' Lunt on bass.

Pete's been making music since 1977 when he was part of The Crucial Three with Julian Cope and Ian McCulloch (of the Teardrop Explodes and Echo and the Bunnymen fame). They never played live, but all three were destined for Top 40 success with their individual endeavours.

It was with Wah! that Pete started making the records he'd dreamed of; singles like the top five hit, 'Story Of The Blues', 'Better Scream', 'Seven Minutes To Midnight' and 'Sinful' showed he could write a classic pop tune while the albums 'Nah Poo - The Art Of Bluff', 'A Word To The Wise Guy' and 'Infamy' proved his genius.

In 1995, Pete fell through some railings into a basement and broke his back, leaving him physically, emotionally and financially incapacitated. Yet 1998 saw his launch back onto the music scene with the acclaimed EP, 'Heart As Big As Liverpool'.

His album 'Songs Of Strength And Heartbreak' is released in 1999.

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