Search - Artist/Band: Jah Wobble

• Name: Jah Wobble
• Birthday: 1958
• Birth Place: Stepney, London, England
• Decades Active: 1970,1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Rock
• Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Ethnic Fusion, New Wave, Post-Punk, Punk/New Wave, Worldbeat, Ambient, Club/Dance
• Moods: Literate, Detached, Quirky, Ambitious, Complex, Intimate, Irreverent, Nocturnal, Sophisticated, Trippy, Cerebral

Title	Release
Heart & Soul WA	03/19/2007
Jah Wobble & English Roots Band	11/13/2006
Alpha-One Three	07/31/2006
Mu	10/25/2005
Elevator Music Volume 1A WA	07/13/2004
English Roots Music WA	11/25/2003
Five Beats WA	07/15/2003
Fly	02/18/2003
Shout at the Devil WA	02/26/2002
The Early Years WA	11/13/2001
Passage to Hades WA	05/08/2001
Beach Fervour Spare WA	09/12/2000
Molam Dub WA	09/12/2000
Full Moon over the Shopping Mall	05/02/2000
30 Hertz Collection	02/08/2000
Deep Space WA	05/04/1999
Celtic Poets	11/03/1998
The Five Tone Dragon WA	09/28/1998
Umbra Sumus	08/25/1998
Jah Wobble Presents the Light Programme WA	1997
Requiem	1997
The Inspiration of William Blake	09/23/1996
Heaven and Earth WA	1995
Psalms WA	1995
Take Me to God	1994
Rising Above Bedlam	1991
Without Judgement WA	1990
The Legend Lives On WA	05/1980

Born John Wardle, Wobble was an old friend of Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten. When the Pistols broke up, Rotten formed Public Image Limited, and Wobble became the bass player. After the group's first few albums, Wobble had a falling out with Rotten (now Lydon) and guitarist Keith Levene and departed for a solo career, also collaborating with artists such as Can members Jaki Liebezeit and Holger Czukay and U2's the Edge. Wobble's solo repertoire ranges from pop to pseudo-reggae to difficult-to-listen-to experimentation. In the late '80s, his career took a downward direction, and he had a job sweeping train stations. He began listening to foreign music from places like North Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe and formed Invaders of the Heart with guitarist Justin Adams. The single "Bomba" brought Wobble back to the public eye in 1990, and he collaborated with Sinead O'Connor and Primal Scream in addition to releasing the Invaders of the Heart album Rising Above Bedlam in 1991. Three years later, he released Take Me to God, which featured a number of guest appearences from the likes of Gavin Friday. In 1995, he released Psalms, which was followed in 1996 by The Inspiration of William Blake. In 1997 Wobble formed his own label, 30 Hertz, to release Jah Wobble Presents the Light Programme. Umbra Sumus appeared the following year. In 1999, Wobble released Deep Space, which featured appearences from Bill Laswell and Jaki Leibezeit. Full Moon over the Shopping Mall followed in the spring of 2000 and Molam Dub was issued later that fall. Passage to Hades appeared in spring 2001. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide