Pete Turner (musician)

Peter James Turner (born August 1974),[1] better known as Pete Turner, is a British musician and songwriter who has been the bassist for the rock band Elbow since the group's formation.

Pete Turner
Turner performing with Elbow at Connect 2008
Background information
OriginBury, Manchester, England
Genres
Years active1990–present

Biography

Turner grew up in Bury, Manchester as an adopted child of white British parents.[2] He has cited Adam and the Ants as the first band which he "really loved," and also cited Duran Duran and Public Enemy as early favourites.[3] Turner has credited Duran Duran's John Taylor as being his initial inspiration in becoming a bassist.[4] He has also said that Public Enemy's record Fear of a Black Planet is his favourite album.[5]

Turner was one of the three embryonic founders of what would later become Elbow, as he had formed a band named RPM with future Elbow members Richard Jupp and Mark Potter. Turner befriended future Elbow frontman Guy Garvey at Bury College and the latter later joined RPM in 1991, triggering a band name change to Mr. Soft, and eventually later on first to just Soft and finally to Elbow in 1997.[6][7][8]

Sometime in the 2000s, Turner relocated from Bury to Manchester's city centre, and then moved again to the suburban area of Chorlton in Manchester's southern half in 2008.[8]

References
  1. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). London: Omnibus Press, in association with Muze. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7. OCLC 85691957.
  2. Essential Articles 12: The articles you need on the issues that matter. Christine A. Shepherd, C. White. Carlisle: Carel. 2009. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-905600-19-9. OCLC 423602012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. “Elbow.” Ashraf, Irshad, director. The South Bank Show, season 33, episode 7, ITV, 15 Nov. 2009.
  4. "Elbow interview - Pete & Mark (part 1)". YouTube. FaceCulture. 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  5. Turner, Pete (2015). Twitter. https://twitter.com/peteelbow/status/565678624800792578.
  6. Middles, Mick (2009). Reluctant Heroes: The Story of Elbow. London: Music Sales. ISBN 978-0-85712-025-0. OCLC 993114827.
  7. Luke, Bainbridge (27 February 2011). "Elbow: Another day like this". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Nearly man Pete is best of British". Manchester Evening News. 26 February 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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