Boff Whalley

Boff Whalley (real name Allan Whalley , born 1961, Burnley, Lancashire), is the lead guitarist for the band Chumbawamba. Before joining Chumbawamba he attended Art College in Maidstone and worked in a supermarket and as a postman. Together with his fellow members of Chimp Eats Banana, Midge and Danbert Nobacon, he moved to Leeds in 1981 and unsuccessfully studied at the University of Leeds before moving into the South View House squat in Armley. He became guitarist despite describing himself as being of 'limited ability'. He has remained guitarist since then and has also enjoyed singing harmony vocals. He is married to American photographer Casey Orr who he met in San Francisco in 1992.

References

Boff Whalley recently left a note behind at a gig. It read:

When the sun doesn't shine And it's cloudy and grey And it's only the beginning Or the wombling day. And you've got to do the washing For Madame Colet. Remember remember remember remember Remember remember remember:

Remember you're a womble

Remember you're a womble

Remember you're a womble

Remember you're a womble. Remember 'member 'member

What a womble womble womble you are.

When it's foggy on the common And you just can't see And I womble into you And you womble into me. Just remember we're so lucky To be womblin' free. Remember remember remember remember

Remember you're a womble

Remember you're a womble

Further reading

• Footnote*- Boff Whaley (Pomona books 2003)- an autobiographical account of the history of Chumbawamba.