Justin Welch

Justin Welsh is a musician from the UK best known for being the drummer in britpop band Elastica.

Related Topics:
UK - Britpop - Elastica

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Welsh was born in 1972 in Nuneaton, near Coventry. He was expelled from school for swearing at a teacher and moved to London in his late teens. He was a keen musician and even at that age he was also a noted regular recreational drug user. He played drums in a number of bands in the early 1990's including an early line up of Suede where he would first meet Justine Frishmann. He was the drummer of a garage rock band Spitfire for a number of years. He would join Elastica in 1991 who would go on to have considerable chart and critical success in the 1990's.

Related Topics:
1972 - Nuneaton - Coventry - 1990's - Suede - Justine Frishmann - Spitfire - Elastica - 1991

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Like the other members of Elastica, he had some problems with drugs, although he is now said to be clean. The band split in 2001 and he now lives in Devon with former Elastica keyboard player Mew to whom he is married.

Related Topics:
2001 - Devon - Mew

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