Malcolm Ross (musician)

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Malcolm Ross's career started when he played guitar in the Scottish band, Josef K. They released a string of 7-inch records and an album, The Only Fun in Town, on Postcard Records in the early 1980s.

After the demise of Josef K, Ross joined Edwyn Collins in Orange Juice, playing and writing songs for both the Rip it Up and Texas Fever albums. Post-Orange Juice, Ross joined Roddy Frame in Aztec Camera as second guitarist, in time to record and tour the Mark Knopfler produced, Knife album. After stints in both Orange Juice and Aztec Camera, Ross then embarked on many projects such as the High Bees with his wife, Suyzen Buckley, and Dave Ruffy (ex The Ruts). Since the mid 1980s and throughout the 1990s Ross has worked with many artists such as former Josef K bandmate Paul Haig, Momus, Edwyn Collins, ex- Moodist Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes, Blancmange and Barry Adamson (ex-Magazine and The Bad Seeds). He was also hired as musical consultant on The Beatles biopic, Backbeat (1993), and contributed to the original musical score of the film, Chocolat (2000), featuring Juliette Binoche and playing guitar alongside Johnny Depp.

Ross recently cropped up on ex-Fire Engine, Davy Henderson's The Nectarine No.9s last album, I Love Total Destruction (2004) and is currently working with another ex The Fire Engines, Russell Burn in their new band, Stac Lee. Ross continues to play with wife Syuzen in the country tinged Buckley's Chance mostly around Edinburgh, Scotland.

Ross' solo career includes two solo albums on the German label Marina, Low Shot (1995) and Happy Boy (1998). A compilation of Ross' work was released on Re-Action Recordings in 2006, and he recently was performing as a member of Barry Adamson's live band. The near future will see Ross collaborating with The Low Miffs, as well as producing the debut album from Erskine's, Skinflints.

Solo discography

  • "Another Year, Another Town" / "Big Woman" - 7" single - The Bus Stop Label (BUS045) 1994
  • "Lowshot" - 7" single - spinART Records (SPART37) 1994
  • Lowshot - CD album - Marina Records (MA14) 1995
  • Malcolm Ross with the Delancy Street Group and the Magic Clan - CD album - The Bus Stop Label (BUS1014) 1996
  • Happy Boy - CD album - Marina Records (MA33) 1998

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