Paul Dorrington is an English

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselve ...

and

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), keyboard bass (synth bass) or a low br ...

best known for his 1991-1995 tenure in

The Wedding Present The Wedding Present are an English indie rock group formed in 1985 in Leeds, England, by members of The Lost Pandas. The band has been led by vocalist and guitarist David Gedge, the band's only constant member. Closely linked to the C86 scene ...

. Dorrington joined

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...

group AC Temple in 1985,Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 193, 567 and recorded ''Rorschach Blot Test'', a live

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featuring The Dustdevils and

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. In 1988 he formed

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with Mark Goodrham and future Wedding Present and

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guitarist Simon Cleave. In 1991, Paul Dorrington joined

on guitar, recording '' The Hit Parade 1'', ''

Hit Parade 2 ''Hit Parade 2'' is a compilation album by The Wedding Present released in January 1993. Having decided to release a limited edition single every month for all of 1992 (each featuring an original track on the A side and a cover version on the B ...

'' and '' Watusi'' albums before leaving in 1995. Dorrington was also the guitarist of Cha Cha Cohen, recording a single on Hemiola records and an album on

Chemikal Underground Records Chemikal Underground is an independent record label set up in 1994 in music, 1994 at Glasgow, Scotland, by rock band The Delgados. It was set up to release their first single, "Monica Webster" / "Brand New Car" and went on to break many new Sc ...

. In 2016, Paul Dorrington joine
The Sleazoids
on bass, a garage punk trio (with Missy Tassles and Mitch Genner) based in Sheffield. The Sleazoids released an LP titled
Insane Escapades
on the Sheffield Phonographic Corporation label in 2017.

References

External links

Paul Dorrington interview
somethingandnothing.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorrington, Paul English rock guitarists The Wedding Present members Living people People educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford Year of birth missing (living people)