Paul Douglas Webb (born 16 January 1962), also known by the stage name Rustin Man, is an English

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. He was the bassist for the English band

Talk Talk Talk Talk were an English band formed in 1981 by Mark Hollis (vocals, guitar, piano), Lee Harris (drums), Paul Webb (bass), and Simon Brenner (keyboards). Initially a synth-pop group, Talk Talk's first two albums, '' The Party's Over'' (198 ...

Biography

Webb attended The Deanes School in Thundersley, Essex, with drummer Lee Harris, and they became good friends. They played in the

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band Eskalator before being recruited to form

in 1981. Webb played

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for Talk Talk until 1988. His composition "Another Word" from the album '' The Party's Over'' is the only Talk Talk song not written or co-written by vocalist Mark Hollis. In the early 1990s, he and Harris formed .O.rang. In the early 2000s, he adopted the name "Rustin Man" and collaborated with Beth Gibbons on '' Out of Season'' (2002). He also produced the James Yorkston

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'' The Year of the Leopard'' (2006), and the

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album ''Hilfe Kommt'' (2009). His second album under the Rustin Man moniker, '' Drift Code'', was released on 1 February 2019 on Domino Records. On 3 February 2020, he announced his third album, '' Clockdust'', and his first live shows since 2003. For the shows, Webb was to be supported by five other musicians, several of whom played on ''Hilfe Kommt''. On 4 September 2020, the planned performances were cancelled due to the

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Discography

Solo

* '' Out of Season'' (2002, with Beth Gibbons) * '' Drift Code'' (2019) * '' Clockdust'' (2020)

Talk Talk

*'' The Party's Over'' (1982) *'' It's My Life'' (1984) *'' The Colour of Spring'' (1986) *'' Spirit of Eden'' (1988)

.O.rang

*''Herd of Instinct'' (1994) *''Spoor'' EP (1994) *''Fields and Waves'' (1996)

References

1962 births Living people People from Southend-on-Sea English rock bass guitarists British male bass guitarists English new wave musicians English record producers Musicians from Essex {{UK-bass-guitarist-stub