Bob Fairfoull

Bob Fairfoull (born Robert James Fairfoull on August 6, 1976) is a Scottish musician. He was the bass guitarist for the Scottish rock band Idlewild. Roddy Woomble - a friend of Fairfoull and Idlewild's lead singer - asked Fairfoull to join in February 1997 following the departure of Phil Scanlon. [ [http://www.idlewild.co.uk/history_pt3.html] Dead link|date=March 2008] . His appearance and attitude is classically punk rock and his typical on-stage antics comprise of head-banging and jumping around [ [http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/titp/2000/review-idlewild.shtml Idlewild - T in the Park 2000 review ] ] .

He became increasingly distant from the band in 2002, and on September 29th 2002 he left the band following a show in Amsterdam in "a rain of misdirected punches" [ [http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/displayreview.php?id=508 scenepointblank: Idlewild - Warnings / Promises ] ] .

After leaving Idlewild he joined the band Degrassiwho will release their debut album in 2007. He has had various other projects on the go, along with Degrassi, and, at the moment is playing in Edinburgh with the band Paper Beats Rock, and recently supported Blood Red Shoes.

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