User:PACPWM

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PHIL MURRAY Born in North Shields on November 18th 1953, Phil’s career has always revolved around writing. After attending Tynemouth High School, he completed 6 years of performances on the northern clubs circuit, before finally moving to London in 1975 to satisfy his progress in the direction of music. Phil Murray and Dave Black had been in a local Tyneside band together. Dave was  asked to replace Mick Ronson as lead guitarist in The Spiders From Mars, as they reformed after their David Bowie era. In 1976 Dave left The Spiders, and put Phil Murray in contact with Woody Woodmansey; together with Phil Plant, Frankie Marshall and eventually Martin Smith, U-Boat came into being. Phil and the band were influential with many emerging punk outfits. Gary Numan was a fan, emerging with a remarkably similar group image to U-Boat during the Are Friends Electric time period. The Sex Pistols sent U-Boat a telegram to say that regardless of not being invited, they would support headline act U-Boat at the ill fated 1976 Burstow Festival, which was cancelled due to security issues, being so close to Gatwick Airport. One of the last appearances U-Boat made was at The Reading Festival of 1977. Phil Murray then signed a solo deal with Private Stock Records followed by three years signed to Mickie Most at RAK Records. Immediately following his time with RAK, Phil acted in theatrical tours of a Mike Harding Comedy called Fur Coat And No Knickers, and Paddington Bear’s Magical Musical. He appeared in Eastenders, The Les Dawson Christmas Show, Dempsey and Makepeace, Cat’s Eyes, Spender, Auf Wiedersehen Pet and many others on television, together with a cameo appearance in the movie Victims. His three solo albums then followed; PLUS, Separate Holiday and Forever Again. Whilst recording the latter, he wrote a personal development audio programme called You Can Always Get What You Want, which became an international bestseller as a book, translated into many languages. Phil formed the Positive Attitude Club; true to his musical heritage, he became leader of the PAC(K). The PAC helped many people focus on the positive in their lives whilst handling the negative skilfully. The work that followed as books and in a variety of audio formats, eventually all published by Hodder & Stoughton of London, included: Before The Beginning Is A Thought, Empowerment, The 49 Steps To A Bright Life, Phil Murray BITES On Personal Development, You And Me Make Three (The Most Explosive Equation In History), Staying Awake Forever, The Flow Of Life (And How To Get Into It), and 2001 A Success Odyssey. After 17 years apart from his first love, music, in 2010 he began playing and writing once again.