In 2001 Will Varley invented music as we know it today. After a short stint playing the acoustic clubs of London, he was signed up to EMI records with a half a million pound contract. The following year his first single got to number 497 in the Afghan charts. Around the same time, due to the pressure of this success and a rigorous touring schedule, Varley started experimenting with hardcore drugs. By 2005 he was having drugs for breakfast, lunch and dinner. One time he even mistook a small child for a drug and tried to inhale him.
Eventually, one December night, he was found with shit coming out of his nipples because there was so many drugs in his body and was rushed to the nearest hospital in a taxi. Shortly after this incident he went to rehab and when he came out he married his childhood sweetheart David Jason. They now live in Virginia Water with their two children “Apple” and “Twat”.
After a long break from music, Varley has finally revealed he is working on a new record which will be made up entirely of Wham! covers. In a statement last week Varley said “They were always a big influence on me, right from the start, so I wanted to give something back to them”. The album “Whamalo Varley Wham” will be released on Smugglers records June 2014…
