b. 6 April 1963, Windsor, Berkshire, England. Dance music magnate Weatherall began the 80s working on building sites and film sets, and even had a stint as lead vocalist in the groove band A Fractured Touch. An avid record collector he also picked up occasional DJing work, but his career proper began with residencies at the Shoom and Spectrum clubs in the acid house boom of 1988. Afterwards he founded the Boy's Own fanzine with Terry Farley (of Farley And Heller) and Steve Mayes, which concentrated on club music, fashion and football. When Boy's Own became a record label, he also appeared, as a guest vocalist, on a Bocca Juniors' track. It was as a remixer that Weatherall made his name, however, working with a diverse range of artists including James, Happy Mondays, That Petrol Emotion, Saint Etienne, Grid, Meat Beat Manifesto, Big Hard Excellent Fish, S'Express, the Orb, Finitribe, A Man Called Adam, Jah Wobble, Future Sound Of London, Moody Boyz, One Dove, Throbbing Gristle, Galliano, Flowered Up, Björk, Espiritu, Yello, Beth Orton, Stereo MC's, and New Order.
His landmark achievement, however, remains his 1990 hit remix of Primal Scream's "Loaded" and supervising role on the band's classic Screamadelica, the album which effectively forged a new musical genre, the indie/dance crossover album. He also enjoyed a stint as DJ on Kiss 100 FM, before his eclectic, anarchic tastes proved too much for programmers. "My background is rock 'n' roll. The Clash are still the best band in the world'. His recording methodology has been compared to that of Joe Meek: sampling strange sounds such as answer phones and dustbin lids for percussion.
Weatherall subsequently set up a further label, recording and remix operation under the title Sabres Of Paradise, which proved hugely successful. He continued to play out regularly at Sabresonic club nights, and in 1993 signed a major publishing contract with MCA Music, but by the mid-90s had begun to distant himself from the mainstream dance scene. Going back to his punk roots he has subsequently recorded with Keith Tenniswood as the Two Lone Swordsmen, forming the Rotters Golf Club label and releasing mail order only singles and several albums of esoteric techno.
