Boff Whalley (real name Allan Mark Whalley, born 6 August, 1961, Burnley, Lancashire), is the lead guitarist for the band Chumbawamba. Before joining Chumbawamba he attended Art College in Maidstone and worked in a supermarket and as a postman. Together with his fellow members of Chimp Eats Banana, Midge and Danbert Nobacon, he moved to Leeds in 1981 and studied at the University of Leeds, dropping out after a year before moving into the South View House squat in Armley.

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  • Boff Whalley (real name Allan Mark Whalley, born 6 August, 1961, Burnley, Lancashire), is the lead guitarist for the band Chumbawamba. Before joining Chumbawamba he attended Art College in Maidstone and worked in a supermarket and as a postman. Together with his fellow members of Chimp Eats Banana, Midge and Danbert Nobacon, he moved to Leeds in 1981 and studied at the University of Leeds, dropping out after a year before moving into the South View House squat in Armley. He became a guitarist despite describing himself as being of 'limited ability'. He continued to play guitar and sing while doing a series of other jobs such as shopworker, newspaper delivery man, typesetter, and cartoonist. He has remained a guitarist since then and has discovered that 'songwriting' is (apparently) a proper job. He is married to American photographer Casey Orr who he met in San Francisco in 1992. The name Boff comes from being nicknamed 'College Boffin' by other workers at the Supasave supermarket in Burnley, where Boff worked after leaving school. Boff's first band 'Chimp Eats Banana' had a song about Supasave, called 'Supasave'. Beyond his musical career Boff Whalley has been prominent in the fellrunning scene, particularly in West Yorkshire, running at a relatively high standard. Touring and recording commitments have influenced the extent to which he has been able to pursue this ativity. He was instrumental in the production of the "Fellternative" fellrunning fanzine in the early 1990s.
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  • Boff Whalley (real name Allan Mark Whalley, born 6 August, 1961, Burnley, Lancashire), is the lead guitarist for the band Chumbawamba. Before joining Chumbawamba he attended Art College in Maidstone and worked in a supermarket and as a postman. Together with his fellow members of Chimp Eats Banana, Midge and Danbert Nobacon, he moved to Leeds in 1981 and studied at the University of Leeds, dropping out after a year before moving into the South View House squat in Armley.
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