Gary John Jarman (born 20 October 1980) is a British multi-instrumentalist, best known for being bassist and singer in the Wakefield music group The Cribs.
The band consists of his two brothers, Ryan (his twin) and Ross (youngest sibling), and ex-The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, who joined the group in 2008. Gary is the most political member of The Cribs, and can regularly be heard in interviews railing against inequality and misogyny in the mus...
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Gary John Jarman (born 20 October 1980) is a British multi-instrumentalist, best known for being bassist and singer in the Wakefield music group The Cribs.
The band consists of his two brothers, Ryan (his twin) and Ross (youngest sibling), and ex-The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, who joined the group in 2008. Gary is the most political member of The Cribs, and can regularly be heard in interviews railing against inequality and misogyny in the music industry. This could be attributed to the fact that he spent a few years prior to the bands success participating as part of the committee that put on the UK's first "Ladyfest" in London, and also numerous fundraisers around this time.
He has also been seen with various other bands, such as Quasi in which his wife Joanna Bolme plays bass, Comet Gain, and Jeffrey Lewis - guesting as a drummer all times. In 2008 he recorded vocals for a track called "I Would Like to be Forgiven" by fellow Wakefield band The Research and appeared in the music...
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