They began to hang out soon after, listening to music and playing guitar which led them to form TV Art, soon after changed to Josef K. While chatting, they discovered they shared similar tastes in music. He reconnected with Ross at a party a couple of years after they’d left high school. Haig later attended nearby Firrhill High School along with future Josef K bandmates Malcolm Ross, Ronnie Torrance (his neighbor since age 8) and original bassist Gary McCormack. His baritone vocal style was influenced by listening to Lou Reed and Jim Morrison at an early age. When he played it for friends in one of his first bands, they encouraged him to be the vocalist as they were too shy. After taking a few guitar lessons, he began to teach himself songs by artists like David Bowie and the Velvet Underground, recording himself on guitars and vocals playing their song The Gift. On his father’s advice, he first learned to play by ear, humming the melody until he could work out the parts. Though not from a musical family, his father bought him his first guitar at age 12. His earliest memories of music were listening to Beatles records on his parent’s Stereogram.
His father was an owner of a fiberglass factory and his mother a secretary for a dental practice. Haig was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and grew up in middle class Oxgangs. 8 Rhythm of Life label years, 1999-present.7 Coincidence vs Fate and Cinematique, 1991.
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