Paul Dorrington is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 and bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

 best known for his 1991-1995 tenure in The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group based in Leeds, England, formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. The band's music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall, Buzzcocks and Gang of Four to more varied forms...

.

Dorrington joined Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

 group AC Temple in 1985, and recorded Rorschach Blot Test, a live compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 featuring The Dustdevils and Kilgore Trout. In 1988 he formed Tse Tse Fly

Tse Tse Fly (band)

Tse Tse Fly were an alternative rock group from Leeds, England, formed in 1988 by former A.C. Temple guitarist Paul Dorrington, along with Jayne Lockey and Simon Cleave. They released several EPs and an album before splitting up in 1994...

 with Mark Goodrham and future Wedding Present and Cinerama

Cinerama (band)

Cinerama were a UK indie pop band, headed up by David Gedge, the frontman for The Wedding Present.-Career:Originally formed in 1998 while on a break from The Wedding Present, Cinerama started as a duo of Gedge and his then-girlfriend Sally Murrell...

 guitarist Simon Cleave.

In 1991, Paul Dorrington joined The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group based in Leeds, England, formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. The band's music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall, Buzzcocks and Gang of Four to more varied forms...

 on guitar, recording the The Hit Parade 1, Hit Parade 2

Hit Parade 2

Hit Parade 2 is a compilation album by The Wedding Present released in January 1993. Having decided to release a limited edition single every month for all of 1992 the group subsequently compiled the songs as two LPs called Hit Parade 1 and Hit Parade 2...

and Watusi

Watusi (album)

Watusi was the fourth studio album released by The Wedding Present. It was released in 1994 in the U.K on Island Records. The album reached number 47 on the U.K album chart. During 1994 two singles were released from "Watusi" in the U.K. "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" went to number 51 and "It's a...

albums before leaving in 1995. Dorrington was also the guitarist of Cha Cha Cohen

Cha Cha Cohen

Cha Cha Cohen were a band formed in 1994 by three members of The Wedding Present — Keith Gregory, Paul Dorrington and Simon Smith. After recruiting singer Jacqui Cohen from The Dustdevils they released a single, "Sparky's Note", on Hemiola Records....

, recording a single on Hemiola records and an album on Chemikal Underground Records.

External links

• Paul Dorrington interview, somethingandnothing.net