Marti Pellow Parents: Meet Margaret McLachlan, John McLachlan

Marti Pellow was born to Margaret McLachlan and John McLachlan. Pellow’s first exposure to music occurred around the age of 7. He would listen to his mother’s Barras-bought 8-track record collection of Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

When he told his father about the direction he wanted his life to take, he was less than enthusiastic.

Pellow was the lead singer of the Scottish pop group, Wet Wet Wet for 28 years: from their formation in 1982 until they split in 1997, and again from their reformation in 2004 to his departure in 2017.

Pellow began his career as a solo artist in association with Chris Difford of Squeeze. The two met while they were patients in The Priory in March 1999. In 2021, he confirmed the release of a new single, “These Are the Days” and the album Stargazer.