Scottish father and spent his childhood flitting between England and Scotland. His real name was Ian McGeachy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKgsZkFFecI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_bFtCRrWXc
He himself was English, but the Commotions were formed when he was at Glasgow Uni and the rest of them were Scots. I could have chosen anything from 'Rattlesnakes' one of the greatest and most underrated albums ever...