Peter Momtchiloff

Who is Peter Momtchiloff?

Peter Momtchiloff is a British guitarist and bassist. He was educated at Winchester College and Worcester College, Oxford.

His musical career began in 1978 playing bass guitar in Winchester band The Big Figure. At Oxford he continued as a bass player and vocalist in Ron and His Beat Busters and The Communists. These outfits played a combination of cover versions and original material with New Wave, R&B and rockabilly influences. As a guitarist he played in country blues trio The Shovel Robinson King Biscuit Country Blue Band.

Momtchiloff was a founding member of the seminal twee pop bands Talulah Gosh, Heavenly and its later incarnation Marine Research. In 1999, he joined Jessica Griffin in her band the Would-be-goods.

He plays guitar for Scarlet's Well.

In addition to his music, Momtchiloff is Senior commissioning editor for Philosophy at the Oxford University Press.