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Tim Wheeler on the “1977” anniversary UK tour in December 2016. Photo by Marcus Valance

Guest Appearances

Outside of their various solo and side projects, the members of Ash have also made numerous guest appearances over the years on releases by other artists, providing vocals, drums, guitar, and even production assistance. Below is a selection:


1996

Various – Laugh Hard at the Absurdly Evil

Credited at Sneaker, the track “Easter Island” features Mark Hamilton on bass and Rick McMurray on guitar, alongside Barry Peak on lead guitar and vocals Shaun Robinson on drums.


1997

The Rentals – Seven More Minutes

Tim Wheeler provides backing vocals on “Hello, Hello” and acoustic guitar on “Overlee”.


2001

Technique ‎– Pop Philosophy

Tim Wheeler plays guitar on “Quiet Storm”.


2002

Coldplay – 1.36

Tim Wheeler plays guitar on this B-side from The Scientist single.

Joss Mills ‎– Love Is True

Tim Wheeler plays guitar on “Hard Days”, “Where Are You Today”, “Let You Down”, “Someone’s on My Mind”, “As You Can Be”. Rick McMurray plays drums on “Hard Days”, “Let You Down” and “Birdsong”.


2004

Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?

Tim Wheeler provides backing vocals.


2005

Wry – Flames in the Head

Tim Wheeler produced and sang backing vocals on “In the Hell of My Head”, “Come and Fall”, “Don’t You Ever Call On My Name Again”.


2006

Oppenheimer – Oppenheimer

Tim Wheeler provides lyrics, guitar and lead vocals on the song “Orchid”.

Kim Wilde – Never Say Never

Charlotte Hatherley features on “Kids In America”.


2011

Johnny English Reborn (Original Soundtrack)

Tim Wheeler provides guitar.

Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto

Tim Wheeler is credited as providing vocals.


2012

Kestrels – A Ghost History

Tim Wheeler plays guitar on “Dumb Angel”.

Ashes (Original Soundtrack)

Tim Wheeler co-wrote the instrumental soundtrack with Ilan Eshkeri.

Spike Island (Original Soundtrack)

Tim Wheeler co-wrote (with Ilan Eshkeri) and performed on “10 Mile Smile”, he also wrote and performed on “Spacing Out”, he also performs on “The Father’s Song”.

The Snowman and the Snowdog (Original Soundtrack)

Tim Wheeler provides guitar.


2014

We Are Scientists – Tv En Francais

Tim Wheeler is credited with vocals and engineering.

Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (Original Soundtrack)

Tim Wheeler provides guitar.

The Sims 4 (Original Game Soundtrack)

Tim Wheeler wrote and provides guitar and lead vocals on “Way I’m Feeling”.

The Last Man (Original Soundtrack)

Charlotte Hatherley wrote the score for Gavin Rothery’s sci-fi short film.


2015

Shaun the Sheep Movie (Original Soundtrack)

Tim Wheeler co-wrote and provides guitar and lead vocals on “Feels Like Summer”. Tim also provides guitar to most tracks on the soundtrack.


2016

KT Tunstall – KIN

Charlotte Hatherley provides guitar on “It Took Me So Long To Get Here, But Here I Am”, “On My Star” and “Run On Home”.


2018

Measure of a Man (Original Soundtrack)

Tim Wheeler provides guitar.

KT Tunstall – WAX

Charlotte Hatherley provides guitar on “Human Being”, “Dark Side Of Me”, “Backlash & Vinegar” and “The Night That Bowie Died”.


2019

Jesse Malin - Sunket Skids

Tim Wheeler provides guitar on “Shining Down”.

Fred Deakin – Presents The Lasters

Charlotte Hatherley provides guitar.


2020

Imogen (Original Soundtrack)

Charlotte Hatherley wrote the score for Lola Young and Matt Shea’s film.


2021

We Are Scientists – Huffy

Tim Wheeler is credited as engineer

Imelda May – 11 Past the Hour

Charlotte Hatherley provides electric guitar.

Natalie Imbruglia – Firebird

Charlotte Hatherley provides electric guitar.

Gunpowder Milkshake (Original Soundtrack)

Charlotte Hatherley provides electric guitar.


2022

Flux Gourmet (Original Soundtrack)

Charlotte Hatherley provides ring modulation on the track “Vegetable Trash”.


2025

House of Guinness (Original Soundtrack)

Tim Wheeler helped compose the music for this Netflix series with Ilan Eshkeri, including co-writing “The Devil & the Rocky Road”.