Whelan the Wrecker

Whelan the Wrecker is a figure associated with the band This Is Serious Mum (or TISM), who mostly appeared with the band during their early period in the mid-1980s.
Whelan appeared mainly in the background of TISM's early live shows, and often engaged with the audience by blowing up balloons and making fairy floss. During the band's 1986 appearance on the TV program Rock Arena, Whelan appeared at the back of the stage, "painting" and then destroying an image of British rock icon David Bowie.
Despite supposedly being a "completely fictional character", Whelan makes a brief appearance in the documentary featurette TISM Explained, released with their 2004 album The White Albun.
==Ron and Humphrey on Whelan (from TISM Explained)==
:RON: Humphrey, Whelan the Wrecker... um... is a completely fictional character.
: HUMPHREY: Yes. Um...
:RON: And we're about to, uh... have an interview with Whelan...
:HUMPHREY: Hmm.
:RON: ...who, in his fictitious way, appeared with us during our very early phase, I remember.
:HUMPHREY: Yes, during the seminal, um... early period of our, uh, reunion tour, um - and you may in fact notice Whelan the Wrecker's presence in some of the archival footage, um... uh... a fleeting presence, involved in the art of blowing up balloons and handing them to the audience, giving out fairy floss and so forth, but entirely fictitious. A cipher.
:RON: A zephyr.
==See also==
*Rock Arena
*TISM Explained
Category:TISM Explained
Category:People associated with TISM
Category:The White Albun