Career
This could be attributed to the fact that he spent a few years prior to the band"s success participating as part of the committee that put on the United Kingdom"s first "Ladyfest" in London, and also numerous fundraisers around this time. In 2008 he recorded vocals for a track called "I Would Like to be Forgiven" by fellow Wakefield band The Research and appeared in the music video for Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks" song Gardenia. In 2009, on very short notice, he played bass with Franz Ferdinand during two of their shows supporting Green Day when bassist Bob Hardy forgot about a wedding he had been invited to
Later that year he guested on Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard"s new band Boston Spaceships album "The Planets Are Blasted"
In 2010 he contributed his bass playing as part of exGrandaddy guitarist Jim Fairchild"s new project All Smiles, appearing on the album "Staylow and Mighty".
His first job was working in a vet"s practice, however he found the emotional strain too much, and soon realised that he was not destined to administer to animals for a living. Gary also revealed recently that he learnt to play the violin and read music at school because he "liked understanding something that kept me separate, distinct.” In the past he has been prone to melancholy."
In 2014, Jarman was named one of the "Greatest Bass Players of All-Time" by NME Magazine and its readers.
Gary endorses Fender basses, of which he prefers the Precision and Mustang, and Ampeg bass amplifiers, using valve Classics and Vintage, as well as the solid-state SVT 350, through classic 8x10 cabinets.