Emil The Shrink aka William "Wilbur" Macleod aka Apartment Bill

 Emil The Shrink and his dinner at Hebridean Tyre Services, Xmas/New Year 84/85

Played : Atonal Vocals and Detuned Harmonica

From : 1981 - 1985

After leaving the Subterraneans, Emil spent a year or two hoboin' around Canada and the States, ostensibly on some kind of student exchange thing but in reality working hard on his mid Atlantic accent and going to see John Lee Hooker and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Eventually Emil washed up in Glasgow and went to work as a director and producer for the BBC Gaelic department. Over the years he's been responsible for TV shows ranging from Brag and Ran Dan to Eorpa, Na h-Eiltirich and more recently the acclaimed adaptation of Finlay J Macdonald's "Gruth 's Uachdar".  He's also developed a number of deep and impenetrable independent films.

Emil used to jam on the harmonica a bit after the Subterraneans, but isn't known to have been involved in anything more permanent.

He was, however, responsible for the masterstroke of commissioning Leroi Z Coondawg to write the theme song for Ran Dan and then, keenly aware of the musical talents of his old bandmates, refusing to let Leroi and Alasdair "Bod" Mackay record it. He gave the job to Glasgow surf outfit The Beat Poets instead.

Emil was subsequently involved in directing Weejie Soap "River City". Rumours that he left the programme after the BBC refused his demands to film the Shieldinch saga in moody black & white, with all dialogue in Swedish, have not been denied.

Emil is now directing gruesome hospital drama Holby City, where the budget for special effects is slighlty more than it was in The Subterraneans Show.