Please answer the following question: Facts:   - birth place: united kingdom    - death date: 21 october 2007      - birth date: 11 april 1951    - background: solo_singer    - death place: united kingdom    - associated acts: the ruts    - occupation: musician , guitarist   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paul fox -lrb- musician -rrb- .
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paul fox -lrb- 11 april 1951 -- 21 october 2007 -rrb- was a british singer and guitarist , best known from his work with the uk punk band , the ruts .the ruts ' style combined punk with dub reggae , a sound that owed much to fox 's guitar skills and earned him respect and admiration .the guardian noted in his obituary : ` fox played a pivotal songwriting role , and quickly became a model punk guitarist at a time when the three-chord thrash was the height of many of his contemporaries ' ambitions . 'fox was a founder member of the ruts .when the original lead singer malcolm owen died of a heroin overdose the band continued with fox on vocals , renaming themselves ruts dc .after the break-up of the band in the early 1980s , fox joined a london rock band called dirty strangers , who recorded two albums , that the rolling stones guitarists , keith richards and ron wood , both guested on .he went on to form choir militia , in 1983 .this band soon folded after which he worked with screaming lobsters in 1987 and fluffy kittens from 1991 to 1994 , retaining hard-core fan interest .in 1996 fox played on a track for mat sargent 's charity album sex drugs and hiv , the song , heroin , also featured ; pauline black - the selector on vocals , tony barber - the buzzcocks on bass , dave parsons - sham 69 on 2nd guitar and pete davis - uk subs on drums .from this point on his musical career was combined with carpentry , but he cut singles with the chelsea punk rock allstars in 1997 , and ska legend laurel aitken in 2000 .fox appeared as occasional guest guitarist with london-based ska band the riffs at various shows in the south east and at a few festivals .he appeared with the band at london 's club ska in 2005 performing a number of tracks , of which a cover of the ruts ' jah war and a song with jamaican reggae singer winston ` mr fix-it ' francis appeared on the album ; `` the riffs - live at club ska '' -lrb- moonska records -rrb- .fox also appeared later that year with members of the riffs , his son lawrence...