His father, George, was a shop steward and Scottish Trades Union Congress delegate, and member of the CPGB (Communist Party of Great Britain).

At thirteen years old Faulkner formed his first high school band, The Witness (which later became Sugar and then KIP).

Until the end of 1973 the band's line up was Nobby Clark, Alan and Derek Longmuir, Devine and Faulkner.

This, along with the band's vociferous teenage girl fans at live gigs, catapulted "Remember", without any mainland UK airplay, straight into the charts on its first week of release.

The band's recently recorded track "Saturday Night" was re-voiced by the group's new lead singer, 17 year-old Les McKeown.

The band broke through the UK charts in early 1974 with the song "Remember" (also produced by Coulter and Martin).

In 2007, Faulkner continued as a solo artist and appeared at the Glastonbury Festival as a protest singer in support of British politician Tony Benn.

[15] It was arranged for him to end his performance by introducing Tony Benn on the Left Field stage under the banner "Another World is Possible".

In July 2018, Faulkner returned to the stage, with performances at the Heart of Hawick Music Festival in August.