Paul Winterhart

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Paul Winterhart

| image = Kula Shaker - Paul Winterhart.jpg

| Img capt =

| alias =

| background = person

| landscape = yes

| caption = Winter-Hart performing with Kula Shaker in 2010

| birth_name = Paul Winter-Hart

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|09|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hammersmith, London, England

| origin = East Pennard, Somerset, England

| genre = Rock, Indie, alternative rock, psychedelic

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Drummer

| website = [http://kulashaker.co.uk/ kulashaker.co.uk]

| years_active = 1988–present

| associated_acts = Kula Shaker
Thirteen:13
Aqualung
Goldray
Zero Point Fields
Black Casino & The Ghost

| label = Columbia
Strangefolk

}}

Paul Winter-Hart (born 19 September 1971) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Kula Shaker.{{cite book|last1=Guglielmi|first1=Federico|last2=Rizzi|first2=C.|title=Grande enciclopedia rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfuQ0AahAw8C&pg=PA461|year=2002|publisher=Giunti Editore|language=Italian|isbn=978-88-09-02852-4|page=461}} He grew up in East Pennard, Somerset, and is noted for being reserved in interviews.[http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Goldray-featuring-members-Reef-Kula-Shaker-play/story-13283245-detail/story.html] {{dead link|date=May 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

In between Kula Shaker splitting in 1999 and reforming in 2006, Winterhart played drums for Thirteen:13, did sessions work with Aqualung{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2007/08/24/kula-shaker-we-had-to-get-back-together-64375-19682189/|title=Kula Shaker: 'We had to get back together'|last=Welch|first=Andy|date=24 August 2007|work=Liverpool Daily Post|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828011449/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2007/08/24/kula-shaker-we-had-to-get-back-together-64375-19682189/|archivedate=28 August 2008|url-status=dead}} and formed blues-rock band "Zero Point Field", who prior to Kula Shaker reforming were working on their debut album.{{Cite web|url=http://www.roomthirteen.com/cd_reviews/2870/Zero_Point_Field__Something_New.html|title=Zero Point Field - Something New - RoomThirteen - Online Rock Metal Alternative Music Magazine - Reviews Interviews News Tours|website=Roomthirteen.com|accessdate=4 August 2020}} After Kula Shaker released Pilgrim's Progress, Winterhart also played in the Somerset psychedelic rock band Goldray, with Reef guitarist Kenwyn House,{{Cite web|url=http://www.goldrayband.com/|title=Goldray | The home of psych rock band Goldray (featuring Kenwyn House of REEF)|website=Goldray|accessdate=4 August 2020}} and the London-based alternative rock band Black Casino & The Ghost.{{Cite web|url=https://blackcasinoandtheghost.bandcamp.com/|title=Black Casino And The Ghost|website=Blackcasinoandtheghost.bandcamp.com|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

Winterhart lives in Lower Clapton, Hackney, London, with his wife, Nicole, his children, Ivy and Faye, and his Newfoundland dog, Willow. Willow is so large that she was once mistakenly believed to be the "Beast of Hackney Marshes".{{Cite news|url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/beast-of-hackney-marshes-has-kula-shaker-drummer-solved-the-mystery-1-1389110|title='Beast of Hackney Marshes' - has Kula Shaker drummer solved the mystery?|first=Chloë|last=Mayer|newspaper=Hackney Gazette|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

He also briefly played in a reformed line-up of punk band X-Ray Spex under the name "Pauli OhAirt" in 1995.{{Cite web|url=https://www.piccadillyrecords.com/151999/X-Ray-Spex-Conscious-Consumer-2023-Reissue-Do-Yourself-In|title=Conscious Consumer - 2023 Reissue|access-date=22 November 2024}}