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Dave Allen: 1955-2025
Not 48 hours ago I had the urge to hear Shriekback. Many of you reading this might very well say, “not very surprising, Monk.” And you’d be correct, but that evening I pulled a very specific disc to play: “The … Continue reading
Chris Cross: 1952-2024 [part 2]
The band went into 1983 with a new album and sound, with famed Beatles producer Geiorge Martin helming “Quartet.” With the clarity that Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick strove for, coupled with the first generation of digital synths and their … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, obituary
Tagged 2024, bass guitsr, obituary, Ultravox
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Chris Cross: 1952-2024 [part 1]
I got dreadful news the first thing yesterday morning when commenter and electronic musician Gavin Brick told me that Midge Ure had announced the death of Ultravox bassist Chris [Allen] Cross yesterday. I absolutely could not write yesterday, and so … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, obituary
Tagged 2024, bass guitsr, obituary, Ultravox
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Sinéad O’Connor: 1966-2023
I first encountered Sinéad O’Connor as the backing singer in a World Party video on 120 Minutes in early 1987. She was a young woman with a shaven head, dancing in a pixilated manner to the song she was singing … Continue reading
Robert Gordon: 1947-2022
I first got wind of Robert Gordon when reading about the New Wave scene in the late 70s. He was probably the first singer in New York City who rose up out of Punk Rock to be diving back into … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, Chris Spedding, Link Wray, obituary, Robert Gordon, rockabilly
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Julee Cruise: 1956-2022
Today’s deeply sad news was that singer Julee Cruise has committed suicide, following several years of suffering from lupus as well as depression. She first came to my attention like most others, in the soundtrack to David Lynch’s arresting “Blue … Continue reading
Billy MacKenzie Has Been Gone For 25 Years Now… [part 1]
Part 1: My STUPID YEARS… Where does the time go? It feels like he just died last month. I can remember the awful pit in my stomach when I discovered, somehow, on the internet [which in 1997, I only had … Continue reading
Posted in Assorted Images, Bowie, Core Collection, obituary, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1997, BillyMacKenzie, obituary
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