- Nick Sanderson (musician)
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Nick Sanderson Born 22 April 1961
Sheffield, EnglandDied 8 June 2008 (aged 47) Genres Alternative rock Occupations Musician, train driver Instruments Drums, vocals Years active 1982–2008 Labels Deceptive Records, Fruition Associated acts Earl Brutus, Clock DVA, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Gun Club, World of Twist, Freeheat Nick Sanderson (22 April 1961 – 8 June 2008) was an English musician, most famous for being the front man in Earl Brutus, and a short-term member of the critically acclaimed Scottish alternative rock band, The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Musical career
Sanderson started his professional career in the early 1980s by becoming the drummer in the Sheffield post-punk group Clock DVA. After that he drummed for the re-formed punk-blues group The Gun Club.[1] He later joined World of Twist, a Manchester-based group.
In the early 1990s, Sanderson became a lyricist and singer in Earl Brutus. The band eventually signed a deal with the Island Records subsidiary Fruition. The two Earl Brutus albums, Your Majesty. . . We Are Here (1996) and Tonight You Are the Special One (1998) received critical acclaim, but did not make the charts.
In 1998, he also played for The Jesus and Mary Chain on their album Munki, and for Jim Reid's Freeheat.
Personal life
Sanderson was married to The Gun Club's Japanese bassist, Romi Mori, with whom he had a son, Syd.
After Earl Brutus's commercial failure, Sanderson got a job as an engine driver on the Brighton to London line.[2]
He died in 2008 after a battle with lung cancer.[3] A tribute concert was held in his remembrance.[4]
References
- ^ LA Weekly: http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/news/nick-sanderson-gun-club-drumme/
- ^ The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nick-sanderson-singer-with-art-rockers-earl-brutus-849176.html
- ^ The Quietus: http://thequietus.com/articles/00093-nick-sanderson-an-obituary-an-appreciation
- ^ NME: http://www.nme.com/news/the-jesus-and-mary-chain/39985
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Murray Dalglish · Dave Evans · Bobby Gillespie · Douglas Hart · Ben Lurie · Steve Monti · John Moore · Nick Sanderson · Richard ThomasStudio albums Live albums Live in ConcertCompilations Barbed Wire Kisses · The Sound of Speed · Hate Rock 'N' Roll · The Complete John Peel Sessions · 21 Singles · The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities · Upside Down: The Best of The Jesus and Mary ChainEPs Some Candy Talking · Happy When It Rains · Darklands · Rollercoaster · The Peel Sessions · Sound of SpeedSingles "Upside Down" · "Never Understand" · "You Trip Me Up" · "Just Like Honey" · "April Skies" · "Happy When It Rains" · "Darklands" · "Sidewalking" · "Blues from a Gun" · "Head On" · "Reverence" · "Far Gone and Out" · "Almost Gold" · "Sometimes Always" · "Come On" · "I Hate Rock 'n' Roll" · "Cracking Up" · "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"Related articles Discography · Primal Scream · Creation Records · Blanco y Negro Records · Freeheat · Lazycame · Black Box RecorderCategories:- 1961 births
- 2008 deaths
- English rock musicians
- Alternative rock musicians
- The Jesus and Mary Chain members
- English rock drummers
- Deaths from lung cancer
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