Nick Sanderson
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Nick Sanderson 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 Eighties 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 Nineties, 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 aclaim, but didn't 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 The Gun Club's Japanese bassist, Romi Mori, with whom he had a son, Syd.
After Earl Brutus's commercial failure, Sanderson was forced to get 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 gig was held in his rememberance [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