Nick Sanderson (musician)

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Nick Sanderson
Born	(1961-04-22)22 April 1961 Sheffield, England
Died	8 June 2008(2008-06-08) (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

v t e The Jesus and Mary Chain

Jim Reid William Reid Mark Crozer Brian Young Phil King Murray Dalglish Dave Evans Bobby Gillespie Douglas Hart Ben Lurie Steve Monti Nick Sanderson Richard Thomas John Moore Loz Colbert

Studio albums	Psychocandy Darklands Automatic Honey's Dead Stoned & Dethroned Munki

Live albums	Live in Concert

Compilations	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 Chain The Complete Vinyl Collection

EPs	Some Candy Talking Happy When It Rains Darklands Rollercoaster The Peel Sessions Sound of Speed

Singles	"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 Rollercoaster Tour

v t e The Gun Club

Jeffrey Lee Pierce

Albums	Fire of Love Miami The Las Vegas Story Mother Juno Pastoral Hide and Seek Divinity Lucky Jim

EPs	Death Party

Members	Dee Pop Desperate Ward Dotson Jim Duckworth Brad Dunning Simon Fish Pleasant Gehman Terry Graham Romi Mori Patricia Morrison Kid Congo Powers Rob Ritter Nick Sanderson Don Snowden

Persondata
Name	Sanderson, Nick
Alternative names
Short description	British musician
Date of birth	22 April 1961
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Date of death	8 June 2008
Place of death

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