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General Public were an English new wave band, formed in Birmingham in 1983, by vocalists Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger of the Beat, and which also included former members of Dexys Midnight Runners, the Specials, and the Clash. They are best remembered for their hits "Tenderness" (1984) and "I'll Take You There" (1994).
In 2005, the Beat re-formed, with Roger and Everett Morton of the original line-up, with Roger's son, Ranking Junior also on vocals. Performing some new material, the Beat performed at Glastonbury the same year, where Roger was joined by Ranking Junior. [18] Roger sang on "Roxanne" onstage with the Police on their 2007 reunion tour. [19]
Steinbachek had a sister, Louise Jones. He was openly gay and, like the other members of Bronski Beat, wrote about the politics around gay culture and the oppression in the 1980s towards gay people. He was good friends with Steve Bronski and Jimmy Somerville. He died in 2016 after a short battle with cancer at the age of 56. [8]
Sinéad O’Connor, one of the greatest and most misunderstood voices of her generation, has died. The Irish singer-songwriter, who became a college-rock darling at age 20 with The Lion and the ...
Weeks after undergoing surgery for two brain tumours, and while undergoing treatment for lung cancer, [23] Ranking Roger died at home on 26 March 2019, aged 56. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 23 ] In March 2021, Mini Murphy (Ranking Junior from the Special Beat and the version of the Beat signed to DMF Music in 2016) teamed up with indie rock band the ...
Former Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell has died after receiving hospice care.He was 56 years old. Band manager Robert Hayes confirmed Harwell’s death in a statement shared with Us Weekly on ...
Steve Harwell, founding lead singer of the band Smash Mouth has died at 56 years old, the band confirmed. On Monday, Smash Mouth's official X account shared a photo of Harwell and wrote, "Steve ...
20 July: Patrick Sherry, 29, frontman of the UK-based rock band Bad Beat Revue, died of head trauma as a result of a head-first stage dive from a lighting gantry at the Warehouse club in Leeds, fracturing his skull. [55] Sherry's death is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the first fatal stage dive by a musician. [56]