New Zealand news is reporting that Andrew Brough has passed away: https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/119259795/ex-straitjacket-fits-guitarist-andrew-brough-dies
― aphoristical, Monday, 3 February 2020 23:15 (four years ago) link
Oh no
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 3 February 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
aw what
― ymo sumac (NickB), Monday, 3 February 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
Aw.
I love so much NZ stuff, but for some reason this band (and the Verlaines) never clicked with me. I should give them both another belated shot. In the meantime, despite not being a huge Fits fan, this has remained one of my favorite songs for decades:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCnSEb61BTE
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 00:37 (four years ago) link
This is too bad. He and Shayne Carter were quite the manic duo, complementing each other perfectly. "Lay Down in Splendor" is an eternal classic, and not just in Kiwipop. RIP.
― henry s, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 01:56 (four years ago) link
Well that's bloody awful. Jeez, was he even 60? I loved everything he did, the Bike album is a hidden gem worth discovering.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 02:25 (four years ago) link
Just awful.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 02:41 (four years ago) link
Whoa! Didn't anticipate that reason for the revive. :(
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 04:37 (four years ago) link
I do get a bad feeling when I see an out-of-the-blue revive for a band whose heyday was in the 80's or 90's...
― henry s, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 12:27 (four years ago) link
Terrible shame, I always liked what he brought to the band, a song like Sparkle That Shines is a perfect compliment to Carter's more angsty leanings.
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 13:30 (four years ago) link
The Peel session version of Roller Ride is so damn great, especially compared to the awful, boxy album production, I love the dissonant notes and passages that they thread into the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdkv3aeFfc
― Maresn3st, Monday, 10 February 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link