The R.I.P. Thread

[Wilf Wolf]

Cesar Luis Menotti, World Cup winning manager with Argentina in 1978.

Didn’t he smoke like a chimney? Done well to last this long.

 

[leedswolf]

Bernard Hill 79 probably best known for playing Yosser Hughes in boys from the blackstuff.

He was due to guest at Comic Con in Liverpool this weekend.

A great actor and his performance of Yosser Hughes in Boys from the The Black Stuff was awesome.

 

[sycophantia]

He was due to guest at Comic Con in Liverpool this weekend.

A great actor and his performance of Yosser Hughes in Boys from the The Black Stuff was awesome.

I liked all his stuff but that portrayal of Yosser Hughes was ground breaking and pretty unusual at the time. Really resonated with me, up till then I thought it was only me feeling the way Yosser did.

 

[Keef]

Steve Albini 61, musician, producer, journalist, died of heart attack

 

[nimrod]

Steve Albini 61, musician, producer, journalist, died of heart attack

fuck. just saw. that’s shit news.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Albini is one of a short list of producers that could make me want to check an album out just because his name is on it. RIP Steve.

 

[nimrod]

Albini is one of a short list of producers that could make me want to check an album out just because his name is on it. RIP Steve.

A lot of sites unsurprisingly showing his letter pitching to Nirvana for recording In Utero. always worth a re-read.

The mind-blowing proposal letter Steve Albini sent to Nirvana

The producer extraordinaire famously being at the helm for Nirvana's third and final record, In Utero, Steve Albini was forced to work in order to land the gig.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

 

[SLA]

A lot of sites unsurprisingly showing his letter pitching to Nirvana for recording In Utero. always worth a re-read.

The mind-blowing proposal letter Steve Albini sent to Nirvana

The producer extraordinaire famously being at the helm for Nirvana's third and final record, In Utero, Steve Albini was forced to work in order to land the gig.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

I think he was fairly unflattering about them subsequently - probably because they had some of it remixed by Scott Litt.

 

[nimrod]

I think he was fairly unflattering about them subsequently - probably because they had some of it remixed by Scott Litt.

a poor man's Jesus Lizard!

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I never realised he produced The Breeders Pod. No wonder I've always preferred it to Last Splash.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Former Blues and Albion right back Paul Holmes, 56.

 

[leedswolf]

Former Walsall boss Frank Sibley has died at the age of 76.