Died On This Date (June 9, 2008) Nick Sanderson / The Gun Club, Earl Brutus
themusicsover Nick Sanderson
1961 – June 9, 2008
Nick Sanderson, was the one-time drummer for seminal rock band, the Gun Club as well as the singer in the highly influential Earl Brutus, but his carer started in the Manchester industrial band, Clock DVA in 1983. About a year later, Sanderson was backing then-former Gun Club singer, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, who would later invite him to join a re-formed Gun Club. Following Pierce’s death in 1997, Sanderson joined Earl Brutus as singer. In recent years, he was playing in a band called Freeheat alongside Jim Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain. Nick Sanderson died of lung cancer in 2008.
Nigel Preston was an English drummer who had worked with the Gun Club, Sex Gang Children among others. He is perhaps best known as a the original drummer for the Cult, with whom he played on their breakout album, Love. He and the band parted ways in June of 1985 after wage disagreements and his alleged erratic behavior. Preston died of an apparent overdose on April 1, 1992 at the age of 32.
