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Sep 22, 2024 · 22 September 2024. The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has said a planned mural of his late bandmate Andy Rourke will be a “lovely tribute”. Rourke, who was bassist on the group’s most famous ...
Sep 24, 2024 · Blitz Vega, the band helmed by The Smiths’ bassist Andy Rourke and Kav Sandhu of Happy Mondays, formed in 2016 and ended when Rourke died from pancreatic cancer in 2023. He was 59. The band’s ...
Music Review: Andy Rourke's posthumous album, Blitz Vega's 'Northern Gentleman,' is a soft swan song
For all its repetitiveness, the song quickens the pulse and introduces a rhythmic intensity as Sandhu sings of the desire for love and Ro...
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6 days ago · Blitz Vega, the band helmed by The Smiths’ bassist Andy Rourke and Kav Sandhu of Happy Mondays, formed in 2016 and ended when Rourke died from pancreatic cancer in 2023. He was 59. He was 59. The band’s lone album, “Northern Gentleman,” has finally been released — 10 tracks largely written and recorded before Rourke’s death, the swan song to his impressive career.
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Sep 24, 2024 · Blitz Vega, the band helmed by The Smiths' bassist Andy Rourke and Kav Sandhu of Happy Mondays, formed in 2016 and ended when Rourke died from pancreatic cancer in 2023. He was 59. The band’s ...
Sep 22, 2024 · The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has confirmed a permanent mural dedicated to late bassist Andy Rourke will go ahead.. READ MORE: Andy Rourke, 1964 – 2023: The Smiths bassist was a key thread in ...
Sep 23, 2024 · The Smiths erstwhile drummer Mike Joyce has confirmed that efforts to crowd-fund the creation of a permanent mural in Manchester, to honour bandmate Andy Rourke have been successful. Rourke lost a battle with pancreatic cancer last year at the age of 59 having been regarded as one of the greatest bassist of his era with an original style that became the backbone of The Smiths hits.
Sep 17, 2024 · “With the high mids dialed up to maximum and inventive fills thrown into what seemed like every bar, bassist Andy Rourke’s staccato-picking dexterity blew my stupid teenage mind,” he continues. “Not that I was thinking about the bass parts in even those slightly technical terms: all I knew was that those slinky, twangy lines sounded incredible.”
