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From Pitchfork:
The Go-Betweens' Grant McLennan Dead at 48
Grant McLennan, co-leader of the Australian band the Go-Betweens, died Saturday, May 6, in Brisbane at the age of 48. McLennan passed away in his sleep; the cause of death is not yet known.
McLennan, along with Robert Forster, formed the Go-Betweens in 1977 around a shared love of 1960s pop, folk-rock, Television, and the Velvet Underground. The group released six albums of jangly, intelligent, incisive music and a handful of classic singles on Postcard, Rough Trade, Beggars Banquet, and Sire before disbanding in 1989 after years of deserved critical success but public indifference. In the 90s, McLennan released four solo albums and paired with the Church's Steve Kilbey as Jack Frost. Following a performance at the behest of French rock magazine Les Inrockuptibles, McLennan and Forster re-teamed as the Go-Betweens at the start of this decade and recorded three studio albums, including 2005's vastly underrated Oceans Apart.
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The Go-Betweens were one of my top ten favorite bands. This is terrible news.
The Go-Betweens' Grant McLennan Dead at 48
Grant McLennan, co-leader of the Australian band the Go-Betweens, died Saturday, May 6, in Brisbane at the age of 48. McLennan passed away in his sleep; the cause of death is not yet known.
McLennan, along with Robert Forster, formed the Go-Betweens in 1977 around a shared love of 1960s pop, folk-rock, Television, and the Velvet Underground. The group released six albums of jangly, intelligent, incisive music and a handful of classic singles on Postcard, Rough Trade, Beggars Banquet, and Sire before disbanding in 1989 after years of deserved critical success but public indifference. In the 90s, McLennan released four solo albums and paired with the Church's Steve Kilbey as Jack Frost. Following a performance at the behest of French rock magazine Les Inrockuptibles, McLennan and Forster re-teamed as the Go-Betweens at the start of this decade and recorded three studio albums, including 2005's vastly underrated Oceans Apart.
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The Go-Betweens were one of my top ten favorite bands. This is terrible news.
