Posted on 12/17/2001 3:16:43 PM PST by Pokey78
STUART ADAMSON, lead singer of 1980s pop group Big Country, has been found dead in Hawaii, his manager said today.
Ian Grant confirmed the body of the 43-year-old was discovered in a hotel yesterday. He said: "He was a great guy and I know there will be a lot of people will feel the same way."
Adamson, who had been living in Nashville, Tennessee, went missing several weeks ago. He had fought a long battle with alcohol and also went missing in November 1999.
A statement on the website of Mr Grant's record label, Track Records, said: "I cannot believe I am sitting at my desk typing this.
"Stuart Adamson was found dead in a hotel room in Hawaii yesterday. I have no more news other than that at present. I ask the media to leave his family alone in their grief.
"My heart goes out to his family, Bruce, Mark and Tony. I have just lost one of the finest people I have ever worked with or been lucky enough to know."
Big Country split last year and Adamson went on to form another group, The Raphaels. He had lived in Nashville for the past five years and was married to Melanie.
Adamson, born in Manchester, grew up in Crossgates near Dunfermline, Fife, and formed the punk group The Skids in the 1970s. He went on to form Big Country, which had a string of hits during the 1980s as well as eight successful albums.
In 1986, he told how he had suffered a nervous breakdown six years before and was on the verge of another due to stress and overwork.
When he went missing for the second time in two years earlier this month, his ex-wife Sandra, from Dunfermline, confirmed Adamson was due to appear in court in the US charged with drink driving. She said the case had been deferred until March next year.
Mr Grant first met Adamson in 1977 and managed him throughout his career, from his beginnings in The Skids to critical acclaim with Big Country.
He said: "He was a man that I had a lot of respect for. You don't stay with someone in this business for that length of time unless that is the case.
"At the moment someone close to me has died and I feel like I am in some kind of void. He was a great guy and I know there will be a lot of people will feel the same way. Everybody who met Stuart liked him."
Our country has young men risking their lives at war, blowing off their legs,
and we still give a shit about what STAR hung himself.
Good riddance loser! Take some more drugs..... the rest of you guys, we'll buy your damn tickets and see you... and Hey
...... then we'll let our kids go and see people.....even worse than you... because you... are ...STARS!
PUKE.
"He was a great guy and I know there will be a lot of people will feel the same way."
What? Dead?
Or more simply:
Band name == Album name == MTV hit single == "Big Country"
A sure formula for One-Hit-Wonder status...
Especially if the victim is caught with his pants down...
Bye dear Stuart, Lord I will pray for those you left behind, I hope your heart was forgiven before you left.
Low Oil (and running out of salt water)
And still more simply, after the optimizer,
"1"
+=<)B^)
In retort, Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats said "who does he think invented Rock and Roll - Angus MacPresley?"
I remember that! It was quite the issue on MTV at the time. Of course, I sided with Brian Setzer and have disliked Big Country ever since. Not exactly my most profound political stance. But as a bonus, I still like Brian Setzer, and hadn't heard another peep from Big Country until now.
I'm very sad to hear of the death of Stuart. May his soul rest in peace, and may his family have comfort at this sad time.
The best album was Steeltown. It had no hits, but is far better than 100% of any guitar played here in the state. The song "Wonderland" is my favorite song ever produced. Their Live performances was unsurpassed. The album "The Seer" featured an awesome duet with Kate Bush. The mixing new wavish sound was unsurpassed in the remixes of about 5 songs for that album. If you want NEW WAVE 80's there is no better group to define the definition, yet the guitar was real, not sym pop. There was a second "hit" actually, though not the same impact as "In a B.C.". "Look Away" made the US top 40 and number 1 on MTV videos for a week. Too bad they were never really given the proper push deserved of their talent. They were unsurpassed IMHO.
Low Oil
We have real men and women ,(you decide about yourself), risking their lives for your sorry ass in Afghanistan,
and all the hollywood stars and rock stars have consistently, not supported our country, AND.... even gone so far as to band together to ridicule our elected president.
Poor Kurt Cobain.... yada yada yada....shot himself with a shotgun ......
blah blah blah, .....Poooor Big Country....HUNG....HIMSELF!
Ever wonder why they all die of overdose, hanging or, cancer/hiv?
Buy another CD , sissyboy.
I'm going to remove the link eventually.
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