i can’t quite put into words why the recent death of nick sanderson is of importance to me, i never met the man, i didn’t follow his career closely, but it is deeply saddening to hear of the mans passing.<\/p>\n
quite simply if it weren’t for nick, ireallylovemusic<\/u> would never have happened.<\/p>\n
given that he was an integral part of several excellent bands it was for one very specific reason that he had such an impact.<\/p>\n
i was in my late 20’s, and despite the fact my wife and i were expecting our first child, in musical terms, my life was drifting. my love for noise filled rock-n-roll had taken a back seat and nothing was giving me any reason to be passionate about the one central factor that had up until then dominated my life. <\/p>\n
so when in 1996 at the reading festival<\/u> i happened to wonder into the new band tent on a sunny sunday morning (having just clocked john peel on his way out – always a good sign !), i was thrust into the world of the one and only earl brutus.<\/strong><\/p>\n nothing would ever be the same again.<\/p>\n the sheer force of the music, a mix of glam guitars, drum machine, and keyboard chaos, the arrogance, the stance, the fuck-you attitude emanating from nick and his motley crew of lager brandishing anti-heros, all amalgamated perfectly.<\/p>\n i was smitten, and my love for rock music reinvigorated.<\/p>\n it was this moment of my own personal reawakening that instigated my need to do something about the ireallylovemusic archive, and while it took a while for the idea to come to fruition (pun intended) , i can pin point the exact reason as to what drove me to set up the site.<\/p>\n