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Title: Phil May obituary
Post by: deutros on Sat 23 May 2020 03:12:49

Phil May (Philip Dennis Arthur Kattner), singer and songwriter, born 9 November 1944; died 15 May 2020
 
As the singer and chief songwriter of the Pretty Things, Phil May, who has died aged 75 from complications following hip surgery after a cycling accident, achieved a status in pop history out of all proportion to his group’s record sales. The Pretty Things were outlandish and endlessly inventive, and inspired any number of punk, indie and glam-rock bands.

Title: Re: Phil May obituary
Post by: ozmuze on Sat 23 May 2020 20:17:34

Thanks Deutros.
Another sad notice is:
Richard Anthony Lane - guitarist, keyboard player and founding member of Perth garage rock band The Stems; has also died suddenly, aged in his mid-50s he passed in Fremantle in the first or second week of  May 2020.

Richard had been a member of: The Chevelles; The On and Ons; The Rosebud Generation; The Rosebuds; The Stems; The Lazy Shavers; Big Boss Man; and The Painkillers (featuring Martyn Casey, James Baker and Joe Bludge)

Sites:
http://www.richardlanerosebud.com/silly-things/
https://www.facebook.com/Richard-Lane-Rosebud-186222501889953/
https://richardlanerosebud.bandcamp.com/releases

Oz