Heartland

So sad to hear of this...

https://louderthanwar.com/brian-james-rip/

Made a huge impact on the UK music scene and listening to New Rose tonight makes me realise just how timeless that song is..

RIP Brian cheers for the tunes! Saw them a couple of times in the early 90s where they played pretty much just the early stuff. On the one hand I'd been hoping to hear some newerish stuff live (Strawberries, Phantasmagoria, Anything) and didn't, on the other hand I pogoed up and down for an hour or so in a moshpit wonderland.

Terrible news.
His stuff with Lords Of The New Church was also wonderful

Yes, Lords Of The New Church - heavily underrated. I had almost forgotten. Must play 'Lord's Prayer' tonight. And 'Holy War'. Sorry, but that's my connection with Brian James, The Damned was (just a little) too early for me.

RIP

Damned shame (pun intended, with respect).

Sorry to hear of this as well; I do love that first Damned album...New Rose on repeat. Sad that the players of that great music are departing one by one more frequently these days