#22

Genuinely gutted by this, he was always my fave on Buzzcocks :frowning:

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#23

Saw him live a few times, most recently at my local pub a couple of years ago. Although he’d given up by then, a lot of his set was about his drinking. He told a story about hanging out with The Cure when they were recording an album, and at dawn Robert Smith took him to the roof of their recording studio, got his acoustic guitar out and said, “Sean, what songs would you like to hear”.

His reply was “It’s alright Robert. I’m pissed and I’m going to bed”. It was both funny and poignant. RIP Sean.

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#24

Was absolutely aghast when I saw this news at lunchtime today.

Him and Mark Lamarr were a big part of my ‘growing up’ years on Buzzcocks (a height the show never ever recaptured).

The guy was funny as fuck, infintely more so than a good majority of the TV comics that pollute our airwaves these days.

Just wish I’d seen more of him.

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#25
#26

yeah, definitely not a fan of obituaries that turn into bitter hatchet jobs tbh

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#27

Ah what shitty news, seemed a bloody good bloke.

#28

It’s not an obit, it’s a personal reminiscence. Sean was clearly more complicated than the public persona would have led you to believe.

I do agree that the timing of this stinks. He’s not even been buried yet.

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#29

Just don’t really get why you would want to publish an article like that. Just seems a bit bitter really

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#30

He was a public figure… it seems like an honest and heartfelt response from many people who knew him - it’s more honest and valuable than recycling bland pleasantries. You can argue about the timing, but I can’t fault people for telling the truth.

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#31

I saw a tweet yesterday, asking when it was the right time to speak up about someone who had recently died and was being eulogised when they were actually a prick to women. No name though so they obviously decided it was a bit soon. Michael Hann clearly thought no time like the present !

#32

valuable to whom? people gawping at someone’s personal life and failings once they’re dead? it’s in very bad taste, a wonder they didn’t stay friends…

#33

To the public record. To human knowledge. None of us actually knew him. Why write anything about him at all? What does his death matter to any of us?

#34

Your perception of bad taste will always vary in inverse proportion to how much you revere the person who died though. It’s subjective.

Furthermore there’s the ‘way it’s done’. I thought that piece balanced and compassionate, far from a hatchet job.

#35

well, yeah, my opinion on an article is subjective, obviously

That isn’t true though. I never liked the guy.

#36

Ok fair enough.

#37

Doesn’t come across that way to me at all. Agree with silentcommand on timing

#38

But whats the point? I read through the article and its just that he seemed to have a bit of a nasty edge at times and didnt always keep his mates. Which is not exactly surprising.

Just seems a bit crass that in the week someone died, someone who says they were a former friend decides to write about why maybe he wasnt so nice.

Plus i looked at his twitter and he says evrry band needs a Mike Love so hes obviously a moron

#39

It was a little more than that i think.

#40

Surely the ‘Mike Love’ article was a light hearted piece based on the jokey premise that to stop bands getting ripped off they all need to employ a ‘bread head’ band member to sort out the money side. It wasn’t a manifesto.

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#41

I think there’s far more “point” in writing a nuanced portrait of a complicated figure than in churning out a bland litany of pleasantries but we’re all just :meat_on_bone: :spades: :skull_and_crossbones: so whatever.

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