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Wrong link,
sorry.
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/in-extremis/Steven-Wells-Says-Goodbye-49054426.html
Shit? This is actually genuine.
I didn't even know he was ill.
He was opinionated, arrogant and frequently completely wrong about absolutely everything but I used to really enjoy his writing in NME and Playlouder and places. RIP.
Sad times
Never usually agreed with his opinions, but he was never boring about music, always passionate. :'(
very sad
http://everetttrue.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/steven-wells-r-i-p/
Really sad news
To quote Danny Baker: "Sometimes right, sometimes wrong, always certain", and he was brilliant at writing like that.
Or to put it another way,
he may have been right, he may have been wrong, but he was perfectly willing to swear.
the comments on the article are wonderful
It reads like a who's who of music journalism for the nineties. Oh and everett true. :p
Brian Wilson!
always struck me as a complete idiot
but this is utterly sad.
Wikipedia
have marked Swells' entry for deletion. Boo!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/25/swells_wikipedia/
as a teenager,
his writing was well funny. was pleasantly surprised to find him in fourfourtwo a couple of years ago.
...
http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/45590
he died of cancer.
He's probably responsible for me being obsessed with music rather than merely interested in it. The articles of his that I read when I was 16 set me off on a train of thought; I disagree with almost all of them now, but the fact that I would even bother to think about why I disagree with them in such depth speaks volumes. Also, I *think* something he wrote got me into the Eighties Matchbox.
He was only
'wrong' if you liked middle-of-the-road, over-produced indie bollocks. I, for one, will forever treasure the looks on my classmates' faces when seeing their fave bands like Feeder and Travis verbally destroyed in the NME. RIP. Here's one for the road: http://www.nme.com/reviews/my-vitriol/3900
Actually, I probably still agree with
all the stuff he wrote along those lines, (and I remember that review). So much stuff released at that time was just awful.
did you agree with his argument that tATu were a great leap forward for gay liberation?
I used to enjoy reading Steven's stuff.
Sad times.
He will be missed.
This is terribly sad!
Swells was one of the first journos I actually looked forward to reading when I started buying music mags. He was frequently pig headed, ignorant and painfully wrong about certain things, but you were almost always guaranteed something entertaining and/or aggrivating to read, which is rare now in a world full of dull as fuck bedroom musobloggers.
:(
Sad times.
His articles made me laugh, though the blog he wrote when he was being treated in hospital was really sad.
i was quite moved by his hospital diary too
only knew he even existed a few months back, at first thought he was an idiot (he dared to criticise radiohead!) but having read more i think he was the greatest internet troll that ever lived.
had no idea he was ill, big shame to lose a character like him, not least for his family. :(
It's a shame
He was a funny writer.
My brother and I sent him comedy hatemail once when he gave Robbie Williams an 8. 95/96. He printed it. Good on him.
RIP Swells
Swells
http://hearyoume3.blogspot.com/2009/06/steven-wells-rage-in-peace.html
Really sad
im a little teary
reading his stuff when i was 15 or so had such a big effect on me :(
Oh shit
just read this. Very sad news. Thoughts are with his family. Swells writing was always brilliant, whether he was being proper punk rock, or just Pantomime villain funny-as-fuck. The dude propped up a sagging NME for years. Good guy.
I've posted some video from Swells wake over at NME.COM
There's some good stories from his friends up there.
http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10
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Thanks a lot for that James
I just watched the video. It was all really funny and quite moving.
No problem. I like the Beastie Boys shooting the rat story best. You don't get *that* with the Pigeon Detectives...
x
I liked that guy at the end, I think he was called Len?
His exasperation made me laugh. I am now off to start a band called Shit For Brains.
Smashing that
Cheers for posting it. Most memorable piece he wrote, for me, was his reaction to the Bradford riots. And it was always a great NME week when he reviewed the singles.
Must now dig out Tits Out Teenage Terror Totty, which I seem to remember was utter cobblers but had Swells' splendid stains smeared all over it.