{{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Nick Sanderson | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1961|04|22}} | birth_place = Sheffield, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2008|06|08|1961|04|22}} | origin = | instrument = Drums, vocals | genre = Alternative rock | occupation = Musician, train driver | years_active = 1982–2008 | label = Deceptive Records, Fruition | associated_acts = Earl Brutus, Clock DVA, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Gun Club, World of Twist, Freeheat | website = }}
'''Nick Sanderson''' (22 April 1961 – 8 June 2008) was an English musician, most famous for being the front man in Earl Brutus, and a short-term member of the Scottish alternative rock band the Jesus and Mary Chain.
==Musical career== Sanderson started his professional career in the early 1980s by becoming the drummer in the Sheffield post-punk group Clock DVA. After that he drummed for the re-formed punk-blues group The Gun Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/news/nick-sanderson-gun-club-drumme/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707130609/http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/news/nick-sanderson-gun-club-drumme/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-07 |title=Nick Sanderson, Gun Club Drummer, Dies - Los Angeles Music - West Coast Sound |website=Archive.is |date= |accessdate=2020-05-14}}</ref> He later joined World of Twist, a Manchester-based group.
In the early 1990s, Sanderson became a lyricist and singer in Earl Brutus. The band eventually signed a deal with the Island Records subsidiary Fruition. The two Earl Brutus albums, ''Your Majesty. . . We Are Here'' (1996) and ''Tonight You Are the Special One'' (1998) received critical acclaim, but did not make the charts.
In 1998, he also played for the Jesus and Mary Chain on their album ''Munki'', and for Jim Reid's Freeheat, in addition to writing "Male Wife" with William Reid on Lazycame's album ''Yawn!'' in 2000.
==Personal life== Sanderson was married to the Gun Club's Japanese bassist, Romi Mori, with whom he had a son, Syd.
After Earl Brutus's commercial failure, Sanderson got a job as an engine driver on the Brighton to London line.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nick-sanderson-singer-with-art-rockers-earl-brutus-849176.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nick-sanderson-singer-with-art-rockers-earl-brutus-849176.html |archive-date=20 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Nick Sanderson: Singer with art rockers Earl Brutus – Obituaries – News |newspaper=The Independent |date=18 June 2008 |accessdate=2014-08-22}}</ref>
He died of lung cancer in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/00093-nick-sanderson-an-obituary-an-appreciation |title=Features | Remember Them... | Nick Sanderson – An Obituary, An Appreciation |publisher=The Quietus |date= 18 June 2008|accessdate=2014-08-22}}</ref> A tribute concert was held in his remembrance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-jesus-and-mary-chain/39985 |title=NME News Jesus And Mary Chain, British Sea Power for Nick Sanderson tribute gig |website=Nme.com |date=25 September 2008 |accessdate=2014-08-22}}</ref>
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{{The Jesus and Mary Chain}} {{The Gun Club}} {{Authority control}}
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