Grant McLennan (Go-Betweens) died this past weekend
 

I know they never made it big in the US, but I'm still surprised there's no thread about this already. Anyway, Grant McLennan died in his sleep at the age of 48 two days ago. More information here.

Robert Forster has said that this is the end of the Go-Betweens.

*sniff


There was talk about this on a music list I'm on.

OMG, that's horrible. I'm on vacation right now and didn't have net access and didn't know of this until I just read your post. I haven't been this bummed about a musician's death since Kirsty MacColl.

Grant released nothing but top notch solo work in the 90's and 00's. I love the Go-Betweens as well and have nearly all of their work, but I usually liked Grant over Robert's songs.

I was just listening to a live Go-Betweens album this past weekend. What awful news. I'm really going to miss hearing his future songs, but at least there are many wonderful albums out there waiting for people to discover.

So sad. The Go-betweens put out some of the best pop records of all time in my opinion. And their latest(last ever) album, Oceans Apart, is just as great as their 80's classics like Liberty Belle and 16 Lovers Lane.
Grant was a GREAT songwriter, and he will be surely missed by his fans.

Thanks for posting this as I had not heard this news. I had several Go-Between CDs and some of Grant's CDs, but hadn't been following them or him for a couple of years. He was certainly very talented and his work should have been known to many more people.

(Yes, it was also upsetting to me when I heard that Kirsty MacColl had died at such a young age. Along with Joe Strummer and Elliot Smith.)

Allmusic.com has an excellent article about Grant on their front page. Complete with music clips.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=61::65QP