Bryn Merrick Explained

Bryn Merrick
Birth Date:12 October 1958
Birth Place:Barry, Glamorgan, Wales
Death Place:Cardiff, Wales
Instrument:Bass guitar
Occupation:Musician
Past Member Of:The Damned

Bryn Merrick (12 October 1958 – 12 September 2015) was a bassist who was a member of Cardiff-based punk band Victimize. He later joined the Damned[1] between 1983 and 1989, replacing Paul Gray, who had left for UFO. Merrick's first release with the Damned was the single "Thanks for the Night" b/w "Nasty". He was the Damned's bassist on the albums Phantasmagoria (1985) and Anything (1986).

Merrick played with the Shamones, a Ramones tribute band that toured the UK for five years, until splitting in August 2015.[2]

Merrick died of cancer, at University Hospital Llandough, on 12 September 2015, aged 56.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4021/biography|pure_url=yes}} Biography: The Damned]. Raggett. Ned. Allmusic. 8 July 2010.
  2. Web site: The Damned bassist Bryn Merrick dies at Llandough Hospital after a battle with cancer. James McCarthy. 12 September 2015. walesonline.
  3. Web site: McCarthy . James . The Damned bassist Bryn Merrick dies at Llandough Hospital after a battle with cancer . Wales Online . 2015-09-12 . 2015-09-18.