RIP Ranking Roger

DeVlaeminck
DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
edited March 2019 in The cake stop
Sadly died today after a battle with cancer.
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  • big_harv
    big_harv Posts: 512
    Mirror in The Bathroom, ah yes. I'm going to download that now. Where did the years go...?
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,866
    Aah hell, knew he was in a bad way. Saw the Beat live a few times over the years, the first time in 1983 and most recently a few years ago in Brighton and actually got to meet the band after the gig. Very sad news.
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  • Bucksspeedyboy
    Bucksspeedyboy Posts: 59
    This is really sad and makes me feel old. When I was at Aston University in the early 80’s, the Beat played there a number of times and I remember also seeing Ranking Roger regularly at the local indoor market..
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    Bugger!

    Saw The Beat play a Rock against Racism gig in 1980-ish, they were a great live band and Roger was a big part of that.

    Always a sobering moment when people your age are dying.
  • Brakeless
    Brakeless Posts: 865
    “Take him to a discotheque take him to a pub. Take him to the blues and then you play him rub a dub”

    RIP
  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,568
    Yep - sad day for skankers

    Two Tone music was definitely part of the soundtrack to my youth and this guy was a character for sure.
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