Bryn Merrick

Welsh musician

Punk rock
gothic rock

Occupation(s)MusicianInstrument(s)Bass guitar

Musical artist

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]

References

^ Raggett, Ned. "Biography: The Damned". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
^ James McCarthy (12 September 2015). "The Damned bassist Bryn Merrick dies at Llandough Hospital after a battle with cancer". walesonline.
^ McCarthy, James (12 September 2015). "The Damned bassist Bryn Merrick dies at Llandough Hospital after a battle with cancer". Wales Online. Retrieved 18 September 2015.