Alan Rankine, the keyboardist and guitarist of the Scottish band The Associates, has died at the age of 64, his sons Callum and Hamish have confirmed.
Callum and Hamish said in a statement posted to Facebook that Rankine had died ‘peacefully at home shortly after spending Christmas with his family.’Rankine formed The Associates in 1979 with singer Billy Mackenzie and left the group in 1982 before they reunited in 1993.Their track Party Fears Two reached number nine on the UK singles chart in 1982.
Following his success with The Associates, Rankine turned his hand to producing, working on albums by Paul Haig, Cocteau Twins and The Pale Fountains. In the late 1980s, he started a solo career and released three albums, The World Begins to Look Her Age in 1986, She Loves Me Not in 1987, and The Big Picture Sucks in 1989.
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