...a bit disco Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Aged 57. Heart attack. Cue jokes about spinning in his grave, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid Snake Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Honestly thought You Spin Me Round was a Depeche Mode song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...a bit disco Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Honestly thought You Spin Me Round was a Depeche Mode song. Not a child of the 80s I take it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid Snake Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Not a child of the 80s I take it? Nope. They do sound quite similar though IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...a bit disco Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Nope. They do sound quite similar though IMO. Keep those sorts of opinions to yourself please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Answers the question anyway. Dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambo1961 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37755445 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CostaJambo Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Absolute classic song that, love it. RIP Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...a bit disco Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Answers the question anyway. Dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcc Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Genuinely shocked never to have seen him on a bursds thread on here before going by the kickback standards. RIP Pete. 57 is a decent age for his lifestyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I understand the radio will set aside a special show to play a selection of his hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William H. Bonney Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Bobby vee shall be remembered greatly. Pete burns, not so much. Rip to both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Brilliant song. Kinda racy video for the era. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jBxo8V6R0tc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Genuinely shocked never to have seen him on a bursds thread on here before going by the kickback standards. RIP Pete. 57 is a decent age for his lifestyle. Drugs or plastic surgery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk_Till_Dawn Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Always thought he came across as a right roaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Drugs or plastic surgery? Both, I was channel hopping recently and started watching a docu on plastic surgery with him one of the subjects. He was getting treated well and starting to look less grotesque. But then he went and got and got all facially injected again by some back street joker. Had to get it all scraped out, horrible to watch (compelling all the same). Total fruitloop, but surprisingly likeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irufushi Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Always thought he came across as a right roasterSame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspian Primrose Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 A disgusting freak Erm....RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Will only be missed by family and true friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchy frog Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 He came out with a few crackers on that big brother thing he was on but I thought he came across as a bit of a bitchy freak in general. Didn't think much of his musical output either if I'm honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Always thought he came across as a right spit roaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyk Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Had that attitude that he did not care much about anyone or anything and seemed to lack any sort of emotion, hence the rather low key coverage of his death. Famous for one hit and being a bit.........odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the general Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 early stuff was actually pretty good before SAW one of the many talents that came out of Eric's in Liverpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the general Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Early career of band[edit] Nightmares In Wax (March 1980) In 1977 Burns formed a band with contemporaries Julian Cope, Pete Wylie, and Phil Hurst, calling themselves The Mystery Girls. They played only one gig (opening for Sham 69 at Eric's in Liverpool in November 1977) before disintegrating.[4] Burns returned in early 1979 with a new band, Nightmares in Wax (original name: 'Rainbows Over Nagasaki'), featuring a gothic post-punk sound, with backing from keyboardist Martin Healy, guitarist Mick Reid (ex-Crash Course and Glass Torpedoes), drummer Paul Hornby (ex 051 and Pink Military), and bassist Walter Ogden.[4] Nightmares in Wax played their first gig at Eric's in July 1979,[5] and were signed to the associated Eric's Records label, although their only recording, a three-track 7" EP entitled Birth of a Nation, was released in March 1980 by Inevitable Records (a 12-inch single featuring two of the tracks from the EP, "Black Leather" and "Shangri-La", was released in 1985).[6] The EP featured "Black Leather", which halfway through turned into K.C. & the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way (I Like It)" (a song later revived by Dead or Alive).[4] In May 1980, after several line-up changes since the start of the year, and just before they were to record a radio session for John Peel, Burns changed the name of the band to Dead or Alive.[4] The band went through several different line-up changes over the next three years while recording a series of independent singles. Burns' eccentric and androgynous appearance began attracting attention, often leading to comparisons withCulture Club and its lead singer Boy George. Dead or Alive's singles started charting on the UK Indie Chart, beginning with 1982's "The Stranger" reaching No. 7 on that chart.[7] This prompted major label Epic Records to sign the band in 1983. Their first release for Epic was the single "Misty Circles", which appeared at No. 100 on the major UK Singles Chart in 1983. At this point, the band was a five-piece consisting of Burns, Mike Percy (bass), Tim Lever (keyboards/sax), Steve Coy (drums), and Wayne Hussey (guitar). Two more singles, "What I Want" and "I'd Do Anything", attracted club play, but mainstream success continued to elude the band. Dead Or Alive's debut album, Sophisticated Boom Boom, was released in May 1984 and featured their first Top 40 UK single, "That's the Way (I Like It)", a remake of the 1975 hit by KC and the Sunshine Band. Hussey departed Dead or Alive just before the album's release, despite having had a hand in writing much of the material that appears on it. The single peaked at No. 22 in the UK and the album at No. 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadKiller Dog Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I like characters like Burns they upset the moral majority hard of thinking insecure types but apart from that I don't have any interest in reality TV stars his or his career ,his big hit was a decent pop hit of its time . Doesn't seem as if he was a bad person ,those who knew him personally seemed to like him ,but doesn't seem he across to well to those who didn't . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Most surprising thing about Pete Burns is that he held down a marriage for 28 years (78-06). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westbow Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Wait, he was a guy? Oh god, oh my god .. I've got all these magazines! Oh god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo 4 Ever Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Most surprising thing about Pete Burns is that he held down a marriage for 28 years (78-06). Did they have any kids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Did they have any kids? You must do that on purpose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo 4 Ever Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 You must do that on purpose? do what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 do what? Aye right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 You must do that on purpose? Course he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Aye right Ye cannae kid a kidder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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