Steven Wells RIP

[HonaloochieB]

I just found this out from the NME yesterday he died from cancer on 23th June and I was deeply saddened by the news. He wrote as Susan Williams for a while as well as performing as a ranter/poet Seething Wells. I liked his over-the-top-no-metaphor-too-extended foul-mouthed and abusive style. A natural lefty contrarian and rabble rouser.

I just found this and it made me smile.

Steven Wells has died after a battle with cancer.

The former NME journalist was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma three years ago and despite the disease going into remission, he later contracted stomach cancer and passed away on June 23.

Before his death, Wells documented his condition in a number of articles for the Philadelphia Weekly, submitting his last column on June 14.

Wells said: "Why is it that the people with the most profound stuff to say are also those who are the least capable of being able to express that profundity?

"You could blame this fallacy on poor education, cultural deterioration, or simple moral decline. Me? I blame it on sunshine. I blame it on the moonlight. I blame it on the boogie."

Speaking about his second diagnosis in an earlier column, Wells had said: "Anyhoo. I put the phone down and let out a huge, self-pitying 'Why me?'

"The answer, of course, is the same as the answer to Travis' s**t-awful 1999 international breakthrough hit, 'Why Does It Always Rain on Me?' Because you're a f**king d*ck. Now shut the f**k up and grow a pair."

Rest In Pissed-Off

[Ted Max]

He was a skilled ranter, although I didn't really get on board with most of his stuff. But he was a friend of a friend who has long said he was a top guy - encouraging and loyal as a friend. So yeah - lots are missing/ will miss him.