Rob Heaton, Drummer of New Model Army Dies

Look out of your windows, watch the skies
Read all the instructions with bright blue eyes
We're W.A.S.Ps, proud American sons
We know how to clean our teeth and how to strip down a gun
We're the 51st state of America
Our star-spangled Union Jack flutters so proud
Over the dancing heads of the merry patriotic crowd
Tip your hat to the Yankee conqueror
We've got no reds under the bed with guns under our pillows
We're the 51st state of America
Here in the land of opportunity, watch us revel in our liberty
You can say what you like but it doesn't change anything
Because the corridors of power are an ocean away
We're the 51st state of America

Very, very sad. NEW MODEL ARMY get so little respect, especially from ILM.

NMA are one of the greats. There's a bit on their site about this:

http://www.newmodelarmy.org/FHOME.HTM

More importantly, you can see what Heaton was up to recently. Really shows what kind of a guy he was, if you ask me:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/music/reviews/fresh_milk_love_apple.shtml#top

Smart band. I was lucky enough to see them a couple of times.

It's very sad.

NMA Get little respect, as Alex says. Possibly because they were absolutely terrible.

Shouldn't you be on another thread extollilng the non-existent merits of Flowered Up or someone like that?