JAKE BROCKMANFormer keyboard player with Echo & the Bunnymen, Jake Brockman, died in a motorbike crash on the Isle of Man on 1 September, 2009, aged 53.He was a touring member of the group during their 1980s heyday and officially became the ‘fifth Bunnyman’ in 1989.He was part of a new line-up for the seminal post-punk band following the death of drummer Pete De Freitas and departure of frontman Ian McCulloch.He played on the 1990 album Reverberation.Outsid e music his work included being a sound recordist for the BBC's natural history unit.His wife Sally Mundy spoke of his many pastimes: “Jake was always a classic bike enthusiast, he loved sailing though he was invariably seasick. Music was central to Jake's life.”On their official website the band said: “Our thoughts are with his wife, family & friends.”
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