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Alan Rankine, co-founder and guitarist of the Scottish post-punk band the Associates, has died. Rankine\u2019s sons Callum and Hamish confirmed the information on their father\u2019s Facebook web page: \u201cHe died peacefully at home shortly after spending Christmas with his family. He was a beautiful, kind, and loving man who will be sorely missed.\u201d Rankine was 64.<\/p>\n
Born in 1958 in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, Rankine fashioned the Associates with singer Billy Mackenzie in Dundee in 1979. Initially referred to as the Ascorbic Ones, they modified their identify to Mental Torture earlier than selecting the Associates. They launched three albums \u2014 1980\u2019s The Affectionate Punch<\/em>, 1981 singles compilation Fourth Drawer Down<\/em>, and 1982\u2019s Sulk<\/em> \u2014 earlier than Rankine left the band in 1982.<\/p>\n Following his time within the Associates, Rankine produced albums for a variety of distinguished UK acts, together with Paul Haig, Cocteau Twins, and the Pale Fountains. He additionally launched into a solo profession in 1986 and recorded three albums: The World Begins To Look Her Age<\/em> (1986), She Loves Me Not<\/em> (1987), and the instrumental The Big Picture Sucks<\/em> (1989).<\/p>\n Later, Rankine taught at Stow College in Glasgow, the place he helped launch Electric Honey, a file label supposed to assist train college students about releasing and selling their very own music. Electric Honey would go on to launch Belle And Sebastian\u2019s 1996 debut Tigermilk<\/em>, Biffy Clyro\u2019s 2000 debut EP Thekidswhopoptodaywillrocktomorrow<\/em>, Snow Patrol\u2019s debut EP Starfighter Pilot<\/em>, and extra.<\/p>\n Director Grant McPhee, who featured Rankine in his 2015 Scottish post-punk documentary Big Gold Dream<\/em>, described the guitarist\/keyboardist as a \u201ctrue one-off maverick genius.\u201d McPhee additionally informed BBC Scotland<\/a>: \u201cHe had an innate understanding of feel for a project, which can be clearly heard in the wonderful music he made. He also is probably the most naturally-gifted musician I\u2019ve ever had the pleasure to speak to, and certainly one of the all-time greats. Kindness is a skill that is rare and Alan had that in abundance to his prodigious musical and storytelling talents.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n