Steve Mackey death: Pulp bassist dies aged 56

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She shared her “devastation” over his death in an Instagram post on Thursday 2 March, writing: “After three months in hospital, fighting with all his strength and determination, we are shocked and devastated to have said goodbye to my brilliant, beautiful husband, Steve Mackey. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up “Wishing Candy, Nick, Mark and Jarvis the very best with forthcoming performances in the UK and also an enormous thanks to Pulp’s amazing fanbase, many of whom have sent me lovely messages today.” Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Mark Webber, Steve Mackey and Jarvis Cocker of Pulp in 2017 Mackey joined the alternative rock band in 1989 and was a member alongside frontman Jarvis Cocker, and fellow musicians Russell Senior, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks and Mark Webber. The album spawned four top 10 singles, including “Common People” and “Sorted for E’s & Wizz”, and the band became reluctant figureheads of the Britpop movement. “You’d be throwing away a bit of a golden opportunity – you might as well be a librarian all of your life.” Also a producer, Mackey worked with acts such as The Kills and Cornershop.