Soft Cell co-founder Dave Ball dies, aged 66

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Link: Soft Cell co-founder Dave Ball dies, aged 66 - BBC News

 

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Dave Ball, one half of the pioneering 1980s synth-pop band Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66.

 

Alongside singer Marc Almond, the duo scored a worldwide hit with their cover of Gloria Jones' Tainted Love in 1984, and their debut album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is considered a classic of electronic music.

 

He later formed the pioneering techno group The Grid, who achieved chart success with 1994's Swamp Thing.

 

Ball died peacefully in his sleep at his home in London, just weeks after playing a headline show with Soft Cell at the Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames.

 

During that show, Ball performed in a wheelchair, as he had for the last two years, following a spate of ill-health...

 

[Steven_Cleaver]

So sad was a big fan of these in the 80's remember had some great nights at Snobs club in Birmingham dancing the night away to these and Human League and other New Romantic artists.