Alan Rankine, keyboardist and guitarist of the Scottish rock band The Associates, passed away at the age of 64. His sons, Callum and Hamish, confirmed the multi-instrumentalist’s death on the band’s ...

Alan Rankine in 1980. Credit: David Corio/Redferns. Alan Rankine, guitarist of Scottish band The Associates, has died aged 64. The news was confirmed by Rankine’s sons Callum and Hamish today (January ...

As the multi-instrumentalist musical force behind the Scottish art-pop band, and later as a producer and label boss, Rankine was an adventurous, experimental, inspirational figure Alan Rankine of the ...

Alan Rankine, the co-founder of the Scottish band the Associates, has died at the age of 64, BBC News reports. A cause of death has not been revealed. Rankine met the singer Billy Mackenzie in the ...

The original MacKenzie/Rankine Associates recorded two albums proper: The Affectionate Punch (1980) and Sulk (1982). The compilation Fourth Drawer Down (1981) was issued between the two. Each has just ...

It remains one of the great Top Of The Pops appearances. On February 25, 1982, The Associates made their first serious assault on the national consciousness, performing the transgressive pop of “Party ...

The brilliant, frustrating career of the Associates is not short of myths. Summon a Top Of The Pops clip of “Club Country”, their second hit from May 1982, and the captions will suggest that the band ...

Scottish musician and record producer had a wide-reaching influence on indie artists from Björk to Belle and Sebastian Alan Rankine, one half of celebrated Scottish indie band the Associates, has died ...