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Martin Rushent 1948 - 2011
Rushent was known for working with acts such as The Human League, The Stranglers, The Buzzcocks and XTC.
He began his career as a studio engineer in the 1970s, working on albums by acts including Fleetwood Mac and T. Rex.
Rushent's son James, guitarist with the band Does It Offend You, Yeah? said: "I will miss him so, so much, he was my best mate.", while statement from the band reads: "Martin Rushent was not just James's dad, but also someone very involved with the shaping of DIOYY and countless other musicians he worked with. He had an amazing character and was a great friend to all of us. Rest in peace, sitting at your mixing desk in the sky."
Source: The Guardian 
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The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. The band had an early hit with "Being Boiled", but achieved stardom after a key change in line-up in 1980, releasing multiple international hits from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. Dare (1981), the band's most popular album, yielded the single "Don't You Want Me", a No. 1 hit in the pop charts of UK, US and...
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