:Angelo Bruschini
{{Short description|English rock guitarist (1960/1961–2023)}}
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Angelo Bruschini (1960/1961 – 23 October 2023) was an English guitarist from Bristol who contributed to the region's trip hop explosion in the 1990s and 2000s.
Career
He was a member of The Numbers, Rimshots,{{Cite web|url=http://www.bristolarchiverecords.com/bands.html#rimshots|title=Bristol Archive Records, The Continas, The Escape, Electric Guitars, Talisman|website=Bristolarchiverecords.com|access-date=25 October 2023}} The Blue Aeroplanes, and both toured and recorded as a member of Massive Attack on their albums Mezzanine (1998) and 100th Window (2003).{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/massive-attack-guitarist-angelo-bruschini-has-died/|title=Massive Attack Guitarist Angelo Bruschini Has Died|date=24 October 2023|website=Pitchfork.com|access-date=25 October 2023}}{{cite book| author = Sheila Whiteley| author-link = Sheila Whiteley|author2= Andy Bennett|author3=Stan Hawkins| title = Music, Space and Place: Popular Music and Cultural Identity| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=INrD8e0ic3oC| year = 2005| publisher = Ashgate Publishing| isbn = 0-7546-5574-1| page = 75 }} He produced Strangelove's eponymous album in 1997.{{cite book| author = Martin C. Strong| author-link = Martin C. Strong| title = The Great Rock Discography| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sDB0PgAACAAJ&pg=PA65| year = 1998| publisher = Giunti| isbn = 88-09-21522-2| page = 804 }} He also played guitar on Jane Taylor's single "Blowing This Candle Out" in 2003.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070213145729/http://www.theprom.co.uk/review.php?artist=183]
Bruschini died of lung cancer on 23 October 2023, at the age of 62.{{cite news |last1=Lillywhite |first1=Maisie |title=Massive Attack guitarist Angelo Bruschini has died, band confirms |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/massive-attack-guitarist-angelo-bruschini-8853181 |access-date=24 October 2023 |publisher=BristolLive |date=24 October 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-67205202|title=Massive Attack confirm death of Bristol-born Angelo Bruschini|publisher=BBC News|date=24 October 2023|last1=Inglis|first1=Louis}}
References
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External links
- [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p60358|pure_url=yes}} Angelo Bruschini at Allmusic]
- [http://www.myspace.com/angelobruschini Angelo Bruschini MySpace page]
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- {{discogs artist|Angelo Bruschini}}
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Category:Year of birth missing
Category:English male guitarists
Category:English rock guitarists
Category:21st-century English guitarists
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in the United Kingdom
Category:20th-century English guitarists
Category:Musicians from Bristol
Category:British people of Italian descent
Category:English people of Italian descent
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