Darryl Hunt — the English musician and singer-songwriter known best as the bassist for Celtic punks the Pogues — has died. The band confirmed Hunt passed away in London, UK, yesterday (August 9), though a cause of death was not revealed. He was 72.
"We are saddened beyond words. Our Darryl passed away yesterday afternoon in London," the Pogues wrote on Twitter, ahead of quoting a line from the Hunt-penned "Love You 'Till the End" which appeared on the band's 1996 album Pogue Mahone: "I know you want to hear me catch my breath / I love you till the end."
In a respective tribute, Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan wrote, "I am very very sorry that Darryl has passed on, he was a really nice guy and a great friend and a great bass player. We will all miss him. May he have a happy state of eternal bliss and bless his family and friends."
Born in Hampshire, UK, Hunt was a member of pub rock band Plummet Airlines and the Favourites before joining the Pogues as bassist in 1986.
Hunt's playing first appeared on the band's 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God — which features the band's contentious Christmas classic "Fairytale of New York" — and that same year would see him and his Pogues bandmates contribute to Steve Earle's Copperhead Road, backing the songwriter on the album's "Johnny Come Lately."
Hunt would remain with the Pogues through to their 1996 breakup, and would briefly play in the Vendettas alongside Pogues bandmates Spider Stacy, Andrew Ranken. All three would rejoin the Pogues upon the band's 2001 reunion, remaining with the group until their 2014 dissolution.
Hunt's "Love You Till The End" features prominently in the Richard LaGravenese's 2007 film P.S. I Love You, and is the opening song of its accompanying soundtrack release. Hunt's song was also featured in the credits of Jay Roach's 1999 hockey film Mystery, Alaska.
"We are saddened beyond words. Our Darryl passed away yesterday afternoon in London," the Pogues wrote on Twitter, ahead of quoting a line from the Hunt-penned "Love You 'Till the End" which appeared on the band's 1996 album Pogue Mahone: "I know you want to hear me catch my breath / I love you till the end."
In a respective tribute, Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan wrote, "I am very very sorry that Darryl has passed on, he was a really nice guy and a great friend and a great bass player. We will all miss him. May he have a happy state of eternal bliss and bless his family and friends."
Born in Hampshire, UK, Hunt was a member of pub rock band Plummet Airlines and the Favourites before joining the Pogues as bassist in 1986.
Hunt's playing first appeared on the band's 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God — which features the band's contentious Christmas classic "Fairytale of New York" — and that same year would see him and his Pogues bandmates contribute to Steve Earle's Copperhead Road, backing the songwriter on the album's "Johnny Come Lately."
Hunt would remain with the Pogues through to their 1996 breakup, and would briefly play in the Vendettas alongside Pogues bandmates Spider Stacy, Andrew Ranken. All three would rejoin the Pogues upon the band's 2001 reunion, remaining with the group until their 2014 dissolution.
Hunt's "Love You Till The End" features prominently in the Richard LaGravenese's 2007 film P.S. I Love You, and is the opening song of its accompanying soundtrack release. Hunt's song was also featured in the credits of Jay Roach's 1999 hockey film Mystery, Alaska.
