R.I.P Anthony H Wilson

[notorious J.I.M]

Tony Wilson founder of Factory Records died this evening of a heart attack whilst undergoing cancer treatment. :(

story (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.u k/news/s/1013/1013299_tony_wilsons_battle_is _over.html)
obituary (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6941105.stm)

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

57. nasty.

[emef]

ahh shit, thats a shame :(
grew up watching him reading the local news, was totally hornswaggled to find out later he owned factory and the hacienda

imagine finding out this guy invented electro
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R.I.P. TONY
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[databombers]

A few years back when i lived in Manc we did a party in the Factory Records office which was a club then, think its been knocked down now..

R.I.P Tony Wilson. Think that's really sad actually. He did a lot of good for the music scene in Manchester..

[skosh]

quite a pioneer in the music world, shame so young R.I.P.:(

[V Knid esq]

A mental, ranting, wrong, brilliant man. The human world is more corporate and less exciting without him. I hope he's got all the coke and whores he ever imagined wherever he is now. Bye.

[thembuzz]

mr manchester rest in peace

[V Knid esq]

I don't think he believed in resting, or in peace. I like to think of him being somewhere, laughing his fucking head off at the fact that Richard Madeley has been doing the memorial boohoo circuit on TV for him.

[thembuzz]

he was a busy fellah in life. i think he owes himself a bit of a lie down by now

[V Knid esq]

He's been in bed all cancered up for ages, I reckon he wants to get up and party...

ah fuck all that - do what you want to do Tony, you mad dead cunt.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

Good quote from him on the radio about how he got diagnosed with cancer and suddenly everyone actually started being nice to him.

[spoon]

sad news. rip

[terminal viscosity]

a damn shame. wasnt he meant to be heading some sort of 250 million euro regeneration of the north west scheme???

emef - hornswaggled? hahahahaha

[Loz]

I had no idea he'd died until checking this site just now. Sad day, I thought he had another few years in him at least.

If only more record executives were as passionate about music as he was.

[thembuzz]

the manchester bbc building still happily sports its massive poster of wilson, advertising his radio show, which i'm assuming has finished now. it seems a bit wrong

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

the world needs more wonderful wankers like Tony.

[Loz]

I wish thembuzz was more like Tony Wilson.

[thembuzz]

what, dead? you sick bastard

[Loz]

no, I mean if you had founded Factory records.

[thembuzz]

what, the record label that signed joy division, throughout whose career ian curtis' mental state steadily deteriorated until he tragically committed suicide at the age of 23? you sick bastard

[Loz]

you're worse than Shitler, thembuzz.