Former Echo And The Bunnymen keyboard player Jake Brockman died of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on the Isle Of Man last week. He was 53.
Born in Borneo, he came to England to study at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol. He became a full-time member of Echo And The Bunnymen in 1989, but by then had already been working with the band for several years, earning the nickname "the fifth Bunnyman" from fans. The band split in 1992 and he did not rejoin them when they reformed in 1998. Following the split, he formed BOM with Bristol-based producer Damon Reece, and also worked as a sound recordist on a number of the BBC's natural history programmes.
Echo And The Bunnymen paid tribute to Brockman on their website, saying: "Our thoughts are with his wife, family and friends".