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NAPALM DEATH Pays Tribute To Late NME Journalist - June 27, 2009

British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have paid tribute to former NME journalist Steven Wells, who died on June 24, 2009 after a battle with cancer.

According to Digital Spy, Wells was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma three years ago and despite the disease going into remission, he later contracted stomach cancer.

Before his death, Wells documented his condition in a number of articles for the Philadelphia Weekly, submitting his last column on June 14.

Commented NAPALM DEATH: "Steven was one of the first people to interview us for the NME back in 1988 and travelled with us to Russia in 1991 just after the fall of communism for the band's two groundbreaking shows we played there there. Always full of great wit, he will be sorely missed. RIP, mate."

You can read a Steven Wells tribute at Guardian.co.uk.

Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Weekly.

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	COMMENT \| What???? posted by : Neil Young's Cocaine Booger 6/27/2009 12:31:43 PM

	You mean somebody died other than Michael Jackson?????? RIP Steve.....

	COMMENT \| WHAT???? posted by : CoffinFodder 6/27/2009 3:58:24 PM

	Michael jackson died???!!!

	COMMENT \| posted by : The Space Lord 6/27/2009 4:14:58 PM

	I'm actually more sad about Steven Wells' death than I am over Michael Jackson's now......

	COMMENT \| good writer posted by : YngwiesDonutBaker 6/27/2009 5:16:15 PM

	usually spot on.

	COMMENT \| posted by : The Space Lord 6/27/2009 8:10:51 PM

	I played the new Napalm Death CD in his honor while taking apart a wardrobe closet today. It was either that or burn the master tapes of every solo album Morrissey's released since 1993. R.I.P. Steven Wells

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