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Chris Acland
Chris Acland
	; Chris Acland performing with Lush.
Background information
Birth name	Christopher John Dyke Acland
Born	7 September 1966; Lancaster, England
Died	17 October 1996 (aged 30); Burneside, England
Genres	Shoegazing, britpop
Occupations	Drummer
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1988-1996
Labels	4AD
Associated acts	Lush

Chris Acland (7 September 1966 – 17 October 1996) was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the London based shoegazing and britpop musical ensemble, Lush.

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Christopher John Dyke Acland was born in Lancaster Infirmary. He played in a number of other bands before Lush, including The Infection and Panic.

In 1988, Acland became a founding member of Lush, along with Steve Rippon, Emma Anderson, Meriel Barham and Miki Berenyi. After personnel changes gave way to a stable line-up, Lush released their debut EP, Scar, and developed a following as a live act. They would go on to release three albums and several singles and EPs and achieve critical success.

Acland was a fan of football and a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C..

On 17 October 1996, after Lush had completed their tour and music festival appearances, and two days after bandmate Anderson announced a desire to quit the band, Acland committed suicide by hanging himself in his parents' house in Burneside, Cumbria. His bandmates in Lush were devastated and disbanded after a period of mourning.^[1]

Burke's Peerage & Baronetage 104th Edition notes that he was the son of Oliver Geoffrey Dyke Acland and Judith Veronica Williams. He was the great-grandson of Sir Francis Dyke Acland, the 14th Baronet Acland.

[edit] References

^ Allmusic.com

[0] Allmusic.com

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