Bryn Merrick

Bryn Merrick was a bassist who was a member of Cardiff-based punk band Victimize and then heavy-metal band Stormqueen. He later joined The [Damned (band)|the Damned] between 1983 and 1989, replacing Paul Gray, who had left for UFO. Merrick's first release with the Damned was the single "Thanks for the Night" b/w "Nasty". He was the Damned's bassist on the albums Phantasmagoria and Anything.
Merrick played with the Shamones, a Ramones tribute band that toured the UK for five years, until splitting in August 2015.
Merrick died of cancer, at University Hospital Llandough, on 12 September 2015, aged 56.