Steve Bronski, a cofounding member of the British synth-pop trio Bronski Beat, died Thursday. The BBC reported his age as 61.
No cause of death or other details were given.His bandmate Jimmy Somerville described him as a “talented and very melodic man Working with him on songs and the one song that changed our lives and touched so many other lives, was a fun and exciting time.
Thanks for the melody, Steve.”Bronski, whose real name was Steven Forrest, formed the band with Somerville and Larry Steinbachek in 1983.
They were militantly opposed to being “safe” gay musicians, and their records were embraced by the community eager to take a more activist stance at the dawn of the AIDS era.He moved to London in 1983, and Bronski Beat played its