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Wet Nuns’ Alexis Gotts dies

By | Published on Wednesday 26 November 2014

Alexis Gotts

Alexis ‘Leki’ Gotts, perhaps most widely known as one half of Yorkshire’s Wet Nuns and latterly of new band Baba Naga, has died having taken his own life.

Confirming the sad news of Gotts’ death in a Facebook post earlier this week, Rob Graham, his one-time collaborator in Wet Nuns, wrote: “It’s with a deep sadness and a heavy heart that I try to find the words to express the deep sense of grief that I feel as I come to terms with the loss of my friend, bandmate and brother Leki. It’s only really the sense of duty to you all as fans of our band that I wrote this now as I think it will take a good while to really understand what has happened”.

Graham added: “Leki took his own life as an end to a long and terribly difficult battle. Obviously we had our difficulties personally, but it’s important that you all know that the last few times we spent together that we were back on good terms. And all was at peace. I miss him. I don’t think I will ever stop missing him”.

Formed in 2009, Wet Nuns self-released a chain of tracks climaxing in 2013’s ‘Broken Teeth’ EP, and, later, their full-length ‘Wet Nuns’ LP. Gotts and Graham punctuated their short but bright-burning career with a string of wild live shows and, as of 2012, their even wilder weekend event Detestival, the latest edition of which ran earlier this year.

For information on coping with suicidal feelings and finding support, read Mind’s guide, or call The Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90. Friend of CMU Eddy Temple-Morris is also involved in CALM, a charitable initiative aiming to reduce suicide rates amongst young men. Click this link to read his various CMU articles on the organisation, and/or visit the CALM site.



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