Iain Shedden (6 January 1957 – 16 October 2017) was a Scottish-born Australian musician and journalist. Shedden was born in

Lanark Lanark (; gd, Lannraig ; sco, Lanrik) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located 20 kilometres to the south-east of Hamilton. The town lies on the River Clyde, at its confluence with Mouse Water. In 2016, the town had a population of 9 ...

, Scotland. He worked for the local newspaper in his home town of

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in North Lanarkshire while playing with his first band,

The Jolt The Jolt were a Scottish band formed in Wishaw, Scotland in September 1976. History At the time, Robbie Collins and Jim Doaks were clerks in the civil service and Iain Shedden was a music journalist for a local paper. They had known each ...

. In 1982 he was invited to play in Europe with the Australian band the Saints and drummed with them periodically through the 1980s. as well as

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and

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.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 509-510 In 1992 Shedden migrated to Australia, initially to seek work as a musician. With opportunities in the music industry limited, Shedden returned to journalism and was employed at ''

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'' — initially as a sub-editor and later as the music editor. Shedden worked for ''The Australian'' until his sudden and unexpected death from haemopericardium, caused by a thoracic aortic aneurysm rupture, on 16 October 2017. The

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has since paid tribute to Shedden, naming their media suite in his honour. An award at the

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has also been named in his honour. Introduced for the December 2018 event, “The Sheddy” recognises the best Live Drummer in the country. Shedden earlier served as a judge for the awards.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shedden, Iain 1957 births 2017 deaths People from Lanark Scottish rock drummers Scottish emigrants to Australia Australian rock drummers The Australian journalists Australian music journalists Deaths from laryngeal cancer Deaths from cancer in New South Wales The Saints (Australian band) members