Alan Rankine (17 May 1958 – January 2023) was a Scottish musician and record producer best known as the keyboardist and guitarist for rock band the Associates, which he co-founded in the late 1970s with lead vocalist Billy Mackenzie.
Rankine began his career with the cabaret band Caspian, which later became the Associates, in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire. They collaborated on three albums: The Affectionate Punch (1980), the singles compilation Fourth Drawer Down (1981), and Sulk (1982). Rankine left the band on the eve of what would have been the Sulk tour in 1982. While Mackenzie carried on with other collaborators, Rankine made a name for himself as a producer by collaborating with musicians like Paul Haig, Cocteau Twins, and the Pale Fountains. In 1986, he began a solo career after agreeing to a recording deal with the Belgian label Les Disques du Crépuscule. The World Begins to Look Her Age (1986), She Loves Me Not (1987), and the entirely instrumental The Big Picture Sucks are his three solo studio albums (1989).
Rankine went on to work as a lecturer at Stow College in Glasgow until 2010, when he quit pursuing a career in music production. While working as a lecturer, he assisted students in establishing their own in-house record label, Electric Honey, which launched the careers of artists including Belle and Sebastian, Snow Patrol, and Biffy Clyro.
Alan Rankine’s wife and children
Alan Rankine was a married guy with a long history of marriage. Unfortunately, his wife’s name is unknown.
Alan Rankine is the father of two living children. His children are Callum and Hamish Rankine. Little is known about them.
Alan Rankine’s parents and siblings
There is no information about his parents and siblings
