The Australian music industry was rocked yesterday with the terrible news that Bored Nothing’s Fergus Miller passed away over the weekend at age 26.
In a Facebook post, Miller’s friends in Brisbane band Major Leagues shared the sad news of Miller’s passing yesterday.
“Fergus was an incredibly talented musician and writer,” the post read. “He released wonderful music through Bored Nothing, Pansy, Wedding ring bells as well as working with countless other artists and musicians”.
“Unfortunately, depression eroded away at him and he passed away on Sunday morning.” Miller’s career began in his bedroom, from which he self-recorded, produced, and released his own music.
Inspired by artists such as Daniel Johnston, he took a bare-bones, lo-fi approach to music, which captured the innocent, no-frills nature with which he carried himself with.
Aussie bands and labels have taken to social media to pay tribute to Fergus with numerous Facebook posts and Tweets, including Poison City Records and Pro Vita.
Likewise, Adelaide’s Bad//Dreems, whose early career was boosted by support slots for Bored Nothing, shared a heartfelt post sharing much of the same sentiment.
“We were huge fans of Ferg’s music and we had the absolute pleasure of touring with Bored Nothing, several times in our infancy,” they wrote.
“Before anyone was really listening, he was. Ferg was an incredibly talented and kind individual and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time.”
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