Crystal Fighters' drummer passes away

Crystal Fighters' drummer - Andrea Marongiu - has sadly passed away, the news broke late last night, 24 hours before the drummer posted his last tweet saying that he was recovering well.

Born and raised in Sardinia, Marongiu taught himself drums at the age of 11 as part of a school game with a friend, and continued to progress through watching videos.


In 2010, after moving to England "with very little English", Marongiu was telephoned by the Crystal Fighters, who had seen his videos, and asked to come for an audition. After sailing through the audition, he was asked to join the band at Bestival, and from then on continued as a permanent member.