Scott Sorry, the American singer-songwriter who performed bass with UK rockers The Wildhearts for 5 years, has died on the age of 47. The information was damaged in a press release revealed on social media by his household.
“We’re heartbroken to share that Scott Sorry has handed away after a protracted and extremely courageous struggle with mind most cancers,” the assertion reads. “Scott handed away on his forty seventh birthday, October 30, 2025.
“After being identified with glioblastoma again in 2018, Scott refused to let it outline him. He outlived each physician’s expectation, turning months into years, and even made it again to the UK in 2022 for a tour – one thing that meant the world to him. He was so grateful to have the ability to play once more, to see so many acquainted faces and to personally thank so lots of you who had supported him by means of all of it.
“We’re devastated past phrases, however there’s consolation in figuring out he’s lastly free from ache. His energy, humour, and coronary heart will stick with us eternally.
“Scott is survived by his spouse Hanni and his three kids River, Ryder and Rörik.”
Sorry was born in Philadelphia, PA, in October 1978. After beginning his profession in a collection of native punk bands, he performed with cult Los Angeles punks Amen for 2 years, earlier than changing Mötley Crüe man Nikki Sixx in LA supergroup Brides Of Destruction. Wildhearts frontman Ginger Wildheart joined the band on the similar time however was unable to decide to the band full-time, and his tenure was temporary.
After enjoying on the Brides Of Destruction’s second and last album Runaway Brides, Sorry departed in 2007 and joined Ginger in a brand new lineup of The Wildhearts, the place he performed on three albums: The Wildhearts, Cease Us If You have Heard This One Earlier than, Vol 1. and ¡Chutzpah!.
“He had this youthful zest we’d misplaced a very long time in the past, reminding us why it was good,” Ginger Wildheart instructed Traditional Rock. “There’s loads of darkish instances related to The Wildhearts so it is exhausting to only go, ‘Yeah let’s get again collectively, this’ll be enjoyable’ as a result of if there’s one factor it’s by no means, it’s enjoyable. Scott got here in and offered the enjoyable.”
Sorry introduced his departure from the band in 2012 to spend extra time along with his household and take care of his eldest son, who had been identified with autism.
“It’s with a lot respect and a heavy coronary heart I’m bowing out of my favorite band,” he mentioned. “I simply can’t decide to the time the band would want from me anymore. I really like these guys like brothers and need them and also you all the very best. I’m positive I’ll see you all once more as retirement doesn’t actually stick effectively to guys like me, however for now I bid you a fond farewell.”
Sorry additionally performed with Sorry and the Sinatras, whose six-year, two-album profession ran parallel along with his stint in The Wildhearts, and launched his debut solo album, When We Have been Kings, in 2016.
In late 2017, Sorry was identified with glioblastoma, an aggressive type of mind tumour. A GoFundMe web page was launched to help along with his medical bills and followers raised almost $50,000, whereas the Wildhearts swiftly organised a profit present. Within the wake of the 2020 demise of Rush drummer Neil Peart – who had additionally been identified with glioblastoma – Sorry wrote about residing with the illness.
“When somebody dies from the identical one you will have, you possibly can’t assist however marvel… ‘Am I subsequent?'”, he wrote. “You Google ‘glioblastoma survivors’ and Google says, ‘Sorry dude, you are fucked.’ You retain looking and looking and looking and may’t discover something on glioblastoma survivors. You get extra determined and terrified. You begin shaking and lose your mood when somebody asks, ‘What’s incorrect?’
“Till you look within the mirror and realise a survivor is trying proper again at you. A actual dwell most cancers survivor proper in entrance of you. I used to be identified two years in the past. I’m nonetheless right here. I’m holding robust. I’m not a ‘Google search’. I’m a dude residing a reasonably nice life performing some fairly cool shit. It’s exhausting to do not forget that typically. So I’m penning this for anybody who goes down a rabbit gap on the lookout for somewhat little bit of hope and comes throughout this letter.”
Sorry was capable of return to the stage in 2022, and performed a 12-date UK tour alongside Grand Theft Auto and CJ Wildheart.
“After a turbulent stretch, we couldn’t be happier to get again to the UK,” Sorry mentioned. “It’s a second house for me and I’ve really missed all our pals and followers… At one level, I believed we’d by no means be on tour collectively once more. That is by all means a dream come true.”
I cherished Scott the second I met him 🖤 pic.twitter.com/0wRSRSJu19October 30, 2025