Iain Shedden (6 January 1957 – 16 October 2017) was a Scottish-born Australian musician and journalist.
He worked for the local newspaper in his home town of Wishaw in North Lanarkshire while playing with his first band, The Jolt.
[4] 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 ARIA Awards has since paid tribute to Shedden, naming their media suite in his honour.
Introduced for the December 2018 event, “The Sheddy” recognises the best Live Drummer in the country.