Stuart Cable

[1] Cable grew up in the close-knit village of Cwmaman near Aberdare,[5] He attended Blaengwawr Comprehensive School with his friend, Stereophonics singer-songwriter and guitarist Kelly Jones, who also lived on the same street.

"Raw Sex for Breakfast" at Sound Space Studios in Cardiff, on which Cable sang lead vocals.

He was sacked by the rest of the band in September 2003, because it was claimed he was spending too much time on his new media career at the expense of rehearsals.

[10] Cable was the spokesperson of a 2002 BBC Wales campaign (called BLLCKS) to raise awareness of testicular cancer.

[14] Cable owned a flat in Cardiff Bay, and partly lived in Abernant, before moving to the neighbouring village of Llwydcoed in a Tudor-style house.

[17] Cable claims that it was differences between Rogers and Kelly Jones' partner Becka (Rebecca Walters) at the time which violently came to a head publicly at a restaurant in Paris, eventually leading to his dismissal after he made a sarcastic joke about the incident the following day.

[4] In April 2009 he had spoken out about being sacked from Stereophonics and describes the moment they played in front of 80,000 people in Cardiff without him as "the darkest time of my entire life".

He claimed his close friend, Dirty Sanchez star Mathew Pritchard, enjoyed wild parties and drugs.

Cable walked home with friends,[3] where he continued drinking and choked to death on his own vomit during his sleep.

[1] Cable's funeral was held at St Elvan's Church in Aberdare on 21 June 2010, with his former band mates in attendance.

Cable with Alex Zane co-presenting the 2008 XFM Awards
Cable live with Killing for Company in May 2010, several weeks before his death