Career
He later joined The Damned between 1983 and 1989, replacing Paul Gray, who had left for unidentified flying object. Merrick"s first release with The Damned was the single "Thanks for the Night" b/w "Nasty". He was The Damned"s bassist on its albums, Phantasmagoria and Anything. Merrick played with The Shamones, a Ramones tribute band that toured the United Kingdom for five years until splitting in August 2015.
Merrick died of cancer, at University Hospital Llandough, on 12 September 2015 aged 56.