Cliff Hanger Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Phil Spector has died at 81. No eulogy for a murderer, but very few producers have left as much of a mark. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phil-spector-dead-obit-67459/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Curt McGirt Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 A few? Only Johnny. There was an anecdote (I think it was in Please Kill Me) about Dee Dee wondering what was the mysterious liquid in the goblet Spector kept drinking from all the time, then when he was out of the room he tried it and it was just Manischewitz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/5/2021 at 2:03 AM, Curt McGirt said: RIP Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom, age 41 Not much of a COB fan myself (did own the debut album for a few years back in the day) but this guy was indeed one of the biggest, most successful musical exports Finland has seen on "popular" music front. He lived a rough life and apparently paid the price quite early. It's unlikely that an extreme(ish) metal band from Finland will ever reach such global (or international at least) success and popularity, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 I didn't want to speak ill of the dead but he ruined Impaled Nazarene when he introduced that melodic style to them. Not that Mika's homophobia and nationalism didn't do the same thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 15 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: I didn't want to speak ill of the dead but he ruined Impaled Nazarene when he introduced that melodic style to them. Not that Mika's homophobia and nationalism didn't do the same thing... IN didn't need ruining for me. I have disliked them quite strongly ever since I became aware of them. The album cover of Mötorpenis is the only redeeming quality I can think of. It made me LOL in a record store when I first laid my eyes upon it. Other than that, fuck them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 If you don't mess with pop or electronic music, I don't know how to begin to explain the impact SOPHIE has had on music in the last decade, or how that influence fucking exploded across the world of electronic and marginalized artists after this record, but if you'd like to start to understand then spin this today. RIP SOPHIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 RIP Hilton Valentine https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hilton-valentine-animals-guitarist-dead-obit-1121412/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Ricky Powell, the photographer known for documenting the New York hip hop scene and for being the "fourth Beastie Boy" has died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) Sad news to wake up to. RIP Mary Wilson. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/arts/music/mary-wilson-dead.html Edited February 9 by Execproducer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DEAN Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 6 minutes ago, Pete said: Oh man, on my 15th birthday, I saw Return To Forever with Chick Corea, Lenny White, Stanley Clarke and Al De Miola at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk. He was awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dolfan in NYC Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 Nicki Minaj's father was killed earlier this weekend in a hit and run on Long Island. Police are investigating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 Salsa music legend Johnny Pacheco passed away today at 85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonial Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Music producer and rapper Prince Markie Dee, best known in the 80s for being one-third of the Fat Boys, has died at 52. Fat Boys The Twist - YouTube Fat Boys - Baby, You're a Rich Man (Disorderlies 1987) - YouTube 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 I watched Disorderlies so much when I was a kid I can't believe he was only 52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Prince Markie Dee wrote and produced Mary J. Blige's "Real Love." That's one of those before and after songs. Everything before that was New Jack Swing, but everything after moved more into Hip-Hop Soul. That's a huge contribution to the culture, on top of everything he did with The Fat Boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Always thought we were about the same age, 52 is way too young to check out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Damn, Stick 'Em was an anthem on my block back in the day. RIP Markie Dee. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Bunny Wailer, the last surviving original member of Bob Marley & The Wailers, has passed away at age 73. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 I think I have seen The Wailers live more than any other band I am fond of. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 This missed getting widely reported as it happened. Gene Taylor, pianist for the Fabulous Thunderbirds and the Blasters, died of exposure to the cold on 2/20 while the power was out here in Austin. He was 68. https://www.austin360.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/02/21/gene-taylor-austin-pianist-fabulous-thunderbirds-and-more-dies/4535083001/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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