Shine On - Musicians RIP Thread

[Dolfan in NYC]

17 hours ago, Contentious C said:

And Robbie Robertson now, too.  Hasn't been a good year for musicians.

One of the best all time posts in the history of Twitter:

 

[Travis Sheldon]

Bernie Marsden, guitarist from early Whitesnake, passes away at age 72.

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/bernie-marsden-obituary

[Curt McGirt]

Fuck, man... John Kezdy died. 

Say what you want about him going into law after being in a punk band, or some of his stupid opinions, he was a real motherfucker. And his group was the best Chicago had to offer. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77lW-lEZCyM&ab_channel=LoboAttitudine

EDIT: This is really shitty -- he died because he was on his bike and he hit an Amazon truck that illegally parked in the bike lane. 

Edited August 30, 2023 by Curt McGirt

[dogwelder]

RIP Jimmy Buffett at the age of 76

[Travis Sheldon]

2 hours ago, dogwelder said:

RIP Jimmy Buffett at the age of 76

There's a guy whose career has eluded me.

I know the hits, but he must have had something else going on to have put together a career like that.

R.I.P. Margarita Man

[Dolfan in NYC]

Fins down.  

https://twitter.com/LeBatardShow/status/1697948844665737517

[COLETTI]

1 hour ago, Travis Sheldon said:

There's a guy whose career has eluded me.

I know the hits, but he must have had something else going on to have put together a career like that.

R.I.P. Margarita Man

I always thought dude was lame and then I had kids and turned 40 and while I still don't like it, I get it.

Still never had Heinz 57 on a burger but that sounds pretty great. 

[Curt McGirt]

...and all the Parrotheads did weep tears of tequila

Anyway, RIP Robert Becerra from the (LA) Stains. One of the most expensive records these days and most sorely in need of a re-release (fuck Greg Ginn! Bootleg it!). 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sPjvyOoUsk&pp=ygURc3RhaW5zIGZ1bGwgYWxidW0%3D

[Travis Sheldon]

6 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:

...and all the Parrotheads did weep tears of tequila

Anyway, RIP Robert Becerra from the (LA) Stains. One of the most expensive records these days and most sorely in need of a re-release (fuck Greg Ginn! Bootleg it!). 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sPjvyOoUsk&pp=ygURc3RhaW5zIGZ1bGwgYWxidW0%3D

Greg Ginn owed him more than money.

R.I.P. Rob

[Curt McGirt]

Jeez -- should I even ask?

[Travis Sheldon]

I think Ginn styled some of his playing off Becerra.

But, I take great joy in shitting on Ginn's legacy with the bad stuff that's come out about him over time.

So I'm not an impartial observer.

 

[dogwelder]

RIP Steve Harwell, former front man of Smash Mouth, at the age of 56

[colonial]

RIP Gary Wright, 80 ...

Gary Wright - Dream Weaver (1975 Live) (HD) - YouTube

[COLETTI]

So I didn't see it mentioned on here, and I don't have social media, but Rick Froburg, vocalist of Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu, and Hot Snakes, passed away at the end of June/beginning of July (seeing different dates, just found out myself so...). Dude was only 55 and apparently went by natural causes, an unidentified heart disease

Edited September 6, 2023 by Coletti

[J.T.]

On 9/6/2023 at 7:01 PM, Coletti said:

So I didn't see it mentioned on here, and I don't have social media, but Rick Froburg, vocalist of Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu, and Hot Snakes, passed away at the end of June/beginning of July (seeing different dates, just found out myself so...). Dude was only 55 and apparently went by natural causes, an unidentified heart disease

If you played GTA5, you probably had this song blasting out of your radio during a lot of car chases.

Yeah, it is not comforting to read about good men who die of natural causes that are the same age as I am.

RIP Rick Froburg.

Edited September 22, 2023 by J.T.

[J.T.]

On 9/4/2023 at 12:05 PM, dogwelder said:

RIP Steve Harwell, former front man of Smash Mouth, at the age of 56

I don't think there is a song on Fush Yu Mang or Astro Lounge that I don't like.

RIP.

[Curt McGirt]

RIP Tony Leeuwenburgh AKA Tony Nitwit from BGK and a ton of other bands. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAnh8uJ2rkA

[Ace]

Power Pop pioneer Dwight Tilley passed away yesterday. He'd had a stroke and a car crash on Saturday.

 

Edited October 20, 2023 by Ace

[Curt McGirt]

RIP J. Sats Beret, singer for the Lewd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gthminHbAFE

[JLSigman]

Buck Tick singer Atushi Sakurai died earlier this month from a massive brain hemorrhage He was 57. Most of us would know the band from anime like Trinity Blood, xxxHolic, etc.

[AxB]

Apparently Steve Riley (Drummer for LA Guns & W*A*S*P) died today/ last night.

[JLSigman]

X Japan bassist Heath (aka Hiroshi Morie) died in late October of cancer that he didn't tell his band mates about. He was 55.

[odessasteps]

RIP shane McGowan of the Pogues age 65.

 

Edited November 30, 2023 by odessasteps

[Teflon Turtle]

This one's a bummer. As a teenager, when I first starting trying to find my own way in developing my personal taste in music vs. just relying on friends to tell me what was good, The Pogues were one of the first bands I explored. 

 

Edited November 30, 2023 by Teflon Turtle

[Curt McGirt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVznnoptsmM&ab_channel=yojimbo1978

That was my introduction to the Pogues. Weird, being that I was already long involved in the punk scene and people had turned me on to all kinds of different music, from early Tom Waits to the Smiths and others, stuff that I'd probably never have gone out of my way to find otherwise -- like the Pogues. 

A superhuman performer and a legend. He is counted, indeed. 

RIP