Dance Macabre

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Friday 15 January 2021

Some Punk & New Wave Figures

Sylvain Sylvain ~ 69 ~ Singer/guitarist with Proto-Punks The New York Dolls

THE NEW YOUR DOLLS ~ "LOOKING FOR A KISS";


THE NEW YORK DOLLS ~ "JET BOY";


THE NEW YORK DOLLS ~ "TRASH";


Ian North ~ Singer/guitarist/bassist with 1980's American New Wave bands Milk & Cookies, The Fast, NEO and solo

NEO ~ "TRANSISTER";


THE FAST ~ "LOVE ME LIKE A LOCOMOTIVE";


IAN NORTH ~ "WE'RE NOT LONELY";


Steve Brown ~ 62 ~ British music producer The Cult, The Alarm, Manic Street Preachers, Wham!)

THE CULT ~ "SHE SELLS SANCTUARY";


THE CULT ~ "RAIN";


Mark Keds ~ 50 ~ Singer guitarist with 1980's & 90's British Pop Punk band Senseless Things

SENESLESS THINGS ~ "TOO MUCH KISSING";


SENSELESS THINGS ~ "EASY TO SMILE";


SENESLESS THINGS ~ "THE WORD";


Warren McLean ~ Australian rock drummer (Divinyls, Machinations, I'm Talking)

THE DIVINYLS ~ "I TOUCH MYSELF";


THE DIVINYLS ~ "THE GOOD DIE YOUNG";


THE DIVINYLS ~ "I AIN'T GONNA EAT OUT MY HEART ANYMORE";


MATT HARRIS ~ Bassist with 1990's US Indie Rock band The Posies

THE POSIES ~ "SOLAR SISTER";


THE POSIES ~ "DREAM ALL DAY";


Bryan St. Pere - 52 - Drummer w/American 90's Grunge band HUM ("Stars")

HUM ~ "STARS";


Steve Robinson - 57 - Drummer with 80's UK Hardcore band Disorder

DISORDER ~ "LIFE";


DISORDER ~ "COMPLETE DISORDER";


David Edwards ~ 59 ~ Singer with Welsh Post Punk band Datblygu

DATBLYGU ~ "CASSEROLE EFEILLIAID";


DATBLYGU ~ "BLONEG MEDDYLIAU";


Alexander Lipnitsky - 66 - Musician with 1980's & 90's Russian Indie band Zvuki Mu

Pyotr Mamonov ~ 70 ~ Guitarist with Russian Post Punk band Zvuki Mu

ZVUKI MU;


ZVUKI MU;


ZVUKI MU ~ "GREY PIGEON";


Pil Trafa - 62 - Singer and composer w/Argentine 1980's New Wave band Los Violadores

LOS VIOLADORES ~ "SENTIMENTAL FATALE";


LOS VIOLADORES ~ "UNO DOS ULTRAVIOLENTO";


Paul Couter - 72 - Guitarist with 1980's Belgian band TC Matic

TC MATIC ~ "LE JAVA";


TC MATIC ~ "MIDDLE CLASS & BLUE";


Aaron Wegelin - Drummer with Athens, Georgia Indie Pop band Elf Power & Vic Chesnut

ELF POWER ~ "ALL THE WORLD IS WAITING";


ELF POWER ~ "DARKEST VIRGINIA";


Francoise Cactus ~ Drummer & singer with German Art Punk bands Stereo Total & Les Lolitas

STEREO TOTAL ~ "CINEMASCOPE";


STEREO TOTAL ~ "EINE MUSIK";


Matt Miller - 34 - Keyboardist with American indie band Titus Andronicus

TITUS ANDRONICUS ~ "A MORE PERFECT UNION";


Steve Gerdes ~ 60's ~ Bass/Guitar/Keys with Los Angeles Post-Punk band Fourwaycross

FOURWAYCROSS ~ "ANGEL'S LULLABYE";


Chris Hutka - American electro punk rock vocalist w/Buffalo band The Bunny the Bear

THE BUNNY THE BEAR ~ "AISLE";


THE BUNNY THE BEAR ~ "IN LIKE FLYNN";


Sunday 3 January 2021

Some 1950's & 60's Figures


Phil Spector ~ 81 ~ American producer/arranger & composer (Righteous Bros, Tina Turner, Ronnettes, Crystals, Teddy Bears, Ramones, John Lennon)

THE CRYSTALS ~ "AND THEN HE KISSED ME";


THE RONETTES ~ "BE MY BABY";


THE RONETTES ~ "SHOUT";


TINA TURNER ~ "RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH";


THE RIGHTEOUS BROS ~ "YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING";


THE RAMONES ~ "BABY I LOVE YOU";


Hilton Valentine ~ 77 ~ Guiatrist with The Animals ("House Of The Rising Sun", "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", "It's My Life"

THE ANIMALS ~ "IT'S MY LIFE";


THE ANIMALS ~ "I'M CRYING";


THE ANIMALS ~ "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN";


THE ANIMALS ~ "WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE";


Alan Cartwright - 75 - Bassist with 1960's English band Procol Harum ("Whiter Shade Of Pale")

PROCUL HARUM ~ "WHITER SHADE OF PALE" & "KALEIDESCOPE";


PROCUL HARUM ~ "SALTY DOG";


PROCUL HARUM ~ "SHINE ON";


Gerry Marsden ~ 78 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1960's English Merseybeat bands Gerry and the Pacemakers ("Ferry Cross The Mersey", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying", "I Like It") and The Crowd

GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY";


GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "I'M THE ONE";


GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING";


Tim Bogert - 76 - American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Cactus),

VANILLA FUDGE ~ "SOME VELVET MORNING";


VANILLA FUDGE ~ "SHOT GUN";


VANILLA FUDGE ~ "BANG BANG";


VANILLA FUDGE ~ "YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON"


Malcolm Cecil ~ 84 ~ British synth pioneer musician w/Tonto's Expanding Head Band & bassist w/the Jazz Couriers, Dick Morrissey, Tony Crombie and Ronnie Scott, later Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner in the original line-up of Blues Incorporated and record producer with Stevie Wonder

Krzysztof Krawczyk ~ 74 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1960's Polish band Trubadurzy (AKA"the Troubadours") & later solo

TRUBADURZY ~ "ZNAMY SIE TYLKO Z WIDZENIA/USMIECHAJCIE SIE DZIEWZETA";


TRUBADURZY ~ "PO CO JA ZA TOBA BIEGAM";


TRUBADURZKY ~ "LUBA LUBACZKA";


Leonid Bortkevich ~ 71 ~ Singer with 1960's & 70's Belarusian band Pesniary

PESNIARY;


MALCOLM CECIL;


Friday 1 January 2021

Eddie Van Halen & Some Other California Hard Rockers

Eddie Van Halen ~ 65 ~ Hugely influencial guitarist with iconic California Metal band Van Halen, ("You Really Got Me", "Dance The Night Away", "Jump", "Panama"), also played on Micheal Jackson's "Beat It".

VAN HALEN ~ "YOU REALLY GOT ME";


VAN HALEN ~ "DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY";


VAN HALEN ~ "AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK"


VAN HALEN ~ "UNCHAINED";


VAN HALEN ~ "JUMP";


Mark Stone ~ Original bassist with Van Halen until 1974, played on early demos. Died ten days before Eddie

VAN HALEN ~ "1974 Demos" (includes a version of "Kicks");


Clay Anthony ~ 60 ~ Bassist with late 80's Los Angeles hard rock band Junkhouse

JUNKYARD ~ "HOLLYWOOD";


JUNKYARD ~ "SIMPLE MAN";


Eric Pacheco - 53 - Bassist with San Fransico Hair Metal band Babylon A.D. ("The Kid Goes Wild")

BABYLON A.D ~ "THE KID GOES WILD";


Jason Slater ~ 48 ~ Bassist with 1990's bands Third Eye Blind, Snake River Conspiracy

THIRD EYE BLIND ~ "Semi Charmed Life";


THIRD EYE BLIND ~ "AIN'T TALKING BOUT LOVE";