Yes it's "Rock and Roll Heaven" or "The people who died". A list of obits of Rock & Roll figures and related musical genres like Blues, Country, Folk, Jazz, Swing, R & B, Gospel, Hip-Hop, Pop and some World Beat & Avant Garde Classical Music. From 2009 on regularly updated.
Dance Macabre

Showing posts with label King Crimson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Crimson. Show all posts
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Some Punk, New Wave And Alt Rock Figures
Jamie Muir - 82 - Scottish percussionist with 1970's UK Prog Rock band King Crimson and painter
KING CRIMSON ~ "LARKS TONGUES IN ASPIC";
David Johansen - 75 - Singer with the New York Dolls and solo as Buster Poindexter ("Hot Hot Hot") and actor ("Scrooged")
THE NEW YORK DOLLS ~ "PERSONALITY CRISIS";
THE NEW YORK DOLLS ~ "LOOKING FOR A KISS";
THE NEW YORK DOLLS ~ "TRASH";
BUSTER POINDEXTER ~ "HOT HOT HOT";
Rick Buckler ~ 69 ~ Drummer for the Jam
THE JAM ~ "IN THE CITY";
THE JAM ~ "GOING UNDERGROUND";
THE JAM ~ "A TOWN CALLED MALICE";
THE JAM ~ "THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT";
Edweena (formally Ed) Banger - 60's - Singer with 1970's UK Punk bands the Nosebleeds and Slaughter & the Dogs
THE NOSEBLEEDS ~ "AIN'T BEEN TO NO MUSIC SCHOOL":
Shawn Brighton - 60's - Singer/guitarist with 1980's New York New Wave bands Nervous Rex and the Puppets
NERVOUS REX ~ "VENUS";
Sal Maida - 70's - Bassist with 1970's New York Power Pop band Milk n'Cookies, Sparks and Roxy Music
MILK N'COOKIES;
Beej Chaney - 68 - Guitarist with American Punk/Funk band The Suburbs
THE SUBURBS ~ "WAITING";
THE SUBURBS ~ "LOVE IS THE LAW";
Leanne Cowie - Drummer with Australian Garage Rock band The Scientists
THE SCIENTISTS;
James Baker ~ 71 ~ Drummer with Australian Punk and Rock bands Le Hoodoo Gurus, the Scientists, Victims, Beasts Of Bourbon
Kimble Rendall ~ 68 ~ Guitarist with Australian bands XL Capris and Le Hoodoo Gurus
LE HOODOO GURUS ~ "LEILANI";
LE HOODOO GURUS ~ "TOJO";
LE HOODOO GURUS ~ "I WANT YOU BACK";
Bob Rupe ~ 68 ~ Guitarist with Texas Indie and Alt Country bands The Silos, Cracker, Sparklehorse
THE SILOS ~ "TENNESSE FIRE";
THE SILOS ~ "I'M OVER YOU";
Jeffrey Runnings ~ 61 ~ Singer & bassist with Nebraska Indie band For Against
FOR AGAINST ~ "TYRANT";
FOR AGAINST ~ "ECHELONS";
Nathan Jerde ~ 40's ~ Drummer with Chicago Indie band The Ponys
THE PONYS ~ "SHADOW BOX";
THE PONYS ~ "I WANNA FUCK YOU";
James Prime ~ 64 ~ eyboadist with 1980's Scottish band Deacon Blue
DEACON BLUE ~ "TWIST & SHOUT";
DEACON BLUE ~ "REAL GONE KID";
Jock McDonald ~ 69 ~ Singer with UK New Wave band the Bollock Brothers
THE BOLLOCK BROS ~ "HARLEY DAVID SON OF A BITCH";
THE BOLLOCK BROS ~ "
Paul Wagstaff - British guitarist with 90's Brit Pop bands Paris Angels & Black Grape
BLACK GRAPE ~ "REV BLACK GRAPE";
BLACK GRAPE ~ "KELLY'S HEROS";
Gerry Arling ~ 63 ~ Musician with Dutch electronic duo (Arling & Cameron)
ARLING & CAMERON ~ "W.E.E.K.E.N.D";
Gigi Canu ~ 66 ~ Guitarist with Italian Electro band Planet Funk
PLANET FUNK ~ "WHO SAID";
PLANET FUNK ~ "THE SWITCH";
John Reid ~ 61 ~ Scottish DJ and singer with Techno Dance bands This Way Up and Nightcrawlers and songwriter with Tina Turner, Rod Stewart and Kelly Clarkson
NIGHTCRAWLERS ~ "PUSH THE FEELING";
Ariel Kalma ~ 78 ~ French New-Age composer and electronic musician
ARIEL KALMA ~ "A TREASURE CHEST";
Friday, 5 April 2024
Some 70's and 80's Pop & Rock Figures
Dickie Betts ~ 80 ~ Bassisst for 1970's American Southern Rock band the Allman Brothers
Johnny Neel - 70 - Keyboard, harmonica player and songwriter with The Allman Brothers Band and Dickie Betts Band. Also session player w/The Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, Michael McDonald. Todd Snider, David Allan Coe, Robert Gordon, Chris LeDoux, Suzy Bogguss, Joe Diffie
THE ALLMAN BROS ~ "WHIPPING POST";
THE ALLMAN BROS ~ "RAMBLIN MAN":
JD Souther - 78 - Texas Country Rock singer/songwriter w/the Eagles ("New Kid In Town" "Heartache Tonight"), Linda Rondstadt, James Taylor and solo
JD SOUTHER ~ "YOU'RE ONLY LONELY";
JD SOUTHER & JAMES TAYLOR ~ "HER TOWN TOO";
Freddie Salem - 70 - Guitarist with 1970's American Country Rock band the Outlaws
THE OUTLAWS ~ "THERE GOES ANOTHER LOVE SONG";
THE OUTLAWS ~ "GHOST RIDERS";
Mike Pinera - 76 - American guitarist with 1970's band Blues Image and Iron Butterfly
BLUES IMAGE ~ "RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE";
Screamin' Scott Simon - 75 - American pianist and singer with Sha Na Na
SHA NA NA ~ "DUKE OF EARL";
SHA NA NA ~ "RUNAROUND SUE";
Dennis Bryon ~ Drummer with the Bee Gees in the 1970's
THE BEE GEES ~ "STAYING ALIVE";
Eric Carmen - 74 - American singer/songwriter with 1970's & 80's bands the Raspberries and solo ("Go All the Way", "All by Myself")
THE RASPBERRIES ~ "GO ALL THE WAY";
THE RASPBERRIES ~ "I WANNA BE WITH YOU";
ERIC CARMEN ~ "ALL BY MYSELF";
Tom Fowler - 73 - American bassist and violinist w/The Mothers of Invention, It's A Beautiful Day, Air Pocket, Jon Luc Ponty, Ray Charles, Steve Hackett
FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ~ "APPROXIMATE";
FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ~ "STINK FOOT";
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY ~ "WHITE BIRD";
Peter Sinfield - 80 - English guitarist, keyboardis & lyricist with 1970's UK Prog Rock band King Crimson
KING CRIMSON ~ "21st CENTURY SCHIDZOID MAN";
Steve Harley - 73 - Singer with 1970's UK band Cockney Rebel
COCKNEY REBEL ~ "MR SOFT";
COCKNEY REBEL ~ "MAKE ME SMILE";
Colin Gibb - 70 - Singer/guitarist with UK 1970's Pop band Black Lace
BLACK LACE ~ "SUPERMAN";
Martin Lee - 77 - Singer/songwriter with 1970's UK Pop band Brotherhood of Man ("United We Stand", "Sae Your Kisses For Me")
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN ~ "UNITED WE STAND";
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN ~ "SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME";
Dick Allix - 78 - Drummer with British 70's Pop band Vanity Fare
VANITY FARE ~ "EARLY IN THE MORNING";
VANITY FARE ~ "HITCHING A RIDE";
Joe Egan - 77 - Singer/songwriter with 1970's Scottish Pop band Stealers Wheel ("Stuck in the Middle with You", "Star")
STEALER'S WHEEL ~ "STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU";
STEALER'S WHEEL ~ "I GET BY";
STEALER'S WHEEL ~ "STAR";
Gerry Conway - 76 - English drummer and percussionist w/Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Cat Stevens
JETHRO TULL ~ "BROADSWORD";
Richard Tandy - 76 - Keyboardist with English bands the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the Move & the Uglies
ELO ~ "EVIL WOMAN";
ELO ~ "DON'T BRING ME DOWN";
ELO ~ "ROCK & ROLL IS KING";
Greg Kihn - 75 - American 1980's singer/sogwriter w/The Greg Kihn Band ("Jeopardy", "The Breakup Song") and radio DJ on KFOX
THE GREG KIHN BAND ~ "THE BREAKUP SONG";
THE GREG KIHN BAND ~ "JEOPARDY";
Ulf Dageby - 80 - Singer/guitarist and songwriter with 1970's Swedish Prog & Art Rock band Nationalteatern
NATIONALTEATERN ~ "SPEEDY GONZALES";
NATIONALTEATERN ~ "BANGAN TRALAR";
Max Werner - 70 - Singer and drummer with 1970's Dutch Prog Rock band Kayak
KAYAK ~ "RUTHLESS QUEEN";
KAYAK ~ "STARLIGHT DANCER";
Ľubomír Stankovský - 72 - Drummer w/1960's & 70's Slovak Jazz Pop rock band Modus
MODUS ~ "ZAHADNA";
Betty Veldpaus - 72 - Singer with Dutch 70's Pop band Pussycat
PUSSYCAT ~ "MY BROKEN SOUVINEERS";
PUSSYCAT ~ "MISSISSIPPI";
Labels:
Allman Bros,
Blues Image,
Cockney Rebel,
ELO,
Eric Carmen,
Frank Zappa,
Greg Kihn,
JD Souther,
Jethro Tull,
Kayak,
King Crimson,
Modus,
Nationalteatern,
Pussycat,
Raspberries,
Sha Na Na,
Stealer's Wheel,
Vanity Fare
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Some Prog Rock & Electronic Guys
Ian McDonald ~ 75 ~ British sax & flute player with King Crimson & Foreigner as well as John Wetton, Steve Hackett, Robert Fripp, T-Rex, Asia
KING CRIMSON ~ "21st CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN";
Klaus Schulze - 74 - German electronic musician (Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, The Cosmic Jokers)
TANGERINE DREAM ~ "ARTEM";
TANGERINE DREAM ~ "RICOCHET";
Manuel Göttsching - 70 - Guitarist with 1970's German Space Rock band Ash Ra Tempel and Ashra
ASH RA TEMPEL;
Alan White - 72 - English drummer with Prog Rock band Yes, Plastic Ono Band, George Harrison, Ginger Baker, The Ventures, Joe Cocker, Alan Price
YES ~ "YOURS IS NO DISGRACE";
YES ~ "ROUNDABOUT";
YES ~ "OWNER OF A BROKEN HEART";
YES ~ "LEAVE IT";
Vangelis - 79 - Greek electronic musician (Aphrodite's Child, Jon & Vangelis) and Oscar winning film composer (Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner)
VANGELIS ~ "FRIEND OF MR CAIRO";
VANGELIS ~ "BLADERUNNER THEME";
VANGELIS ~ "CHARIOTS OF FIRE THEME";
Tracy Hitchings - 60 - Singer with English Prog Rock band Landmarq
LANDMARQ ~ "THUNDER STRUCK";
Kornelije Kovač - 80 - Serbian Prog Rock & Jazz Fusion composer and keyboardist (Korni Grupa, Indexi)
KORNI GRUPA ~ "ETIDA"
KORNI GRUPA ~ "PUT ZA ISTOK":
Mark Shreeve - 65 - British electronic music composer Redshift and solo and songwriter w/Samantha Fox ("Touch Me (I Want Your Body)")
MARK SHREEVE;
MARK SHREEVE LIVE;
REDSHIFT ~ "REDSHIFT";
Jon Appleton - 83 - American Electronic composer & synclavier player
JON APPLETON;
Ingram Marshall - 80 - American Avant Garde and Electracoustic composer
INGRAM MARSHALL ~ "SEPTEMBER CANONS";
Philip Jeck ~ 69 ~ English Avante Garde electronic and electro-acoustic composer & multimedia artist, solo and w/David Sylvian & Jah Wobble
PHILLIP JEK;
Jens Vilhelm "Fuzzy" Pedersen) - 83 - Danish Avant Garde Electronic musician w/Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Ligeti "and composer (Eight Hours Don't Make a Day" soundtrack)
JENS FUZZY PEDERSON ~ "THE ELECTRIC GARDENS";
Eduard Nikolayevich Artemyev - 85 - Russian electronic and film score composer
EDUARD ARTEMYEV ~ "SIBERIADE THEME";
Friday, 24 January 2020
Some 1970's Rock Figures
Steve Farmer ~ 71 ~ Guitarist with 1960's & 70's Detroit Hard Rock Band The Amboy Dukes ("Journey To The Center Of Your Mind", "Baby Please Don't Go")
THE AMBOY DUKES ~ "FLIGHT OF THE BYRD";
THE AMBOY DUKES ~ "JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF YOUR MIND";
Paul Campbell ~ 66 ~ English guitarist with 1970's & 80's Hard Rock bands UFO, Waysted, Lone Star and Skid Row (not the 80's Hair Metal band)
Pete Way ~ 69 ~ English rock bass guitarist (UFO, Waysted, Fastway)
UFO ~ "MYSTERY TRAIN";
Brian Howe ~ 66 ~ English rock singer w/1980's Hard Rock band Bad Company and Ted Nugent
BAD COMPANY ~ "NO SMOKE WITHOUT A FIRE";
BAD COMPANY ~ "SHAKE IT UP";
Ken Hensley ~ 75 ~ English singer-songwriter/keyboardist with 1970's Hard Rock & Prog bands Uriah Heep, Blackfoot
Lee Kerslake ~ Drummer with Uriah Heep and Ozzy Osbourne
URIAH HEEP ~ "WIZARD";
URIAH HEEP ~ "LADY IN BLACK";
URIAH HEEP ~ "EASY LIVING";
Ian Mitchell ~ 62 ~ Irish guitarist with the Bay City Rollers, Rosetta Stone & solo
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT";
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "SHANG A LANG";
ROSETTA STONE ~ "SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE";
John Meyer ~ Australian slide guitarist (Rose Tattoo, Chain, Swanee)
ROSE TATTOO ~ "ROCK & ROLL OUTLAW";
Peter Starkie ~ 72 ~ Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons)
JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS ~ "THE SHAPE I'M IN";
JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS ~ "HIT & RUN";
Steve Holland ~ 66 ~ American guitarist (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country)
MOLLY HATCHET ~ "FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER";
Max Merritt ~ 79 ~ New Zealand and Australian rock singer with the Meteors
MAX MERRITT ~ "FANNIE MAE" & "CAN'T COME BACK";
MAX MERRITT ~ "WESTERN UNION MAN";
Martin Griffin ~ English rock drummer with 1980's UK Space Rock bands Hawkwind and the Hawklords
HAWKWIND ~ "PSI POWER";
Mike Somerville ~ 68 ~ American rock guitarist (Head East) and songwriter ("Never Been Any Reason", "Since You've Been Gone", later covered by Rainbow and Cherie & Marie Curie)
HEAD EAST ~ "SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE";
Jerry Hludzik ~ Singer/guitarist w/US bands the Bouys ("Timothy" ("Give Up Your Guns") and Dakota
THE BOUYS ~ "GIVE UP YOUR GUNS";
DAKOTA ~ "
Keith Tippett ~ 72 ~ British Jazz and Prog Rock pianist & composer with King Crimson, Centipede
KING CRIMSON ~ "BOLEARO";
Jahn Tiegan ~ 70 ~ Singer w/1970's Prog Rock band Popol Vuh
POPOL VUH ~ "QUEEN OF ALL QUEENS";
POPOL VUH ~ "MUSIC BOX";
Dan Andrei Aldea ~ 69 ~ Singer/guitarist/keyboardist with 1970's & 80's Romanian Prog/Folk rock band Sfinx and solo
DAN ANDREI ALDEA ~ "BRAD BATRAN";
SFINX ~ "DIN NOU ACASA";
SFINX ~ "TE ASTEPT MEREU";
Lyle Mays ~ 66 ~ American jazz pianist and composer with Pat Metheney, David Bowie ("This Is Not America"), Woody Herman, Joni Mitchell, Bobby McFerrin, Toots Theilmans, Betty Buckley, Earth Wind & Fire
DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY BAND ~ "THIS IS NOT AMERICA";
Sorrel Hays ~ 79 ~ American Avant Garde classical "tone cluster" pianist, electronic music composer and video artist
SORREL HAYS ~ "TOUCH OF TOUCH";
THE AMBOY DUKES ~ "FLIGHT OF THE BYRD";
THE AMBOY DUKES ~ "JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF YOUR MIND";
Paul Campbell ~ 66 ~ English guitarist with 1970's & 80's Hard Rock bands UFO, Waysted, Lone Star and Skid Row (not the 80's Hair Metal band)
Pete Way ~ 69 ~ English rock bass guitarist (UFO, Waysted, Fastway)
UFO ~ "MYSTERY TRAIN";
Brian Howe ~ 66 ~ English rock singer w/1980's Hard Rock band Bad Company and Ted Nugent
BAD COMPANY ~ "NO SMOKE WITHOUT A FIRE";
BAD COMPANY ~ "SHAKE IT UP";
Ken Hensley ~ 75 ~ English singer-songwriter/keyboardist with 1970's Hard Rock & Prog bands Uriah Heep, Blackfoot
Lee Kerslake ~ Drummer with Uriah Heep and Ozzy Osbourne
URIAH HEEP ~ "WIZARD";
URIAH HEEP ~ "LADY IN BLACK";
URIAH HEEP ~ "EASY LIVING";
Ian Mitchell ~ 62 ~ Irish guitarist with the Bay City Rollers, Rosetta Stone & solo
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT";
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "SHANG A LANG";
ROSETTA STONE ~ "SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE";
John Meyer ~ Australian slide guitarist (Rose Tattoo, Chain, Swanee)
ROSE TATTOO ~ "ROCK & ROLL OUTLAW";
Peter Starkie ~ 72 ~ Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons)
JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS ~ "THE SHAPE I'M IN";
JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS ~ "HIT & RUN";
Steve Holland ~ 66 ~ American guitarist (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country)
MOLLY HATCHET ~ "FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER";
Max Merritt ~ 79 ~ New Zealand and Australian rock singer with the Meteors
MAX MERRITT ~ "FANNIE MAE" & "CAN'T COME BACK";
MAX MERRITT ~ "WESTERN UNION MAN";
Martin Griffin ~ English rock drummer with 1980's UK Space Rock bands Hawkwind and the Hawklords
HAWKWIND ~ "PSI POWER";
Mike Somerville ~ 68 ~ American rock guitarist (Head East) and songwriter ("Never Been Any Reason", "Since You've Been Gone", later covered by Rainbow and Cherie & Marie Curie)
HEAD EAST ~ "SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE";
Jerry Hludzik ~ Singer/guitarist w/US bands the Bouys ("Timothy" ("Give Up Your Guns") and Dakota
THE BOUYS ~ "GIVE UP YOUR GUNS";
DAKOTA ~ "
Keith Tippett ~ 72 ~ British Jazz and Prog Rock pianist & composer with King Crimson, Centipede
KING CRIMSON ~ "BOLEARO";
Jahn Tiegan ~ 70 ~ Singer w/1970's Prog Rock band Popol Vuh
POPOL VUH ~ "QUEEN OF ALL QUEENS";
POPOL VUH ~ "MUSIC BOX";
Dan Andrei Aldea ~ 69 ~ Singer/guitarist/keyboardist with 1970's & 80's Romanian Prog/Folk rock band Sfinx and solo
DAN ANDREI ALDEA ~ "BRAD BATRAN";
SFINX ~ "DIN NOU ACASA";
SFINX ~ "TE ASTEPT MEREU";
Lyle Mays ~ 66 ~ American jazz pianist and composer with Pat Metheney, David Bowie ("This Is Not America"), Woody Herman, Joni Mitchell, Bobby McFerrin, Toots Theilmans, Betty Buckley, Earth Wind & Fire
DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY BAND ~ "THIS IS NOT AMERICA";
Sorrel Hays ~ 79 ~ American Avant Garde classical "tone cluster" pianist, electronic music composer and video artist
SORREL HAYS ~ "TOUCH OF TOUCH";
Labels:
Amboy Dukes,
Bad Company,
Bay City Rollers,
Bouys,
David Bowie,
Hawkwind,
Head East,
JoJo Zep,
King Crimson,
Lyle Mays,
Max Merritt,
Molly Hatchet,
Pat Metheny,
Popol Vuh,
Rose Tattoo,
Rosetta Stone,
UFO,
Uriah Heep
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)