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";

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";

A Few New Wave Figures Pass On

Scott Asheton; Drummer for Iggy & The Stooges and later The Sonic Rendezvous Band and Destroy All Monsters ~ 64;

THE STOOGES ~ "TV EYE" & "1970";
Bob Casale ~ Guitarist for American New Wave icons Devo ~ 61

DEVO ~ "WHIP IT";


DEVO ~ "SATISFACTION";


Marty Thau ~ New York music producer, promoter and founder of Red Star Records. Manager of The New York Dolls, producer of Suicide, Fleshtones, Brian Setzer ~ 75

SUICIDE ~ "DREAM BABY DREAM";


SUICIDE ~ "GHOST RIDER";


THE FLESHTONES ~ "SOUL CITY";


THE NEW YORK DOLLS ~ "PERSONALITY CRISIS";


RIP to Angry Samoans guitarist PJ Galligan

THE ANGRY SAMOANS;


RIP to Mike Atta of early So-Cal Hardcore Band Middle Class;

THE MIDDLE CLASS ~ "OUT OF VOGUE";


Colin McQuillan ~ Vocalist w/Belfast Street-Punk/Oi band Runnin' Riot ~

RUNNIN' RIOT ~ "ALCOHOLIC HEROES";


RUNNIN' RIOT ~ "JOHNNY REGGAE";


Joe Young ~ Guitarist w/ North Carolina Punk band Antiseen ~ 54
ANTISEEN ~ "WAR HERO";


Gert Krawinkel ~ Guitarist with 1980's German New Wave group Trio ("Da Da Da") ~ 61
TRIO ~ "DA DA DA";


Buren Fowler ~ American rock and roll guitarist (Drivin' N Cryin', R.E.M. Peter Buck Band) ~ 54

DRIVIN' N CRYIN' ~ "FLY ME COURAGEOUS";
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DRIVIN' N CRYIN' ~ "TURN IT OR TURN IT OFF";
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Stompin Tom, Reg; The Other Presley, and some other other early Rockers

Reg Presley was the singer for the British Beat group The Troggs who of did the classic hits "Wild Thing", (a massive hit which has since been covered by Jimi Hendrix, X, The Cult, Runaways, Cheap Trick, Divinyls, um...Sam Kinison and lord knows how many other bands), "I Can't Control Myself" and "Love is All Around". He was 71

THE TROGGS ~ "WILD THING";


THE TROGGS ~ "I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF";


George Shadow Morton ~ Songwriter and Producer with 1960's Girl Group The Shangri-La's with classic hits "The Leader of The Pack" & "(Remember) Walking in the Sand" and later Janis Ian, Vanilla Fudge, Iron Butterfly and The New York Dolls ~ 72

THE SHANGRI-LA'S ~ "THE LEADER OF THE PACK";


VANILLA FUDGE ~ "YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON";


THE NEW YORK DOLLS ~ "PERSONALITY CRISIS";


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


Alvin Lee, singer guitarist for Blues Rock super group Ten Years After, best known for their epic performance at Woodstock ~ 68

TEN YEARS AFTER ~ "I'M GOING HOME";


TEN YEARS AFTER ~ "SPOONFUL";


Rick Huxley ~ English bassist with 1960's Beat Band The Dave Clark Five w/ hits like "Glad All Over", "Bits & Pieces" (later covered by Joan Jett), "I Like it Like That", "Catch us if You can" ~ 72

THE DAVE CLARK FIVE ~ "DO YOU LOVE ME" & "GLAD ALL OVER";


THE DAVE CLARK FIVE ~ "BITS AND PIECES";


THE DAVE CLARK FIVE ~ "I LIKE IT LIKE THAT";


Tony Sheridan ~ British 1960's Skiffle and Mersey Beat singer, had The Beatles as his back-up band and did their first recordings ~ 72

TONY SHERIDAN ~ "SHAKE IT SOME MORE";


John Doyle ~ Singer/Guitarist with 1960's Miami Garage Punk band The Evil ~

THE EVIL ~ "FROM A CURBSTONE";


Cecil Womack was one of the Womack Brothers (including Bobby, Harry, Friendly and Curtis) who started out in Cleveland as a Gospel group and were discovered by Sam Cooke who signed them to his S.A.R. Record label in 1961 renamed as The Valentinos. They recorded the original version of "It's All Over Now" which was later covered by The Rolling Stones. After Cooke's death in 1964 S.A.R Records folded and Bobby Womack left the group and married Cooke's widow which created some outrage from Cooke's fans. The remaining brothers kept the band together and signed to Chess Records and recorded a few singles which failed to chart. They then signed to Jubilee Records with no greater success. The Valentinos broke up when Henry Womack was stabbed to death by his girlfriend. The renaming brothers became backup singers for their by no more successful brother Bobby's solo career.

THE VALENTINOS ~ "IT'S ALL OVER NOW";


Deke Richards ~ Songwriter and Producer for Motown. Wrote hits like "Love Child" for The Supremes and produced songs like "I Want You Back" and "ABC" for The Jackson 5 ~ 68

THE SUPREMES ~ "LOVE CHILD";


Bluesman Magic Slim was a cousin of the great Magic Sam, he would go on to record several respected albums for Alligator Records died at 75

MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS ~ "LET ME LOVE YOU BABY";


And of course Stompin Tom Connors, the legendary Canadian Folk/Country singer died at 77. It's been a little hard for Canadians to explain to Americans exactly what made Stompin Tom such an icon. Or even to come up with a real comparison. Woody Guthrie? Sort of, both were working man's troubadours and champions of a nationalism that was never right wing or racist. Johnny Cash? Both wore black and both were coolly charismatic. But Connors had a goofy sense of humour that Guthrie and Cash would have found undignified. The closest I can come up with is Guthrie as done by Lonnie Donnegan.

STOMPIN TOM CONNORS ~ "BUD THE SPUD";


STOMPIN TOM CONNORS ~ "MARGO'S GOT THE CARGO";