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";

A Few Punk & Metal Figures Pass On

Steve Knight ~ Keyboardist for 1960's & 70's Proto-Metal band Mountain, best known for their appearance at Woodstock and the hit "Mississippi Queen" ~ 76

MOUNTAIN ~ "MISSISSIPPI QUEEN";


Allen Lanier ~ American rock keyboardist and guitarist for Blue Öyster Cult ~ 67

BLUE OYSTER CULT ~ "DON'T FEAR THE REAPER";


BLUE OYSTER CULT ~ "ASTRONOMY/ETI";


Clive Burr was the original drummer for classic British band Iron Maiden during the pre-Bruce Dickenson Paul Dianno era of the late 1970's & early 1980's died of Muscular Dystrophy ~ 56

IRON MAIDEN ~ "PHANTOM OF THE OPERA";


IRON MAIDEN ~ "IRON MAIDEN";


Chris Bailey ~ Bassist for 1970's & 80's Australian Proto-Punk band The Angels, he had previously been in Mount Lofty Rangers with Bon Scott in 1974 ~ 62

THE ANGELS ~ "TAKE A LONG LINE";


THE ANGELS ~ "AM I A+EVER GONNA SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN";


Neil Smith ~ Bassist for 1970's versions of AC/DC and Rose Tattoo ~ 59

ROSE TATTOO ~ "ROCK N ROLL OUTLAW";


ROSE TATTOO ~ "BAD BOY FOR LOVE";


Chi Cheng ~ Bassist for California Metal Band The Deftones (in a coma from a car crash since 2008) ~ 42

THE DEFTONES ~ "DIAMOND EYES";


Kent Abbott ~ Guitarist for Toronto Hardcore Band Grade ~ 32

GRADE ~ "TERMITES HOLLOW";


GRADE ~ "A YEAR IN THE PAST, FOREVER IN THE FUTURE";


Roach, the bassist for 1990's Toronto?Hamilton Hardcore band the Liquor Pigs died aged 44

THE LIQUOR PIGS ~ "IRAQI LOVE";


THE LIQUOR PIGS ~ "ENERGIZER";


Jeff Hanneman ~ Guitarist for Thrash Metal Legends Slayer ~ 49

SLAYER ~ "SEASONS IN THE ABYSS";


Dani Crivelli ~ Drummer for 1980's Swiss Metal Band Krokus

KROKUS ~ "HEADHUNTER";