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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Dance Macabre
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Monday, 13 January 2014
And You Thought You Were Metal
This just in; (originally posted here and here)
"Fan Murders Black Metal Singer for Allegedly Being a False Satanist
Monday, January 13th, 2014 at 10:30AM
By Axl Rosenberg
“Fucked up” does not even begin to cover this story.
I’m not familiar with the Thai black metal band Surrender of Divinity, although I know Grim Kim is a fan; in any case, their 36-year-old vocalist, Samong Traisattha, was murdered last Wednesday, January 8, according to The Bangkok Post. The murderer is believed to be a fan named Prakarn Harnphanbusakorn, who Samong Traisattha’s widow, Jaruvan Surapol, says came to the house Wednesday night “to have some shirts screen-printed and to have a drink.” She went to put their child to bed; when she came back to the living room, she found her husband lying on the floor, dead, in a pool of his own blood, and Prakarn gone.
And this would obviously be horrible in and of itself no matter what, but the story has a even more unsettling twist: while the police continue to search for Prakarn, a Facebook user calling himself ”Maleficent Meditation” is claiming credit for the murder, and authorities believe that it is, indeed, legitimate. The page includes some incredibly graphic photograph’s of Samong Traisattha’s corpse, a description of how Prakarn stabbed Samong thirty times while the vocalist begged for his life, as well as an explanation as to his motive for the murder:
“I have intended to end my life since I was 25. Because I’ll die eventually, I want to drag down those who tarnish Satanism with me. But I refrained from killing women and children…In my view, I have more respect for devoted Buddhists, Christians and Muslims than those who call themselves Satanists without knowing anything about it… If I did not kill him, I’m sure he would be murdered by someone else later… above all else, Satan is not a toy. Do not call yourself a Satanist if you do not believe in Satan!!!”
So, basically, this was a religious murder, no different from any other violent crime committed in the name of the believer’s supreme deity of choice. What an incredible waste of life.
Those of you who would like to see the explicit photos of Samong’s body can do so here and here (links redacted) it should go without saying that they are NSFW, and not for the faint of heart."
NOTE; I went to the Facebook page (which amazingly hasn't been deleted yet, nice to see Facebook has standards) a copied the rambling confession. It's below both as it was posted in the original Thai and as translated.
รุกฆาต
สาเหตุที่ผมลงมือสังหารก็ไม่มีไรมากครับ ผมตั้งใจจะกระทำอัตวินิบาตกรรม (ฆ่าตัวตาย) ตอนอายุ 25 อยู่แล้ว ซึ่งไหนๆประเด็นหลักผมก็จะตายแล้ว เลยขอลงมือลากไอ้พวกที่นำแนวคิดของลัทธิซาตาน (Satanism) ไปแปดเปื้อนซะด้วยเลยสักศพสองศพ แล้วองค์ Satan ของจริง ก็มีสาส์นตอบกลับมาว่าเห็นชอบด้วย (ผมเป็นคนที่ทำสมาธิทุกวัน ทำสมาธิกำหนดลมหายใจ 30 - 60 นาที และเพ่งตัวเองหน้ากระจกอีก 30 - 60 นาที) แต่ผมละเว้นผู้หญิงและเด็กไว้ไม่ลงมือสังหาร แต่อย่างน้อยจะได้ให้มันรู้ซะบ้างว่าองค์ Satan ไม่ใช่ของเล่นที่พวกคุณจะเอาไปเล่นพร่ำเพร่อแล้ว Hail กันหน้าเวทีโดยที่ไม่ได้มีความศรัทธาอะไรกันจริง ซึ่งถ้าพวกคุณไม่ได้เชื่อในองค์ Satan และไม่ได้นับถือศาสนา นำองค์ Satan มาเป็น Symbol ลบหลู่ศาสนาอื่น พวกคุณก็เรียกตัวเองว่าเป็นอย่างอื่นไปก็ได้ ไม่ต้องดัดจริตมาเรียกตัวเองว่ามีแนวคิดแบบ Satanic แถมยังมาด่าองค์ Satan อีกว่า ผมไม่เชื่ออะไรในแม่งหรอก ตัวผมนี่แหละคือศรัทธาสูงสุด สวะ...... ด่าองค์ Satan ไม่พอ แล้วทำเป็นด่าศาสนาของคนนู้นคนนี้ ซึ่ง Satanist จริงๆ จะไม่ได้มีการด่ศาสนาอื่นพร่ำเพร่อไร้สาระแน่นอน เพราะในสายตาของผมคนพุทธ คริสต์ มุสลิม ที่ศรัทธาในแนวทางตัวเองอย่างแรงกล้าผมให้ความนับถือพวกนี้มากกว่าไอ้พวกที่หลอกตัวเองเรียก ตัวเองว่าเป็น Satanist แต่เสือกไม่ได้มีความรู้ห่าอะไรเลย มันเหมือนเป็นกระแสของพวกเด็กเห่อหมอยมากกว่า และผมเชื่อแน่ว่าถ้าผมไม่ได้เป็นคนลงมือฆ่า สักวันแม่งก็ต้องโดนคนพุทธ คนคริสต์ หรือคนมุสลิม เคร่งๆฆ่าตายอยู่ดีแน่นอนทั้งวง การลงมือสังหารครั้งนี้โดยตอนแรกผมตั้งใจว่าจะทำการสังหารสัก 20 - 30 ศพ แต่เนื่องด้วยสภาพการณ์ไม่สะดวก ตำรวจตั้งด่านกันเต็มเมือง แถมผมเป็นคนเดียวที่คิดวางแผนการณ์ลงมือสังหาร เลยสังหารเท่าที่จะกระทำได้ดีกว่า และเห็นในข่าวลงกันผิดๆ ว่าผมเป็นแฟนเพลงวง Surrender Of Divinity นี้ ผมขอตอบว่า ณ ปัจจุบันนี้ ผมไม่ได้เป็นแฟนเพลงไอ้วงแนวคิดสวะนี่เลย และอย่าเอากรณีนี้ไปเปรียบกับจอห์น เลนน่อนเลยครับต่างยังกับฟ้ากับเหว ฟังพวกวงกระแสทั่วไปที่เนื้อหาไม่ได้กล่าวถึงอะไรทางนี้ยังดีกว่าล้านเท่า และประเด็นที่ทางตำรวจตั้งไว้ว่าการฆ่านี้เกิดจากการกินเบียร์มึนเมาแล้วมีปากเสียงกัน ผมขอตอบว่าไม่ใช่ครับ เพราะผมตั้งใจที่จะไปฆ่ามันโดยเฉพาะอยู่แล้ว เตรียมมีดซ่อนไว้ด้านในเสื้อทหารไว้แล้วก่อนไป โดยทำฟอร์มว่าเอาเสื้อแจ๊คเก็ตไปให้ภรรยามันเพ้นท์ แล้วมันก็ชวนกินเบียร์ต่อ ซึ่งเข้าทางมากผมจะได้ยิ่งมีเวลารอตอนมันเผลอมากขึ้น และจะได้รอเวลาให้มันมืดด้วย และตอนระหว่างกินเบียร์กันนั้นก็ไม่ได้มีปากเสียงอะไรกันแต่อย่างใด อีกประเด็นที่มีโคตรมั่วเข้ามาว่าเรื่องค้ายากับชู้สาว ผมไม่เคยค้ายาเสพติดแต่อย่างใด และผมก็ไม่ได้มีแฟนมานานมากแล้วด้วยตั้งแต่ตอนต้นปี 2556 ปีที่แล้ว
ผมลงมือสังหาร ไอ้รัน แทงมันด้วยมีด ซึ่งข่าวบางเว็บลงผิดว่าผมแทงไปสามแผล แต่จริงๆ ผมซัดไปเกิน 30 ครั้งแน่ๆ และไม่ได้เป็นการปาดคอตอนเผลอด้านหลัง ผมยืนเผชิญหน้ามันควักมีดออกมาแล้วแทงที่คอรัวๆ เลยด้านหน้า ไม่มีปาด ไม่มีฟัน แทงทุกแผล และดูมันดิ้นรนกระเสือกกระสน คลานอย่างหมา ยกมือร้องขอชีวิต ตอนมันพูดว่า "อย่า" เสียงมันก็ออกมาแต่ลมแล้วพร้อมกับเลือดที่กระฉูดออกมา ตามคำที่มันพูด แต่ผมก็แทงมันซ้ำที่คอ ที่กระโหลก ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำอีก ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำอีก (บางครั้งมีดก็ติดกระโหลกก็ดึงออกยาก) ผมเพิ่งรู้ว่าการฆ่าคนด้วยมีดมันได้อรรถรส ความตื่นเต้น อารมณ์ มากกว่าการใช้ปืนยิงเยอะหลายสิบเท่า และพอทำเสร็จผมก็กลับมาทำสมาธิที่โรงแรมที่ผมเช่าไว้ต่อแบบสบาย และแน่นอนว่าผมไม่เสียใจในสิ่งที่ตัวเองทำลงไป
พวกเพื่อนของมันหรือครอบครัวมันอาจจะก่นด่าสาปแช่งผม แต่ผมว่าความตายเช่นนี้นี่แหละเหมาะสมกับคนปากดีเช่นมันแล้ว และเหนือสิ่งอื่นใด องค์ Satan ไม่ใช่ของเล่น ไม่เชื่อไม่ได้ศรัทธาอย่าเรียกตัวเองว่าเป็น Satanist !!!!! ผมไม่ใช่บุคคลประเภทโหด ไม่ได้เก๋า ไม่นักเลงโวยวายเสียงดัง แต่ความนิ่ง เลือดเย็น อำมหิต ผมมีแน่นอน
ชีวิตหลังความตายของผมนั้นผมคงไม่มีอะไรจะพูดมากนอกจากขอได้ไปอยู่ในดินแดนแห่งองค์ปีศาจ และจะใช้เวลาหลังความตายทำสมาธิต่อไป ไม่ว่าจะกี่สิบกี่ร้อยปี หรือกี่พันปี ตามเส้นทางของผม
อย่ากดคอมเม้นท์ หรือกดถูกใจสถานะนี้ผมแค่ต้องการชี้แจงเล็กๆเท่านั้น และขอบคุณที่อ่านจนจบ ขอทุกท่านไม่ว่าใครก็ตามที่อ่านข้อความนี้ จงยึดมั่นดำเนินเส้นทางของตนเองโดยไม่หลอกตัวเอง ทำในสิ่งที่ตัวคุณคิดว่าต้องทำ แล้วพบกันใหม่ถ้าเราได้อยู่มิติหลังความตายมิติเดียวกัน Hail Satan!!!
Why I killed them, it doesn't matter very much. I intend to do atwinibatkam (commit suicide) at age 25, charging the main points, I would be dead at all, they get to drag the damn concept of a cult of Satan (Satanism) to eight with two bodies, neither sleep really dead, there are still elements of Satan message notopklap that agreed with (I am a daily meditation meditation requires 30-60 minutes of breath and fastened themselves in front of the mirror. 30-60 minutes), but I can't ignore the women and children to death, but at least I know it will be what element to Satan, not the toys they are going to play well in front of the Messenger page without limit, then Hail a forum without having real faith. If you guys don't believe in Satan, and Satan is not a leading Islamist elements Symbol lu, another religion. You guys just get yourself into something else. Not pretentious and called themselves that there is a Satanic concept and the swearing, I don't believe that Satan element in driving maeng. I believe this is the most ordinary stuff ...... Swearing is not Satan enough elements to scold a person's religion, this guy really is a Satanist nun did not have another Messenger page ด่ศาสนา without limit, of course, ridiculous because in the eyes of the Muslim faith, Christianity, Buddhist, I like the way how raengkla I am to them, rather than their regards the damn fool yourself, get yourself a Satanist but have the cheek to not know what amount of rain. It's like a stream of children, they're sure to scramble more than pubic hair, and I said if I did not dare to kill him someday, a Buddhist who has been maeng. Christian people or Muslim people. Khreng killed all the bands, of course, so I hand this time carnage at first I intended to make death more 20-30 dead, but due to the inconvenient condition. Police set up a checkpoint at full city alone, I thought improved planning contributed to the killings at begin murdering one possible better and saw in the news that I am a music fan to trump the other band Of this Divinity Surrender I say at present. I am not a music fan-man band concept ordinary stuff here at all, and don't remove the this case to compare with John. He also differs with Bannon lane sky with them we hear a common flow content does not contain anything on this even better than a million times. And the area police issues this killing caused by ingestion of beer drunk, and then have a Brawler. I said yes, not because I intend to go kill it already. Preparation knives hidden inside a military shirt before. The form that took it to his jacket, then paint it was invited to eat the most beer per, which I will have more time to wait when it accidentally and are waiting for a time, it was dark, and now and then, between the same beer but didn't have what any other brawler. Another issue that has come to make the descent that the drug matter with sin, the girl. I never trade any drugs and I don't have a very long history with fans since the beginning the year 2556 (2013) last year.
I am a professional woman with a knife, he stabbed it runs damn news post some errors that I stab wounds to three, but really, I'm more than 30 times, hurl, though, and not as a finishing step, accidentally behind. I stood vis-à-vis it to gouge knife out and stabbed in the neck at the front, there are no rua finishing without all the Gore wound and see it struggling to crawl, grasping the dog now lives, request hand lifting it say "don't" sound it out, but the wind, along with krachut blood comes out as it said but I am betting it is repeated at the kralok again again (sometimes knives, titkra a dozen chances are difficult to pull off.) I just know that the murder with a knife, it has beautiful words. Excitement The mood over the use of guns was shot dozens of times and just done, I returned to my hotel where meditation is a rental, and of course, I do not regret the things themselves do.
It's their family, friends, or it could be a curse to curse me, but I dig out that death as well, such as foot-and-mouth man suits it, and above all. Satan was not part of the play. Do not believe do not believe do not call yourself a Satanist is not the kind of person I was very violent PC!!!!! Not loud, but not seasoned complain thugs stillness, of course, I had a ammahit cold blood.
Life after death of the hair that I have nothing to say but then I'd have to live in the land of demons and the element would take after death meditation. No matter how many hundred years or a thousand ten on my path.
Don't press them, this State is the element I just want to clarify a little, and thanks for reading until the end. All persons, regardless of whether anyone who read this message. You shall adhere to conduct his or her own path regardless of spoofing yourself. Do what you think needs to be done, and then we meet again if we have the same dimension after dimension Hail Satan!!!
Note that this was translated by Bing so it's a little clunky in places. Of course the fact that ”Maleficent Meditation" is clearly fucking nuts doesn't help. I also note that apparently the Thais spell "Hail Satan" using the Latin Script which seems oddly fitting.
"Fan Murders Black Metal Singer for Allegedly Being a False Satanist
Monday, January 13th, 2014 at 10:30AM
By Axl Rosenberg
“Fucked up” does not even begin to cover this story.
I’m not familiar with the Thai black metal band Surrender of Divinity, although I know Grim Kim is a fan; in any case, their 36-year-old vocalist, Samong Traisattha, was murdered last Wednesday, January 8, according to The Bangkok Post. The murderer is believed to be a fan named Prakarn Harnphanbusakorn, who Samong Traisattha’s widow, Jaruvan Surapol, says came to the house Wednesday night “to have some shirts screen-printed and to have a drink.” She went to put their child to bed; when she came back to the living room, she found her husband lying on the floor, dead, in a pool of his own blood, and Prakarn gone.
And this would obviously be horrible in and of itself no matter what, but the story has a even more unsettling twist: while the police continue to search for Prakarn, a Facebook user calling himself ”Maleficent Meditation” is claiming credit for the murder, and authorities believe that it is, indeed, legitimate. The page includes some incredibly graphic photograph’s of Samong Traisattha’s corpse, a description of how Prakarn stabbed Samong thirty times while the vocalist begged for his life, as well as an explanation as to his motive for the murder:
“I have intended to end my life since I was 25. Because I’ll die eventually, I want to drag down those who tarnish Satanism with me. But I refrained from killing women and children…In my view, I have more respect for devoted Buddhists, Christians and Muslims than those who call themselves Satanists without knowing anything about it… If I did not kill him, I’m sure he would be murdered by someone else later… above all else, Satan is not a toy. Do not call yourself a Satanist if you do not believe in Satan!!!”
So, basically, this was a religious murder, no different from any other violent crime committed in the name of the believer’s supreme deity of choice. What an incredible waste of life.
Those of you who would like to see the explicit photos of Samong’s body can do so here and here (links redacted) it should go without saying that they are NSFW, and not for the faint of heart."
NOTE; I went to the Facebook page (which amazingly hasn't been deleted yet, nice to see Facebook has standards) a copied the rambling confession. It's below both as it was posted in the original Thai and as translated.
รุกฆาต
สาเหตุที่ผมลงมือสังหารก็ไม่มีไรมากครับ ผมตั้งใจจะกระทำอัตวินิบาตกรรม (ฆ่าตัวตาย) ตอนอายุ 25 อยู่แล้ว ซึ่งไหนๆประเด็นหลักผมก็จะตายแล้ว เลยขอลงมือลากไอ้พวกที่นำแนวคิดของลัทธิซาตาน (Satanism) ไปแปดเปื้อนซะด้วยเลยสักศพสองศพ แล้วองค์ Satan ของจริง ก็มีสาส์นตอบกลับมาว่าเห็นชอบด้วย (ผมเป็นคนที่ทำสมาธิทุกวัน ทำสมาธิกำหนดลมหายใจ 30 - 60 นาที และเพ่งตัวเองหน้ากระจกอีก 30 - 60 นาที) แต่ผมละเว้นผู้หญิงและเด็กไว้ไม่ลงมือสังหาร แต่อย่างน้อยจะได้ให้มันรู้ซะบ้างว่าองค์ Satan ไม่ใช่ของเล่นที่พวกคุณจะเอาไปเล่นพร่ำเพร่อแล้ว Hail กันหน้าเวทีโดยที่ไม่ได้มีความศรัทธาอะไรกันจริง ซึ่งถ้าพวกคุณไม่ได้เชื่อในองค์ Satan และไม่ได้นับถือศาสนา นำองค์ Satan มาเป็น Symbol ลบหลู่ศาสนาอื่น พวกคุณก็เรียกตัวเองว่าเป็นอย่างอื่นไปก็ได้ ไม่ต้องดัดจริตมาเรียกตัวเองว่ามีแนวคิดแบบ Satanic แถมยังมาด่าองค์ Satan อีกว่า ผมไม่เชื่ออะไรในแม่งหรอก ตัวผมนี่แหละคือศรัทธาสูงสุด สวะ...... ด่าองค์ Satan ไม่พอ แล้วทำเป็นด่าศาสนาของคนนู้นคนนี้ ซึ่ง Satanist จริงๆ จะไม่ได้มีการด่ศาสนาอื่นพร่ำเพร่อไร้สาระแน่นอน เพราะในสายตาของผมคนพุทธ คริสต์ มุสลิม ที่ศรัทธาในแนวทางตัวเองอย่างแรงกล้าผมให้ความนับถือพวกนี้มากกว่าไอ้พวกที่หลอกตัวเองเรียก ตัวเองว่าเป็น Satanist แต่เสือกไม่ได้มีความรู้ห่าอะไรเลย มันเหมือนเป็นกระแสของพวกเด็กเห่อหมอยมากกว่า และผมเชื่อแน่ว่าถ้าผมไม่ได้เป็นคนลงมือฆ่า สักวันแม่งก็ต้องโดนคนพุทธ คนคริสต์ หรือคนมุสลิม เคร่งๆฆ่าตายอยู่ดีแน่นอนทั้งวง การลงมือสังหารครั้งนี้โดยตอนแรกผมตั้งใจว่าจะทำการสังหารสัก 20 - 30 ศพ แต่เนื่องด้วยสภาพการณ์ไม่สะดวก ตำรวจตั้งด่านกันเต็มเมือง แถมผมเป็นคนเดียวที่คิดวางแผนการณ์ลงมือสังหาร เลยสังหารเท่าที่จะกระทำได้ดีกว่า และเห็นในข่าวลงกันผิดๆ ว่าผมเป็นแฟนเพลงวง Surrender Of Divinity นี้ ผมขอตอบว่า ณ ปัจจุบันนี้ ผมไม่ได้เป็นแฟนเพลงไอ้วงแนวคิดสวะนี่เลย และอย่าเอากรณีนี้ไปเปรียบกับจอห์น เลนน่อนเลยครับต่างยังกับฟ้ากับเหว ฟังพวกวงกระแสทั่วไปที่เนื้อหาไม่ได้กล่าวถึงอะไรทางนี้ยังดีกว่าล้านเท่า และประเด็นที่ทางตำรวจตั้งไว้ว่าการฆ่านี้เกิดจากการกินเบียร์มึนเมาแล้วมีปากเสียงกัน ผมขอตอบว่าไม่ใช่ครับ เพราะผมตั้งใจที่จะไปฆ่ามันโดยเฉพาะอยู่แล้ว เตรียมมีดซ่อนไว้ด้านในเสื้อทหารไว้แล้วก่อนไป โดยทำฟอร์มว่าเอาเสื้อแจ๊คเก็ตไปให้ภรรยามันเพ้นท์ แล้วมันก็ชวนกินเบียร์ต่อ ซึ่งเข้าทางมากผมจะได้ยิ่งมีเวลารอตอนมันเผลอมากขึ้น และจะได้รอเวลาให้มันมืดด้วย และตอนระหว่างกินเบียร์กันนั้นก็ไม่ได้มีปากเสียงอะไรกันแต่อย่างใด อีกประเด็นที่มีโคตรมั่วเข้ามาว่าเรื่องค้ายากับชู้สาว ผมไม่เคยค้ายาเสพติดแต่อย่างใด และผมก็ไม่ได้มีแฟนมานานมากแล้วด้วยตั้งแต่ตอนต้นปี 2556 ปีที่แล้ว
ผมลงมือสังหาร ไอ้รัน แทงมันด้วยมีด ซึ่งข่าวบางเว็บลงผิดว่าผมแทงไปสามแผล แต่จริงๆ ผมซัดไปเกิน 30 ครั้งแน่ๆ และไม่ได้เป็นการปาดคอตอนเผลอด้านหลัง ผมยืนเผชิญหน้ามันควักมีดออกมาแล้วแทงที่คอรัวๆ เลยด้านหน้า ไม่มีปาด ไม่มีฟัน แทงทุกแผล และดูมันดิ้นรนกระเสือกกระสน คลานอย่างหมา ยกมือร้องขอชีวิต ตอนมันพูดว่า "อย่า" เสียงมันก็ออกมาแต่ลมแล้วพร้อมกับเลือดที่กระฉูดออกมา ตามคำที่มันพูด แต่ผมก็แทงมันซ้ำที่คอ ที่กระโหลก ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำอีก ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำอีก (บางครั้งมีดก็ติดกระโหลกก็ดึงออกยาก) ผมเพิ่งรู้ว่าการฆ่าคนด้วยมีดมันได้อรรถรส ความตื่นเต้น อารมณ์ มากกว่าการใช้ปืนยิงเยอะหลายสิบเท่า และพอทำเสร็จผมก็กลับมาทำสมาธิที่โรงแรมที่ผมเช่าไว้ต่อแบบสบาย และแน่นอนว่าผมไม่เสียใจในสิ่งที่ตัวเองทำลงไป
พวกเพื่อนของมันหรือครอบครัวมันอาจจะก่นด่าสาปแช่งผม แต่ผมว่าความตายเช่นนี้นี่แหละเหมาะสมกับคนปากดีเช่นมันแล้ว และเหนือสิ่งอื่นใด องค์ Satan ไม่ใช่ของเล่น ไม่เชื่อไม่ได้ศรัทธาอย่าเรียกตัวเองว่าเป็น Satanist !!!!! ผมไม่ใช่บุคคลประเภทโหด ไม่ได้เก๋า ไม่นักเลงโวยวายเสียงดัง แต่ความนิ่ง เลือดเย็น อำมหิต ผมมีแน่นอน
ชีวิตหลังความตายของผมนั้นผมคงไม่มีอะไรจะพูดมากนอกจากขอได้ไปอยู่ในดินแดนแห่งองค์ปีศาจ และจะใช้เวลาหลังความตายทำสมาธิต่อไป ไม่ว่าจะกี่สิบกี่ร้อยปี หรือกี่พันปี ตามเส้นทางของผม
อย่ากดคอมเม้นท์ หรือกดถูกใจสถานะนี้ผมแค่ต้องการชี้แจงเล็กๆเท่านั้น และขอบคุณที่อ่านจนจบ ขอทุกท่านไม่ว่าใครก็ตามที่อ่านข้อความนี้ จงยึดมั่นดำเนินเส้นทางของตนเองโดยไม่หลอกตัวเอง ทำในสิ่งที่ตัวคุณคิดว่าต้องทำ แล้วพบกันใหม่ถ้าเราได้อยู่มิติหลังความตายมิติเดียวกัน Hail Satan!!!
Why I killed them, it doesn't matter very much. I intend to do atwinibatkam (commit suicide) at age 25, charging the main points, I would be dead at all, they get to drag the damn concept of a cult of Satan (Satanism) to eight with two bodies, neither sleep really dead, there are still elements of Satan message notopklap that agreed with (I am a daily meditation meditation requires 30-60 minutes of breath and fastened themselves in front of the mirror. 30-60 minutes), but I can't ignore the women and children to death, but at least I know it will be what element to Satan, not the toys they are going to play well in front of the Messenger page without limit, then Hail a forum without having real faith. If you guys don't believe in Satan, and Satan is not a leading Islamist elements Symbol lu, another religion. You guys just get yourself into something else. Not pretentious and called themselves that there is a Satanic concept and the swearing, I don't believe that Satan element in driving maeng. I believe this is the most ordinary stuff ...... Swearing is not Satan enough elements to scold a person's religion, this guy really is a Satanist nun did not have another Messenger page ด่ศาสนา without limit, of course, ridiculous because in the eyes of the Muslim faith, Christianity, Buddhist, I like the way how raengkla I am to them, rather than their regards the damn fool yourself, get yourself a Satanist but have the cheek to not know what amount of rain. It's like a stream of children, they're sure to scramble more than pubic hair, and I said if I did not dare to kill him someday, a Buddhist who has been maeng. Christian people or Muslim people. Khreng killed all the bands, of course, so I hand this time carnage at first I intended to make death more 20-30 dead, but due to the inconvenient condition. Police set up a checkpoint at full city alone, I thought improved planning contributed to the killings at begin murdering one possible better and saw in the news that I am a music fan to trump the other band Of this Divinity Surrender I say at present. I am not a music fan-man band concept ordinary stuff here at all, and don't remove the this case to compare with John. He also differs with Bannon lane sky with them we hear a common flow content does not contain anything on this even better than a million times. And the area police issues this killing caused by ingestion of beer drunk, and then have a Brawler. I said yes, not because I intend to go kill it already. Preparation knives hidden inside a military shirt before. The form that took it to his jacket, then paint it was invited to eat the most beer per, which I will have more time to wait when it accidentally and are waiting for a time, it was dark, and now and then, between the same beer but didn't have what any other brawler. Another issue that has come to make the descent that the drug matter with sin, the girl. I never trade any drugs and I don't have a very long history with fans since the beginning the year 2556 (2013) last year.
I am a professional woman with a knife, he stabbed it runs damn news post some errors that I stab wounds to three, but really, I'm more than 30 times, hurl, though, and not as a finishing step, accidentally behind. I stood vis-à-vis it to gouge knife out and stabbed in the neck at the front, there are no rua finishing without all the Gore wound and see it struggling to crawl, grasping the dog now lives, request hand lifting it say "don't" sound it out, but the wind, along with krachut blood comes out as it said but I am betting it is repeated at the kralok again again (sometimes knives, titkra a dozen chances are difficult to pull off.) I just know that the murder with a knife, it has beautiful words. Excitement The mood over the use of guns was shot dozens of times and just done, I returned to my hotel where meditation is a rental, and of course, I do not regret the things themselves do.
It's their family, friends, or it could be a curse to curse me, but I dig out that death as well, such as foot-and-mouth man suits it, and above all. Satan was not part of the play. Do not believe do not believe do not call yourself a Satanist is not the kind of person I was very violent PC!!!!! Not loud, but not seasoned complain thugs stillness, of course, I had a ammahit cold blood.
Life after death of the hair that I have nothing to say but then I'd have to live in the land of demons and the element would take after death meditation. No matter how many hundred years or a thousand ten on my path.
Don't press them, this State is the element I just want to clarify a little, and thanks for reading until the end. All persons, regardless of whether anyone who read this message. You shall adhere to conduct his or her own path regardless of spoofing yourself. Do what you think needs to be done, and then we meet again if we have the same dimension after dimension Hail Satan!!!
Note that this was translated by Bing so it's a little clunky in places. Of course the fact that ”Maleficent Meditation" is clearly fucking nuts doesn't help. I also note that apparently the Thais spell "Hail Satan" using the Latin Script which seems oddly fitting.
Monday, 6 January 2014
The Everly Brothers And Some Other Early Rockers
Phil Everly died January 3 2014 at age 74. One half of the 1950's Everly Brothers duowith his brother Don who had iconic hits like "Cathy's Clown", "When Will I Be Loved", "Wake Up Little Suzi", "All I Have To Do Is Dream". They had massive hits on both side of the Atlantic and were cited as influences by the like of The Beatles (who they also toured with), Byrds, Hollies, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkle and Linda Ronstadt and later Rockpile (who both covered "When Will I Be Loved") for their harmony singing. Although they were too clean cut to be really be cool sex symbols.
THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM" & "CATHY'S CLOWN";
Originally from Kentucky the Everly's actually came from a long tradition of Singing Brother Duos which included the Stanley Brothers, Louvin Brothers, Lilly Brothers, Delmore Brothers and The Monroe Brothers with relatively little R&B or Gospel influences and it's likely that they would have sounded pretty much the same even if Rock & Roll never happened.
THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "WAKE UP LITTLE SUZI";
In spite of their clean cut image the boys lived the rock and roll lifestyle. Like Elvis they spent a brief spell in the Army and then got hooked on speed. Don had at least one nervous breakdown. Divorces and fist fights followed until they effectively broke up in the 1970's. After middling solo careers they reformed but behind the scenes the brothers were not on speaking terms. I know someone who booked them in the 1980's and he told the story of working with them. They arrived in separate planes, stayed in separate hotels, they took separate taxis to the venue, skipped a sound-check, entered the stage from opposite sides and after the show they left that way. At no point did they actually speak to each other. They aren't the only duo who acted that way, Sam & Dave and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee did the same. Still they weren't actual brothers. That must have led to some awkward Christmases. Anyway they did apparently reconcile for good when they were invited on tour with Simon & Garfunkle in the 1990's.
THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "BYE BYE LOVE";
THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "WHEN WILL I BE LOVED"
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith; Western Swing/Hinky Tonk guitarist from the 1940's, 50's & 60's. Did the original "Guitar Boogie" and "Dueling Banjos" ~ 93
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH ~ "GUITAR BOOGIE";
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE SMITH" ~ "CHICKEN STRUT";
George Shuffler, 88, Bluegrass guitarist w/The Stanley Brothers ("Man Of Constant Sorrow", "Pretty Polly", "Takes A Worried Man") & The Bailey Brothers ~ 88
THE STANLEY BROTHERS ~ "TAKES A WORRIED MAN";
THE STANLEY BROTHERS ~ "THE RANK STRANGER";
King Fleming ~ Jazz/R&B pianist and band leader from the 1940's, 50's & 60's. Played with Wynonie Harris on Apollo, Johnny Alston and His Orchestra, Oliver "King" Perry's Pied Pipers ~ 91
WYNONIE HARRIS ~ "ROCK MISTER BLUES";
WYNONIE HARRIS ~ "PUT IT BACK";
JOHNNY ALSTON ORCH ~ "RED LIGHT";
Little Joe Cook ~ Singer w/1950's Doo Wop Group Little Joe & The Thrillers ("Do The Slop" & "Peanuts" also sang with The Evening Stars and The Sherries ~ 91
LITTLE JOE & THE THRILLERS ~ "PEANUTS";
Little Jimmy Scott ~ American Jazz singer from the 1950's & 60's; solo and w/Lionel Hampton and Charlie Parker did hit version of "Sweet Embraceable You" ~ 88
LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT ~ "SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD";
Freddie "Fingers" Lee; British guitarist who played on 1960's recordings by Gene Vincent, Screaming Lord Sutch and Marty Wilde ~ 76
GENE VINCENT & THE BLUECAPS ~ "BLUE JEAN BABY" & "SEXY WAYS";
GENE VINCENT & THE BLUECAPS ~ "RIP IT UP";
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH & THE SAVAGES ~ "JENNY JENNY" & "TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN";
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH ~ "JACK THE RIPPER";
Ceer Veerman; Singer Guitarist with 1960's & 70's Dutch Psyche-Pop band The Cats and The Mystic Four ~ 70
THE CATS ~ "LET'S DANCE";
Gary Burger; Singer with 1960's American/German Garage Band The Monks 72;
THE MONKS ~ "MONK CHANT";
THE MONKS ~ "OH HOW TO DO NOW";
Jerry Corbitt ~ Guitarist with 1960's Folk Rock band The Youngbloods ("Come Together")
THE YOUNGBLOODS ~ "GET TOGETHER" & "SUNLIGHT";
Paul Goddard ~ Bassist w/1970's Southern Rock Band The Atlanta Rhythm Section ("Spooky", "So Into You") ~ 68
THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION ~ "Spooky";
Roy Campbell Jr. ~ Free Jazz trumpet player, solo and played with Don Cherry,Yo La Tengo, William Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Matthew Shipp ~ 61
PETER BROTZMAN QUARTET;
THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM" & "CATHY'S CLOWN";
Originally from Kentucky the Everly's actually came from a long tradition of Singing Brother Duos which included the Stanley Brothers, Louvin Brothers, Lilly Brothers, Delmore Brothers and The Monroe Brothers with relatively little R&B or Gospel influences and it's likely that they would have sounded pretty much the same even if Rock & Roll never happened.
THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "WAKE UP LITTLE SUZI";
In spite of their clean cut image the boys lived the rock and roll lifestyle. Like Elvis they spent a brief spell in the Army and then got hooked on speed. Don had at least one nervous breakdown. Divorces and fist fights followed until they effectively broke up in the 1970's. After middling solo careers they reformed but behind the scenes the brothers were not on speaking terms. I know someone who booked them in the 1980's and he told the story of working with them. They arrived in separate planes, stayed in separate hotels, they took separate taxis to the venue, skipped a sound-check, entered the stage from opposite sides and after the show they left that way. At no point did they actually speak to each other. They aren't the only duo who acted that way, Sam & Dave and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee did the same. Still they weren't actual brothers. That must have led to some awkward Christmases. Anyway they did apparently reconcile for good when they were invited on tour with Simon & Garfunkle in the 1990's.
THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "BYE BYE LOVE";
THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "WHEN WILL I BE LOVED"
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith; Western Swing/Hinky Tonk guitarist from the 1940's, 50's & 60's. Did the original "Guitar Boogie" and "Dueling Banjos" ~ 93
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH ~ "GUITAR BOOGIE";
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE SMITH" ~ "CHICKEN STRUT";
George Shuffler, 88, Bluegrass guitarist w/The Stanley Brothers ("Man Of Constant Sorrow", "Pretty Polly", "Takes A Worried Man") & The Bailey Brothers ~ 88
THE STANLEY BROTHERS ~ "TAKES A WORRIED MAN";
THE STANLEY BROTHERS ~ "THE RANK STRANGER";
King Fleming ~ Jazz/R&B pianist and band leader from the 1940's, 50's & 60's. Played with Wynonie Harris on Apollo, Johnny Alston and His Orchestra, Oliver "King" Perry's Pied Pipers ~ 91
WYNONIE HARRIS ~ "ROCK MISTER BLUES";
WYNONIE HARRIS ~ "PUT IT BACK";
JOHNNY ALSTON ORCH ~ "RED LIGHT";
Little Joe Cook ~ Singer w/1950's Doo Wop Group Little Joe & The Thrillers ("Do The Slop" & "Peanuts" also sang with The Evening Stars and The Sherries ~ 91
LITTLE JOE & THE THRILLERS ~ "PEANUTS";
Little Jimmy Scott ~ American Jazz singer from the 1950's & 60's; solo and w/Lionel Hampton and Charlie Parker did hit version of "Sweet Embraceable You" ~ 88
LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT ~ "SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD";
Freddie "Fingers" Lee; British guitarist who played on 1960's recordings by Gene Vincent, Screaming Lord Sutch and Marty Wilde ~ 76
GENE VINCENT & THE BLUECAPS ~ "BLUE JEAN BABY" & "SEXY WAYS";
GENE VINCENT & THE BLUECAPS ~ "RIP IT UP";
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH & THE SAVAGES ~ "JENNY JENNY" & "TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN";
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH ~ "JACK THE RIPPER";
Ceer Veerman; Singer Guitarist with 1960's & 70's Dutch Psyche-Pop band The Cats and The Mystic Four ~ 70
THE CATS ~ "LET'S DANCE";
Gary Burger; Singer with 1960's American/German Garage Band The Monks 72;
THE MONKS ~ "MONK CHANT";
THE MONKS ~ "OH HOW TO DO NOW";
Jerry Corbitt ~ Guitarist with 1960's Folk Rock band The Youngbloods ("Come Together")
THE YOUNGBLOODS ~ "GET TOGETHER" & "SUNLIGHT";
Paul Goddard ~ Bassist w/1970's Southern Rock Band The Atlanta Rhythm Section ("Spooky", "So Into You") ~ 68
THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION ~ "Spooky";
Roy Campbell Jr. ~ Free Jazz trumpet player, solo and played with Don Cherry,Yo La Tengo, William Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Matthew Shipp ~ 61
PETER BROTZMAN QUARTET;
Monday, 30 December 2013
The People Who Died ~ 2013 Edition
Kent Abbott ~ Guitarist for Toronto Hardcore Band Grade ~ 32
Chrissy Amphlett ~ Australian singer for The Divinyls ("I Touch Myself") ~ 53
Patty Andrews ~ Singer with Swing Era voval trio The Andrews Sisters. Classic hits include "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Rum and Coca Cola" ~ 94
Maya Angelou ~ Author, Poet, Singer, Dancer, Actress & Civil Rights Leader ~ 86
Peter Appleyard ~ Canadian Jazz Xylophone player ~ 84
Phil Baheux ~ Belgian heavy metal drummer (Channel Zero) ~ 45
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
Kenny Ball ~ English jazz trumpeter who had several hits in the 1960's ~ 82
Bob Beckham ~ 1960's country singer w/ hits "Just As Much As", and a version of Patsy Cline's "Crazy" ~ 86
Rob Belmore ~ 40's ~ Harmonica player with 1980's Toronto Blues rock band the Tennessee Rockets
Ronnie Biggs ~ English criminal (Great Train Robbery) and fugitive. Later recorded a sinlge with The Sex Pistols ~ 84
Claude Black ~ Jazz pianist w/Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery and Aretha Franklin ~ 80
Lorne Black ~ Bassist for American 1980's Hair Metal band Great White
Bobby Blue Bland ~ American Blues and R&B singer from the 1950's on with hits like "Turn On Your Lovelight", "Stormy Monday", "I'll Take Care Of You" ~ 82
Eddie Bond ~ 1950's Rockabilly singer from Sun Records ~ 79
Leroy Bonner ~ American funk singer and guitarist with 1970's R&B/Funk band The Ohio Players ~ 69
Jon Brookes ~ British drummer with Britpop band The Charlatans ~ 44
Reggie Bovaird ~ Toronto poet & spoken word artist in the 1970's & 80's
Billy Bowers ~ American gospel vocalist Blind Boys of Alabama ~ 71
Tony Brevet ~ Singer for 1960's & 70's Jamaican Ska/Rocksteady group The Melodians
Texas Johnny Brown ~ Blues singer/guitarist, played with Joe Hinton, Amos Milburn, Ruth Brown, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Lavelle White, Buddy Ace and Junior Parker ~ 85
Precious Bryant ~ Folk Blues singer/guitarist ~ 71
Donald Byrd ~ American Be Bop Jazz trumpet player from the 1950s on. Played with John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk,Eric Dolphy and Art Pepper ~ 80
Clarence Burke, Jr., ~ Singer w 1970's Soul group The Five Stairsteps ~ 62
Clive Burr ~ Drummer for classic British band Iron Maiden ~ 56
Tomás Ó Canainn ~ Uilleann piper with 1960's & 70's Irish folk band Na Fili ~ 83
Oliver Cheatham ~ American R&B singer ("Get Down Saturday Night") ~ 65
Chi Cheng ~ Bassist for California Metal Band The Deftones (in a coma from a car crash since 2008) ~ 42
Charlie Chesterman ~ 1990's American alt-rock singer
Phil Chevron ~ Guitarist Irish band The Pogues ~ 56
Chorão ~ Singer for Brazilian Punk/Funk band Charlie Brown Jr. ~ 42
Jack Clement ~ American record and film producer, songwriter and singer (Sun Records, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, U2) ~ 82
Stompin Tom Connors ~ Legendary Canadian Folk/Country singer ~ 77
Lindsay Cooper ~ British rock and jazz bassoonist and oboist (Henry Cow, Comus, Feminist Improvising Group) ~ 62
Richard Coughlan ~ English drummer w/ U.K. Psyche/Prog Rock Band Caravan ~ 66
Dani Crivelli ~ Drummer for Swiss Metal Band Krokus
Mac Curtis ~ 1950's Rockabilly singer ~ 74
Jimmy Damon ~ 75 ~ Memphis born Chicago based pop & lounge singer. Started as a Teen Idle Pop singer in Memphis, where he recorded a single for Sam Phillips and hosted a TV show, later moved to Chicago and became a lounge singer and inspiration for Bill Murrays' SNL lounge lizard character
Jimmy Dawkins ~ 1970's Mississippi/Chicago Blues and R&B singer/guitarist with Delmark Records ~ 76
Brian Dawson ~ British folk singer and folklorist ~ 74
Bob Day ~ English singer with 1960's pop group The Allisons ~ 72
Dickie Dodd ~ Singer and drummer with 1960's Garage Band The Standells w/ classic songs "Dirty Water", "Good Guys Don't Wear White" and "Why Pick On Me", later played in Surf Bands The Belaires ("Mr. Moto") and Eddie & The Showmen ~ 68
Alastair Donaldson ~ Bassist for Scottish 1970's & 1980's Punk Band The Rezzilos ~ 58
Eddy Doorenbos ~ Dutch jazz singer and composer ~ 91
John Doyle ~ Singer/Guitarist with 1960's Miami Garage Punk band The Evil ~
Frank D'Rone ~ American 1950's Jazz singer ~ 81
George Duke ~ American Grammy Award-winning jazz fusion keyboardist, played with Frank Zappa, Cannonball Adderly, Jon Luc Ponyt, Don Ellis ~ 67
Tom Ebbert ~ American trombonist (Dukes of Dixieland) ~ 93
Bob Engemann ~ Singer with 1950's Pop Vocal Group The Letterman w/hits like "Love is A Many Splendored Thing", "When I Fall In Love", "The Way You Look Tonight", and covers of pop hits ~ 76
Arash Farazmand ~ Drummer for Iranian alt rock band The Yellow Dogs ~ 28
Soroush Farazmand ~ Guitarist for Iranian alt rock band The Yellow Dogs ~ 26
Pat Fear ~ (Real name; Bill Bartell), Singer for California Punk/Hardcore/Parody band White Flag from 1982 on ~ 52
Jim Foglesong ~ Country Music Record Executive for various labels, signed Barbara Mandrell, Don Williams, Garth Brooks, Donna Fargo, Reba McEntire, the Oak Ridge Boys, Con Hunley, George Strait, Tanya Tucker, Sawyer Brown, Suzy Bogguss ~ 90
T Model Ford ~ Blues singer active since the 1940's discovered in 1995, recorded for Fat Possum Records ~ Aprox age, late 80's
Lage Fosheim ~ Singer for Norwegian 1980's Ska/Pop band The Monroes ~ 55
Chris Friedrich ~ Bassist for Alt Band Caspian ~ 33
Annette Funicello ~ 1950's & 60's TV and movie star of various "Beach Blanket" movies, also had a series of pop hit records ~ 70
Rex Garvin, 73, American 1950's & 60's R&B musician with hits "I Can't Sit Down" (as a duet Marie & Rex), "Over The Mountain, Across The Sea", by Johnnie and Joe, and his own 1966 recording "Sock It To 'Em J.B.", later recorded by The Specials. ~ 73
Eydie Gormé ~ American singer 1950's pop singer ("Blame It on the Bossa Nova") ~ 82
James Gray ~ Canadian country rock keyboardist for Blue Rodeo and Vital Sines ~ 52
Jack Greene ~ 1960's & 70's Country singer with hits w/ "There Goes My Everything" ~ 83
Trevor Grills ~ British singer with folk band The Fisherman's Friends ~ 54
Bengt Hallberg ~ Swedish Jazz pianist and accordianist, played with Clifford Brown, Stan Getz and Quincy Jones ~ 80
Chico Hamilton ~ American Jazz drummer and bandleader, also played with Eric Dolphy ~ 92
Jeff Hanneman ~ Guitarist for Thrash Metal Legends Slayer ~ 49
John Harrelson ~ Singer/Guitarist for 1960's L.A. Garage band The Southe and later solo ~ 62
Damon Harris ~ American soul and R&B singer with The Temptations during the early 1970's ~ 62
Jane Harvey ~ American Big Band jazz singer w/Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Desi Arnez ~ 88
Richie Havens ~ American folk/blues singer and guitarist, best known for opening gig at Woodstock ~ 72
Pete Haycock ~ English singer/guitarist with 1970's blues/rock band The Climax Blues Band and later ELO ~ 62
Donna Hightower ~ American 1960's & 70's R&B singer w/hit "The World's A Mess" ~ 86
Monroe Hopper ~ Singer with Southern Gospel group The Hoppers from the 1950's on ~ 86
Rick Huxley ~ English bassist with 1960's Beat Band The Dave Clark Five w/ hits like "Glad All Over", "Bits & Pieces", "I Like it Like That", "Catch us if You can" ~ 72
George Jackson ~ Rock and R&B singer and songwriter with hits like "Old Time Rock And Roll" (for Bob Seger), "One Bad Apple" (The Jackson Five) and "The Only Way Is Up" (Yazzoo) ~ 68
Roland Janes ~ 1950's Rockabilly guitarist for Sun Records, played with Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Lee Riley, Charlie Rich, Sonny Burgess, Rayburn Anthony, Harold Dorman, later played with Mudhoney ~ 80
George Jones ~ Classic Country singer from the 1950's on. Had numerous hits including; "White Lightning", "Why Baby Why", "She Thinks I Still Care", He Stopped Loving Her Today", "The Race Is On" ~ 81
Andy Johns ~ Record producer for Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, Free, Humble Pie, Van Halen, Cinderella, LA Guns, Kiler Dwarves ~ 61
Virgil Johnson ~ Singer with Doo-Wop group The Velvets ~ 77
John Kalinowski ~ British rock and roll manager (Madness, Procol Harum, Van Morrison, The Kinks) ~ 66
Fred Katz ~ Jazz Cellist from 1950's on, also composed scores for Roger Coram films A "Bucket of Blood", "The Wasp Woman" and "Creature from the Haunted Sea" ~ 94
Chris Kelly ~ Rapper with 1990's pre-teen rappers Kriss Kross ~ 32
Joe Kelly ~ Guitarist for 1960's Chicago Garage Punks The Shadows Of Knight w/ hit version of "Gloria"
Bi Kidude ~ Zanzibari Taarab singer ~ c.100
Nick Keir ~ Scottish guitarist for Prog-Folk band The McCalmans ~ 60
Louis Killen ~ British transsexual musician, folk singer and songwriter ~ 79
Claude King ~ American country music singer ("Wolverton Mountain") ~ 90
Marilyn King ~ American singer and actress, last surviving member of 1940's and 50's pop vocal group The King Sisters ~ 82
Steve Knight ~ Keyboardist for 1960's & 70's band Mountain ~ 76
Basile Kolliopoulos - 59 - Singer/guitarist for 1980's Oklahoma Garage Blues bands the Fortune Tellers, Reverb Brothers, The Fensics
János Kőrössy ~ Romanian/Hangarian jazz pianist and composer ~ 86
Paul Kuhn ~ German Big Band Jazz leader ~ 85
Johnny Laboriel ~ Mexican rock 'n' roll singer ~ 71
Joey LaCaze ~ Drummer for American metal band Eyehategod ~ 42
Allen Lanier, 67, American rock keyboardist and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult) ~ 67
Greg Lanier ~ Keyboardist with ZZ Top ~ 64
Dick LaPalm ~ American music producer and promoter (Count Basie, Nat King Cole) ~ 86
Roger LaVern ~ Keyboardist with British intsro band The Tornados ~ 75
Alvin Lee, singer guitarist for Blues Rock super group Ten Years After, best known for their epic performance at Woodstock ~ 68
Claudio Leo ~ Guitarist with Italian Goth-Metal band Lacuna Coil ~ 40
Chris Levoire ~ Guitarist for Toronto garage band The Mark Inside ~ 31
Curly Lewis ~ Fiddler for Bob Wills' Western Playboys ~ 88
Terry Lightfoot ~ British Dixieland Jazz clarinettist ~ 77
Jackie Lomax ~ British 1960's guitarist w/The Undertakers, also worked with Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Gene Clark ~ 69
Mary Love ~ American soul and gospel singer ~ 69
Lewis Lymon ~ 1950's Doo Wop singer, brother of Frankie Lymon and replaced him in the Teenagers after he quit to go solo ~ 69
Gloria Lynne ~ 1960's Jazz & R&B singer and lyricist; "Watermelon Man" (w/Herbie Hancock) and several solo hits in the 1960's ~ 83
Marshall Lytle ~ Bassist with Bill Haley's Comets as well as his preceding band The Saddlemen. Also co-wrote "Crazy Man Crazy" and a few songs for Haley associated group The Jodimers including their big hit "Rattle Shakin' Daddy" ~ 79
Bernie McGann ~ Australian jazz alto saxophonist ~ 76
Hugh McCrackin ~ American Jazz, R&B and Fusion guitarist, played with Steely Dan
Floyd McCrea ~ Singer with 1950's Doo-Wop group, The Chords who did the original version of "Sh-Boom" later covered by The Crewcuts ~ 80
Mindy McCready ~ American country music singer ~ 37
Lawrence McKiver ~ American gullah singer (Gullah is a dialect spoken by the descendents of African slaves along the Carolina coastlines and islands ~ 97
Rita MacNeil ~ Nova Scotian Juno Award wining Folk and Country singer and TV show host ~ 68
Marian McPartland ~ British jazz pianist, writer, composer, and radio host, wife of American Jazz horn player Jimmy McPartland ~ 95
Magic Slim ~ Blues singer/guitarist and cousin of the great Magic Sam ~ 75
Gia Maione ~ Wife and singer for Louis Prima and his Orch ~ 72
Ray Manzarek ~ Keyboardist for 1960's stars The Doors, later produced first album by X ~ 74
Peppi Marchello ~ Singer/Guitarist with New Jersey garage band The Good Rats from the late 1960's to the 1990's ~ 68
Shirley Mathews ~ 61 ~ Toronto 1960's R&B singer ("Big Town Boy")
Gypie Mayo ~ English guitarist w/ Dr Feelgood in the 1980's and later the reformed Yardbirds ~ 62
Eyob Mekonnen ~ Ethiopian reggae singer ~ 37
Scott Miller ~ Singer/guitarist for 1980's New Wave/Power Pop bands Game Theory, Loud Family and Alternate Learning ~ 53
Wayne Mills ~ American country music singer ~ 44
Yngve Moe ~ Norwegian bass guitarist (Dance with a Stranger) ~ 55
Jason Molina ~ American singer-songwriter with Songs:Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co. ~ 39
Rob Morsberger ~ Pianist w/ My Morning Jacket, Crash Test Dummies, Marshall Crenshaw, Jules Shear, Loudon Wainwright III ~ 53
Cordell Mosson ~ Bassist with 1970's R&B/Funk band Parliament-Funkadelic ~ 60
Sam Most ~ American Jazz Jazz flutist, played with Buddy Rich, Paul Quinichette and Teddy Wilson ~ 82
Albert Murray ~ American literary and jazz critic ~ 97
Junior Murvin ~ Jamaican reggae singer who did the original "Police and Thieves" later covered by The Clash~ 67
Alan Myers ~ Drummer for Ohio New Wave Band Devo ("Whip It", "Satisfaction", "Are We Not Men") ~ 58
Claude Nobs ~ Swiss founder and general manager of Montreux Jazz Festival ~ 76
Bernie Nolan ~ Irish singer for pop vocal group The Nolans ~ 52
Oophoi ~ Real name Gianluigi Gasparetti, Italian Ambient/Electra-Acoustic/New Age musician ~ 55
Greg Quill ~ Australian singer/songwriter w/1970's country-rock band Country Radio, later moved to Toronto and became music journalist with the Toronto Star
Patti Page ~ 1950's Pre-Rock Pop Singer w/hits "Tennessee Waltz", "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window", "Red Sails in The Sunset" ~ 85
Dennis Palmer, 56, American multi-insturmentalist w/ Improvisational Prog-Rock band Shaking Ray Levis ~ 56
Bobby Parker ~ 1960's American R&B singer/guitarist w/1961 hit "Watch Your Step" later covered by Spencer Davis Group, Dr. Feelgood, Steve Marriott and Carlos Santana ~ 76
Jody Payne ~ Guitarist with Willie Nelson's band ~ 77
Kevin Peek ~ Australian born guitarist for 1970's British Prog-Rock band Sky as well as session work w/Lulu,Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Cliff Richards ~ 66
Eddie Perez ~ Puerto Rican Grammy Award-winning salsa musician (El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico)
Jeanne Arland Peterson ~ American jazz pianist ~ 91
Gary Pickford-Hopkins ~ Welsh singer (Wild Turkey, Rick Wakeman) ~ 65
Andy Pierce ~ Vocalist w/Swedish Glam Metal Band The Nasty Idols ~ 45
Jimmy Ponder ~ Pittsburgh Jazz guitarist from the 1970's on. Played with Jimmy McGriff,Donald Byrd and Stanley Turrentine ~ 67
Nic Potter ~ British bassist with Prog Rock band Van der Graaf Generator ~ 61
Ray Price ~ 1950's and 60's Honky Tonk singer and pioneer of The Nashville Sound with a slew of hits including "Release Me", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "For the Good Times" ~ 87
Anne Rabson ~ Singer and guitarist with Saffire; The Uppity Blues Women ~ 67
Bill Putt ~ Australian bassist with progressive rock bands Spectrum and Ariel ~ 66
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
Roach ~ Bassist for Toronto Punk Band The Liquor Pigs ~ 44
Eivind Rølles ~ Guitarist with Norwegian Ska/Pop band The Monroes ~ 54
Phil Ramone ~ Record producer for Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand ~ 79
Lou Reed ~ Singer/guitarist with classic The Velvet Underground and solo ~ 72
Charlie Salmon ~ Singer/guitarist w/1980's Toronto Indie Band The Plasterscene Replicas
Wendy Saddington ~ Australian jazz and blues singer with fusion band Chain ~ 64
Ed Shaughnessy ~ Jazz and Swing drummer from the 1950's on; played with Benny Goodman, Dorsey Brothers, Gene Ammons, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, Shirley Scott, Horace Silver, Count Basie and Jimmy Smith among others. Later played with Doc Severnson's Tonight Show Band ~ 84
George Beverly Shea ~ Canadian/American Gospel singer ~ 104
Gary Shearston ~ Australian singer/songwriter, had a hit in the UK with a cover of "I Get A Kick Out Of You" ~ 74
Tony Sheridan ~ British 1960's Mersey Beat singer, had The Beatles as his back-up band and did their first recordings ~ 72
Bobby Smith ~ American singer with R&B The Spinners ~ 76
Cal Smith ~ 1950's Country singer ("The Lord Knows I'm Drinking", "Country Bumpkin" ~ 81
Jay Smith ~ Canadian guitarist with Matt Mays ~ 34
Johnny Smith ~ American guitarist who did the original version of the classic "Walk Don't Run" covered by The Ventures, Belaires, Shadows, Los Sraitjackets, and virtually every other surf band ~ 90
Neil Smith ~ Bassist for 1970's versions of AC/DC and Rose Tattoo ~ 59
Paul Smith ~ Jazz pianist from the 1940's to the 1980's w/Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Anita O'Day, Buddy DeFranco, Steve Allen, Stan Kenton, Mel Tormé ~ 90
Ronnie Splinter ~ Guitarist for 1960's Dutch garage band The Outsiders
Clyde Stacey ~ 1950's & 60's Oklahoma Country/Rock singer/guitarist ~ 77
Gordon Stoker ~ Singer with 1950's & 1960's Country/Rock and Gospel vocal group The Jordanaires ~ 88
Kerry Strayer ~ American saxophonist and bandleader ~ 56
Richard Street ~ R&B singer with the 1970's version of The Temptations ~ 70
Jim Sundquist ~ Guitarist for 1960's garage band The Fendermen ("Mule Skinner Blues" ~ 75
Paul Tanner ~ Big Band trombone player with Glenn Miller who later went on to pioneer the electro-theremin, which he played on Beach Boys records including "Good Vibrations" ~ 95
Janie Thompson ~ American singer w/ 1940's big band Ike Carpenter's Big Band ~ 91
Dan Toler ~ Guitarist with the Allman Bros Band ~ 64
Filip Topol ~ singer/pianist for Czech alt-rock band Psí Vojáci ~ 48
Stan Tracey ~ British Jazz pianist. Mostly solo but also played with Ronnie Scott, Carmen McRea, Ted Heath and Cab Calloway ~ 86
Marguerite Trina ~ 73 ~ 1950's California Rockabilly singer
Ben Tucker ~ American Jazz Sax player w/ Quincy Jones & Dexter Gordon ~ 82
Bebo Valdés ~ Cuban latin jazz pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger from the 1940's on ~ 94
Dan Van Patten - 60's - Drummer for 1980's American Techno Pop band Berlin ("Sex", "The Metro", "No More Words", "Take My Beath Away")
Arturo Vega ~ Mexican-born American punk graphic designer and artistic director for The Ramones ~ 65
Bernard Vitet ~ French Jazz trumpet player w/ Serge Gainsbourg,Yves Montand,Brigitte Bardot, Marianne Faithfull, Lester Young, Archie Shepp, Anthony Braxton, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, Gato Barbieri, Jean-Luc Ponty, Django Reinhardt, Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler and The Art Emsemble Of Chicago. He also worked on film scores. ~ 77
Paul Walter ~ American singer with 1950's pop vocal group The Lettermen ~ 56
Cedar Walton ~ American Jazz Pianist from 1960's w/ The Jazztet ("Killer Joe"), John Coltrane, Don Ellis, Lee Morgan, Abbey Lincoln ~ 79
Virginia Waring ~ Pianist w/ her husband, Fred Waring's 1940's Big Band ~ 97
Butch Warren ~ BeBop Jazz bassist w/ Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Sonny Clark, Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, and Stanley Turrentine and Thelonious Monk ~ 74
Derek Watkins ~ British trumpeter, played on every James Bond movie ~ 68
Frank Wess ~ American Jazz saxman and flautist from the 1940's on, played with Billy Eckstine, Count Basie, Clark Terry, Mel Tormé, Ernestine Anderson ~ 91
Slim Whitman ~ Yodeling Country singer from the 1950's w/hits "Indian Love Call", "Rose Marie" ~ 90
Tommy Whittle ~ British jazz saxophonist w/Ted Heath and Benny Goodman ~ 87
Paul Williams ~ American music journalist & publisher for Crawdaddy!" and Bob Dylan biographer ~ 64
Pixie Williams ~ New Zealand 1950's pop singer, scored the first New Zealand based hit record with "Blue Smoke" in 1949 ~ 85
John Wilkinson ~ Rhythm guitarist w/Elvis Presley's TCB Band ~ 67
Bert Wilson ~ American jazz saxophonist ~ 73
Paul Wilson ~ Drummer for South African blues/rock band Southern Gypsey Queen ~ 29
Tim Wright, 61, American bass guitarist for New Wave bands Pere Ubu and DNA ~ 61
Robert Zildjian ~ American manufacturer of Sabian cymbals ~ 89
Chrissy Amphlett ~ Australian singer for The Divinyls ("I Touch Myself") ~ 53
Patty Andrews ~ Singer with Swing Era voval trio The Andrews Sisters. Classic hits include "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Rum and Coca Cola" ~ 94
Maya Angelou ~ Author, Poet, Singer, Dancer, Actress & Civil Rights Leader ~ 86
Peter Appleyard ~ Canadian Jazz Xylophone player ~ 84
Phil Baheux ~ Belgian heavy metal drummer (Channel Zero) ~ 45
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
Kenny Ball ~ English jazz trumpeter who had several hits in the 1960's ~ 82
Bob Beckham ~ 1960's country singer w/ hits "Just As Much As", and a version of Patsy Cline's "Crazy" ~ 86
Rob Belmore ~ 40's ~ Harmonica player with 1980's Toronto Blues rock band the Tennessee Rockets
Ronnie Biggs ~ English criminal (Great Train Robbery) and fugitive. Later recorded a sinlge with The Sex Pistols ~ 84
Claude Black ~ Jazz pianist w/Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery and Aretha Franklin ~ 80
Lorne Black ~ Bassist for American 1980's Hair Metal band Great White
Bobby Blue Bland ~ American Blues and R&B singer from the 1950's on with hits like "Turn On Your Lovelight", "Stormy Monday", "I'll Take Care Of You" ~ 82
Eddie Bond ~ 1950's Rockabilly singer from Sun Records ~ 79
Leroy Bonner ~ American funk singer and guitarist with 1970's R&B/Funk band The Ohio Players ~ 69
Jon Brookes ~ British drummer with Britpop band The Charlatans ~ 44
Reggie Bovaird ~ Toronto poet & spoken word artist in the 1970's & 80's
Billy Bowers ~ American gospel vocalist Blind Boys of Alabama ~ 71
Tony Brevet ~ Singer for 1960's & 70's Jamaican Ska/Rocksteady group The Melodians
Texas Johnny Brown ~ Blues singer/guitarist, played with Joe Hinton, Amos Milburn, Ruth Brown, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Lavelle White, Buddy Ace and Junior Parker ~ 85
Precious Bryant ~ Folk Blues singer/guitarist ~ 71
Donald Byrd ~ American Be Bop Jazz trumpet player from the 1950s on. Played with John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk,Eric Dolphy and Art Pepper ~ 80
Clarence Burke, Jr., ~ Singer w 1970's Soul group The Five Stairsteps ~ 62
Clive Burr ~ Drummer for classic British band Iron Maiden ~ 56
Tomás Ó Canainn ~ Uilleann piper with 1960's & 70's Irish folk band Na Fili ~ 83
Oliver Cheatham ~ American R&B singer ("Get Down Saturday Night") ~ 65
Chi Cheng ~ Bassist for California Metal Band The Deftones (in a coma from a car crash since 2008) ~ 42
Charlie Chesterman ~ 1990's American alt-rock singer
Phil Chevron ~ Guitarist Irish band The Pogues ~ 56
Chorão ~ Singer for Brazilian Punk/Funk band Charlie Brown Jr. ~ 42
Jack Clement ~ American record and film producer, songwriter and singer (Sun Records, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, U2) ~ 82
Stompin Tom Connors ~ Legendary Canadian Folk/Country singer ~ 77
Lindsay Cooper ~ British rock and jazz bassoonist and oboist (Henry Cow, Comus, Feminist Improvising Group) ~ 62
Richard Coughlan ~ English drummer w/ U.K. Psyche/Prog Rock Band Caravan ~ 66
Dani Crivelli ~ Drummer for Swiss Metal Band Krokus
Mac Curtis ~ 1950's Rockabilly singer ~ 74
Jimmy Damon ~ 75 ~ Memphis born Chicago based pop & lounge singer. Started as a Teen Idle Pop singer in Memphis, where he recorded a single for Sam Phillips and hosted a TV show, later moved to Chicago and became a lounge singer and inspiration for Bill Murrays' SNL lounge lizard character
Jimmy Dawkins ~ 1970's Mississippi/Chicago Blues and R&B singer/guitarist with Delmark Records ~ 76
Brian Dawson ~ British folk singer and folklorist ~ 74
Bob Day ~ English singer with 1960's pop group The Allisons ~ 72
Dickie Dodd ~ Singer and drummer with 1960's Garage Band The Standells w/ classic songs "Dirty Water", "Good Guys Don't Wear White" and "Why Pick On Me", later played in Surf Bands The Belaires ("Mr. Moto") and Eddie & The Showmen ~ 68
Alastair Donaldson ~ Bassist for Scottish 1970's & 1980's Punk Band The Rezzilos ~ 58
Eddy Doorenbos ~ Dutch jazz singer and composer ~ 91
John Doyle ~ Singer/Guitarist with 1960's Miami Garage Punk band The Evil ~
Frank D'Rone ~ American 1950's Jazz singer ~ 81
George Duke ~ American Grammy Award-winning jazz fusion keyboardist, played with Frank Zappa, Cannonball Adderly, Jon Luc Ponyt, Don Ellis ~ 67
Tom Ebbert ~ American trombonist (Dukes of Dixieland) ~ 93
Bob Engemann ~ Singer with 1950's Pop Vocal Group The Letterman w/hits like "Love is A Many Splendored Thing", "When I Fall In Love", "The Way You Look Tonight", and covers of pop hits ~ 76
Arash Farazmand ~ Drummer for Iranian alt rock band The Yellow Dogs ~ 28
Soroush Farazmand ~ Guitarist for Iranian alt rock band The Yellow Dogs ~ 26
Pat Fear ~ (Real name; Bill Bartell), Singer for California Punk/Hardcore/Parody band White Flag from 1982 on ~ 52
Jim Foglesong ~ Country Music Record Executive for various labels, signed Barbara Mandrell, Don Williams, Garth Brooks, Donna Fargo, Reba McEntire, the Oak Ridge Boys, Con Hunley, George Strait, Tanya Tucker, Sawyer Brown, Suzy Bogguss ~ 90
T Model Ford ~ Blues singer active since the 1940's discovered in 1995, recorded for Fat Possum Records ~ Aprox age, late 80's
Lage Fosheim ~ Singer for Norwegian 1980's Ska/Pop band The Monroes ~ 55
Chris Friedrich ~ Bassist for Alt Band Caspian ~ 33
Annette Funicello ~ 1950's & 60's TV and movie star of various "Beach Blanket" movies, also had a series of pop hit records ~ 70
Rex Garvin, 73, American 1950's & 60's R&B musician with hits "I Can't Sit Down" (as a duet Marie & Rex), "Over The Mountain, Across The Sea", by Johnnie and Joe, and his own 1966 recording "Sock It To 'Em J.B.", later recorded by The Specials. ~ 73
Eydie Gormé ~ American singer 1950's pop singer ("Blame It on the Bossa Nova") ~ 82
James Gray ~ Canadian country rock keyboardist for Blue Rodeo and Vital Sines ~ 52
Jack Greene ~ 1960's & 70's Country singer with hits w/ "There Goes My Everything" ~ 83
Trevor Grills ~ British singer with folk band The Fisherman's Friends ~ 54
Bengt Hallberg ~ Swedish Jazz pianist and accordianist, played with Clifford Brown, Stan Getz and Quincy Jones ~ 80
Chico Hamilton ~ American Jazz drummer and bandleader, also played with Eric Dolphy ~ 92
Jeff Hanneman ~ Guitarist for Thrash Metal Legends Slayer ~ 49
John Harrelson ~ Singer/Guitarist for 1960's L.A. Garage band The Southe and later solo ~ 62
Damon Harris ~ American soul and R&B singer with The Temptations during the early 1970's ~ 62
Jane Harvey ~ American Big Band jazz singer w/Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Desi Arnez ~ 88
Richie Havens ~ American folk/blues singer and guitarist, best known for opening gig at Woodstock ~ 72
Pete Haycock ~ English singer/guitarist with 1970's blues/rock band The Climax Blues Band and later ELO ~ 62
Donna Hightower ~ American 1960's & 70's R&B singer w/hit "The World's A Mess" ~ 86
Monroe Hopper ~ Singer with Southern Gospel group The Hoppers from the 1950's on ~ 86
Rick Huxley ~ English bassist with 1960's Beat Band The Dave Clark Five w/ hits like "Glad All Over", "Bits & Pieces", "I Like it Like That", "Catch us if You can" ~ 72
George Jackson ~ Rock and R&B singer and songwriter with hits like "Old Time Rock And Roll" (for Bob Seger), "One Bad Apple" (The Jackson Five) and "The Only Way Is Up" (Yazzoo) ~ 68
Roland Janes ~ 1950's Rockabilly guitarist for Sun Records, played with Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Lee Riley, Charlie Rich, Sonny Burgess, Rayburn Anthony, Harold Dorman, later played with Mudhoney ~ 80
George Jones ~ Classic Country singer from the 1950's on. Had numerous hits including; "White Lightning", "Why Baby Why", "She Thinks I Still Care", He Stopped Loving Her Today", "The Race Is On" ~ 81
Andy Johns ~ Record producer for Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, Free, Humble Pie, Van Halen, Cinderella, LA Guns, Kiler Dwarves ~ 61
Virgil Johnson ~ Singer with Doo-Wop group The Velvets ~ 77
John Kalinowski ~ British rock and roll manager (Madness, Procol Harum, Van Morrison, The Kinks) ~ 66
Fred Katz ~ Jazz Cellist from 1950's on, also composed scores for Roger Coram films A "Bucket of Blood", "The Wasp Woman" and "Creature from the Haunted Sea" ~ 94
Chris Kelly ~ Rapper with 1990's pre-teen rappers Kriss Kross ~ 32
Joe Kelly ~ Guitarist for 1960's Chicago Garage Punks The Shadows Of Knight w/ hit version of "Gloria"
Bi Kidude ~ Zanzibari Taarab singer ~ c.100
Nick Keir ~ Scottish guitarist for Prog-Folk band The McCalmans ~ 60
Louis Killen ~ British transsexual musician, folk singer and songwriter ~ 79
Claude King ~ American country music singer ("Wolverton Mountain") ~ 90
Marilyn King ~ American singer and actress, last surviving member of 1940's and 50's pop vocal group The King Sisters ~ 82
Steve Knight ~ Keyboardist for 1960's & 70's band Mountain ~ 76
Basile Kolliopoulos - 59 - Singer/guitarist for 1980's Oklahoma Garage Blues bands the Fortune Tellers, Reverb Brothers, The Fensics
János Kőrössy ~ Romanian/Hangarian jazz pianist and composer ~ 86
Paul Kuhn ~ German Big Band Jazz leader ~ 85
Johnny Laboriel ~ Mexican rock 'n' roll singer ~ 71
Joey LaCaze ~ Drummer for American metal band Eyehategod ~ 42
Allen Lanier, 67, American rock keyboardist and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult) ~ 67
Greg Lanier ~ Keyboardist with ZZ Top ~ 64
Dick LaPalm ~ American music producer and promoter (Count Basie, Nat King Cole) ~ 86
Roger LaVern ~ Keyboardist with British intsro band The Tornados ~ 75
Alvin Lee, singer guitarist for Blues Rock super group Ten Years After, best known for their epic performance at Woodstock ~ 68
Claudio Leo ~ Guitarist with Italian Goth-Metal band Lacuna Coil ~ 40
Chris Levoire ~ Guitarist for Toronto garage band The Mark Inside ~ 31
Curly Lewis ~ Fiddler for Bob Wills' Western Playboys ~ 88
Terry Lightfoot ~ British Dixieland Jazz clarinettist ~ 77
Jackie Lomax ~ British 1960's guitarist w/The Undertakers, also worked with Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Gene Clark ~ 69
Mary Love ~ American soul and gospel singer ~ 69
Lewis Lymon ~ 1950's Doo Wop singer, brother of Frankie Lymon and replaced him in the Teenagers after he quit to go solo ~ 69
Gloria Lynne ~ 1960's Jazz & R&B singer and lyricist; "Watermelon Man" (w/Herbie Hancock) and several solo hits in the 1960's ~ 83
Marshall Lytle ~ Bassist with Bill Haley's Comets as well as his preceding band The Saddlemen. Also co-wrote "Crazy Man Crazy" and a few songs for Haley associated group The Jodimers including their big hit "Rattle Shakin' Daddy" ~ 79
Bernie McGann ~ Australian jazz alto saxophonist ~ 76
Hugh McCrackin ~ American Jazz, R&B and Fusion guitarist, played with Steely Dan
Floyd McCrea ~ Singer with 1950's Doo-Wop group, The Chords who did the original version of "Sh-Boom" later covered by The Crewcuts ~ 80
Mindy McCready ~ American country music singer ~ 37
Lawrence McKiver ~ American gullah singer (Gullah is a dialect spoken by the descendents of African slaves along the Carolina coastlines and islands ~ 97
Rita MacNeil ~ Nova Scotian Juno Award wining Folk and Country singer and TV show host ~ 68
Marian McPartland ~ British jazz pianist, writer, composer, and radio host, wife of American Jazz horn player Jimmy McPartland ~ 95
Magic Slim ~ Blues singer/guitarist and cousin of the great Magic Sam ~ 75
Gia Maione ~ Wife and singer for Louis Prima and his Orch ~ 72
Ray Manzarek ~ Keyboardist for 1960's stars The Doors, later produced first album by X ~ 74
Peppi Marchello ~ Singer/Guitarist with New Jersey garage band The Good Rats from the late 1960's to the 1990's ~ 68
Shirley Mathews ~ 61 ~ Toronto 1960's R&B singer ("Big Town Boy")
Gypie Mayo ~ English guitarist w/ Dr Feelgood in the 1980's and later the reformed Yardbirds ~ 62
Eyob Mekonnen ~ Ethiopian reggae singer ~ 37
Scott Miller ~ Singer/guitarist for 1980's New Wave/Power Pop bands Game Theory, Loud Family and Alternate Learning ~ 53
Wayne Mills ~ American country music singer ~ 44
Yngve Moe ~ Norwegian bass guitarist (Dance with a Stranger) ~ 55
Jason Molina ~ American singer-songwriter with Songs:Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co. ~ 39
Rob Morsberger ~ Pianist w/ My Morning Jacket, Crash Test Dummies, Marshall Crenshaw, Jules Shear, Loudon Wainwright III ~ 53
Cordell Mosson ~ Bassist with 1970's R&B/Funk band Parliament-Funkadelic ~ 60
Sam Most ~ American Jazz Jazz flutist, played with Buddy Rich, Paul Quinichette and Teddy Wilson ~ 82
Albert Murray ~ American literary and jazz critic ~ 97
Junior Murvin ~ Jamaican reggae singer who did the original "Police and Thieves" later covered by The Clash~ 67
Alan Myers ~ Drummer for Ohio New Wave Band Devo ("Whip It", "Satisfaction", "Are We Not Men") ~ 58
Claude Nobs ~ Swiss founder and general manager of Montreux Jazz Festival ~ 76
Bernie Nolan ~ Irish singer for pop vocal group The Nolans ~ 52
Oophoi ~ Real name Gianluigi Gasparetti, Italian Ambient/Electra-Acoustic/New Age musician ~ 55
Greg Quill ~ Australian singer/songwriter w/1970's country-rock band Country Radio, later moved to Toronto and became music journalist with the Toronto Star
Patti Page ~ 1950's Pre-Rock Pop Singer w/hits "Tennessee Waltz", "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window", "Red Sails in The Sunset" ~ 85
Dennis Palmer, 56, American multi-insturmentalist w/ Improvisational Prog-Rock band Shaking Ray Levis ~ 56
Bobby Parker ~ 1960's American R&B singer/guitarist w/1961 hit "Watch Your Step" later covered by Spencer Davis Group, Dr. Feelgood, Steve Marriott and Carlos Santana ~ 76
Jody Payne ~ Guitarist with Willie Nelson's band ~ 77
Kevin Peek ~ Australian born guitarist for 1970's British Prog-Rock band Sky as well as session work w/Lulu,Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Cliff Richards ~ 66
Eddie Perez ~ Puerto Rican Grammy Award-winning salsa musician (El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico)
Jeanne Arland Peterson ~ American jazz pianist ~ 91
Gary Pickford-Hopkins ~ Welsh singer (Wild Turkey, Rick Wakeman) ~ 65
Andy Pierce ~ Vocalist w/Swedish Glam Metal Band The Nasty Idols ~ 45
Jimmy Ponder ~ Pittsburgh Jazz guitarist from the 1970's on. Played with Jimmy McGriff,Donald Byrd and Stanley Turrentine ~ 67
Nic Potter ~ British bassist with Prog Rock band Van der Graaf Generator ~ 61
Ray Price ~ 1950's and 60's Honky Tonk singer and pioneer of The Nashville Sound with a slew of hits including "Release Me", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "For the Good Times" ~ 87
Anne Rabson ~ Singer and guitarist with Saffire; The Uppity Blues Women ~ 67
Bill Putt ~ Australian bassist with progressive rock bands Spectrum and Ariel ~ 66
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
Roach ~ Bassist for Toronto Punk Band The Liquor Pigs ~ 44
Eivind Rølles ~ Guitarist with Norwegian Ska/Pop band The Monroes ~ 54
Phil Ramone ~ Record producer for Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand ~ 79
Lou Reed ~ Singer/guitarist with classic The Velvet Underground and solo ~ 72
Charlie Salmon ~ Singer/guitarist w/1980's Toronto Indie Band The Plasterscene Replicas
Wendy Saddington ~ Australian jazz and blues singer with fusion band Chain ~ 64
Ed Shaughnessy ~ Jazz and Swing drummer from the 1950's on; played with Benny Goodman, Dorsey Brothers, Gene Ammons, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, Shirley Scott, Horace Silver, Count Basie and Jimmy Smith among others. Later played with Doc Severnson's Tonight Show Band ~ 84
George Beverly Shea ~ Canadian/American Gospel singer ~ 104
Gary Shearston ~ Australian singer/songwriter, had a hit in the UK with a cover of "I Get A Kick Out Of You" ~ 74
Tony Sheridan ~ British 1960's Mersey Beat singer, had The Beatles as his back-up band and did their first recordings ~ 72
Bobby Smith ~ American singer with R&B The Spinners ~ 76
Cal Smith ~ 1950's Country singer ("The Lord Knows I'm Drinking", "Country Bumpkin" ~ 81
Jay Smith ~ Canadian guitarist with Matt Mays ~ 34
Johnny Smith ~ American guitarist who did the original version of the classic "Walk Don't Run" covered by The Ventures, Belaires, Shadows, Los Sraitjackets, and virtually every other surf band ~ 90
Neil Smith ~ Bassist for 1970's versions of AC/DC and Rose Tattoo ~ 59
Paul Smith ~ Jazz pianist from the 1940's to the 1980's w/Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Anita O'Day, Buddy DeFranco, Steve Allen, Stan Kenton, Mel Tormé ~ 90
Ronnie Splinter ~ Guitarist for 1960's Dutch garage band The Outsiders
Clyde Stacey ~ 1950's & 60's Oklahoma Country/Rock singer/guitarist ~ 77
Gordon Stoker ~ Singer with 1950's & 1960's Country/Rock and Gospel vocal group The Jordanaires ~ 88
Kerry Strayer ~ American saxophonist and bandleader ~ 56
Richard Street ~ R&B singer with the 1970's version of The Temptations ~ 70
Jim Sundquist ~ Guitarist for 1960's garage band The Fendermen ("Mule Skinner Blues" ~ 75
Paul Tanner ~ Big Band trombone player with Glenn Miller who later went on to pioneer the electro-theremin, which he played on Beach Boys records including "Good Vibrations" ~ 95
Janie Thompson ~ American singer w/ 1940's big band Ike Carpenter's Big Band ~ 91
Dan Toler ~ Guitarist with the Allman Bros Band ~ 64
Filip Topol ~ singer/pianist for Czech alt-rock band Psí Vojáci ~ 48
Stan Tracey ~ British Jazz pianist. Mostly solo but also played with Ronnie Scott, Carmen McRea, Ted Heath and Cab Calloway ~ 86
Marguerite Trina ~ 73 ~ 1950's California Rockabilly singer
Ben Tucker ~ American Jazz Sax player w/ Quincy Jones & Dexter Gordon ~ 82
Bebo Valdés ~ Cuban latin jazz pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger from the 1940's on ~ 94
Dan Van Patten - 60's - Drummer for 1980's American Techno Pop band Berlin ("Sex", "The Metro", "No More Words", "Take My Beath Away")
Arturo Vega ~ Mexican-born American punk graphic designer and artistic director for The Ramones ~ 65
Bernard Vitet ~ French Jazz trumpet player w/ Serge Gainsbourg,Yves Montand,Brigitte Bardot, Marianne Faithfull, Lester Young, Archie Shepp, Anthony Braxton, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, Gato Barbieri, Jean-Luc Ponty, Django Reinhardt, Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler and The Art Emsemble Of Chicago. He also worked on film scores. ~ 77
Paul Walter ~ American singer with 1950's pop vocal group The Lettermen ~ 56
Cedar Walton ~ American Jazz Pianist from 1960's w/ The Jazztet ("Killer Joe"), John Coltrane, Don Ellis, Lee Morgan, Abbey Lincoln ~ 79
Virginia Waring ~ Pianist w/ her husband, Fred Waring's 1940's Big Band ~ 97
Butch Warren ~ BeBop Jazz bassist w/ Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Sonny Clark, Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, and Stanley Turrentine and Thelonious Monk ~ 74
Derek Watkins ~ British trumpeter, played on every James Bond movie ~ 68
Frank Wess ~ American Jazz saxman and flautist from the 1940's on, played with Billy Eckstine, Count Basie, Clark Terry, Mel Tormé, Ernestine Anderson ~ 91
Slim Whitman ~ Yodeling Country singer from the 1950's w/hits "Indian Love Call", "Rose Marie" ~ 90
Tommy Whittle ~ British jazz saxophonist w/Ted Heath and Benny Goodman ~ 87
Paul Williams ~ American music journalist & publisher for Crawdaddy!" and Bob Dylan biographer ~ 64
Pixie Williams ~ New Zealand 1950's pop singer, scored the first New Zealand based hit record with "Blue Smoke" in 1949 ~ 85
John Wilkinson ~ Rhythm guitarist w/Elvis Presley's TCB Band ~ 67
Bert Wilson ~ American jazz saxophonist ~ 73
Paul Wilson ~ Drummer for South African blues/rock band Southern Gypsey Queen ~ 29
Tim Wright, 61, American bass guitarist for New Wave bands Pere Ubu and DNA ~ 61
Robert Zildjian ~ American manufacturer of Sabian cymbals ~ 89
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground (1942 - 2013)
Everyone knows the quote about the Velvet Underground; "They didn't sell a lot of records but everyone who bought one started a band." That's not entirely true of course. A lot of those fans became writers and college radio DJ's instead. And therein lies part of the enduring appeal of the Velvets. They attracted the kind of fans who could and would become promoters, Hell proselytizers, for the Underground church. And so it remains.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "SUNDAY MORNING";
It's easy to forget in these post punk years that back when the Velvet Underground's first album came out in 1967 there was no real underground as we know it. Bands were either successful or they were not, if they were not they did not get played on the radio, let alone TV, and they got very few gigs. Touring was out of the question. The nation wide network of small alternative clubs and promoters simply did not exist. These are all the unruly spawn of the punk and post-punk revolution of the late 1970's as it urged a thousand flowers to bloom Mao-like across North America, Europe and Australia. As are the cadre of fly-by-night zines and more co-incidentally the network of ground breaking college radio stations which sprang up in the same era. This ad-hoc network would make it possible for a willfully uncommercial band like the Velvets to actually thrive in spite of getting absolutely no attention from the mainstream music press. There are no shortage of such bands today in a variety of genres to choose from. But back in 1967 such a musical world was not even a dream. Bands like the Velvet Underground, The MC5, The Stooges, Shaggs, Silver Apples, Runaways, Red Krayola, Love, Brinsley Schwartz, Holy Modal Rounders, Gram Parsons, Hasil Adkins, Syd Barrett, Nick Drake, Van Dyke Parks, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Albert Ayler and The Flaming Groovies, slaved away, sometimes for years, with only small devoted cults of lonely followers and a few stubborn music writers to keep them warm. Even combined they all probably sold fewer records than Monkees. Now they are recognized as icons of the late sixties underground counter-culture. And the Velvets are their godfathers, even for those who sound nothing like them.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "VENUS IN FURS";
They didn't plan it that way, nobody did in those days. Lou Reed, the son of a conservative accountant, started off with a thoroughly conventional background scuffing around in teenage garage bands and later as a staff songwriter for a bargain-basement Tin Pan Alley song mill when he stumbled on the far more Bohemian art students John Cale and Angus MacLise and along with fellow garage band guitarist Sterling Morrison, decided to form a band. Cale was a classically trained cellist, pianist and bassist who had been an active part of New York's avant garde music seen with the likes of John Cage and Lamonte Young. As for their first drummer Angus Maclise, he was part of the beatnik art and poetry scene. He named the band before quitting to be replaced by rock's first female drummer Maureen Tucker. Reed had studied modern literature with his rock & roll and like Bob Dylan saw no reason not to blend them. Unlike Dylan he and Cale also brought the avant garde to their music as well.
JOHN CALE ON A TV GAME SHOW "I'VE GOT A SECRET" IN 1963;
The first album had the legend "produced" by Andy Warhol boldly emblazoned on it's cover but other than helping them get a record deal and designing a cover he had nothing to do with the recording. There was his one and only musical brainstorm of course, forcing the band to adopt Nico, an icy glowering Germanic chanteuse, to the mix. The resulting album was a disorienting mix of reasonably straight forward, even beautiful, if off centre ballads like "Sunday Morning", "Femme Fatale", "I'll Be Your Mirror" with jaw-dropping wall of sound epics like "Venus In Furs", "Heroin", "European Son", "Waiting For My Man", "Run Run Run" and "All Tomorrow's Parties" which pushed the boundaries of what was considered rock & roll farther than anyone had ever considered, as well as wallowing in the dark side of the Summer of Love. People were not amused. The second album went even father, discarding the bitter sweet ballads for the full-on feedback overdrive of "Sister Ray", "I Heard Her Call My Name" and the Edgar Allen Poe mini rock opera "The Gift". People were even less amused. The first album limped onto the very bottom of Billboard's top 200 for a week an then crept away, as if embarrassed. The second album sank without a trace.
While everybody else was saying "All You Need Is Love" the Velvets said that the whole happy peace and love facade was not only a mask but a scab over a festering sore of sex and rugs. They turned out have a valid point about much of that of course but nobody likes a spoilsport, especially if he might be right. In their one journey out of New York and down to the centre of the action at the time, California, the Velvets were shunned as disturbing interlopers into the laid back hippy scene. While every other band was singing tributes to pot, acid and LSD, usually in cryptic or playful ways, the Velvets were wallowing in tales of heroin and speed in coldly matter- of-fact tones. They didn't even look the part, while everybody else was in a riot of flowing colours the Velvets dressed in severe black, dark shades and dour glares. Now their look is essential to any band with artsy rebel pretensions, but at the time they were an affront to all that was utopian about the sixties. After the failure of the first two albums Cale left and Reed carried on for two more albums that tried to forge a somewhat more conventional sound, sort of like a New York version of the Byrds. Both still had some classic (and surprisingly upbeat) songs in "Sweet Jane", "Rock And Roll" "We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time", and "What Goes On" but they were no more successful than the first two and Reed gave up in frustration as the band fell apart.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "ROCK AND ROLL";
Lou Reed's post Velvet's career would have many ground breaking moments like "Berlin", "Transformer" (which scored a fluke hit in "Walk On The Wild Side" which probably surprised even him) and "Metal Machine Music" which unsurprisingly scored no hits. In between were attempts at the mainstream like "Rock And Roll Animal", "Busload Of Faith" and the surprisingly upbeat "I Love You Suzanne" which had an even more surprising video in which Lou Reed proved that he could not only smile but dance . Plenty of smart people swear by these later songs and I won't quarrel but I've always been a Velvets fan first and foremost.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO ~ "I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR";
Someone once said that most people who bragged about listening to the Velvets (or The MC5, or The Stooges) were full of shit. Most reasonably hip people who grew up in the eighties listened to The Smiths, Cure, Clash, Siouxsie, Sex Pistols, Simple Minds, and Psychedelic Furs at best. Maybe Teenage Head if you lived in Canada. But I was actually the only person in my high school who could honestly say I really did listen to the Velvets. In 1985 it so happened that the Velvet Underground's long out of print albums were re-released along with the "VU" album of out-takes and demos. Coincidentally the very same month a different record label (Rhino of course) also re-released the classic Nuggets collection of sixties Garage Punk. This allowed music mags like Spin to run full page articles saying in essence "Hey Punk. Yeah You. You think you're so cool? Well here's were all this Punk and New Wave started. So buy these records". Naturally I ran out and did so. Keep in mind that this was before the internet so you couldn't just go on Youtube and check out a band you didn't know, you had to actually go downtown and spend you money and take your chances. Of course the fact that you went out and searched for off-the-beaten track music in small dusty record stores and had to do some reading and research helped form an unshakable bond with band like this for the few who ventured out to the outlying districts of music. That is an era that that will never quite return in the internet age. I'm not sure that instant gratification and convenience is a fair trade.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "I'M WAITING FOR MY MAN";
When Lou Reed died this past month he was a much revered and still active elder statesman whose cool, monosyllabic persona was as beloved as a crusty uncle. He leaves John Cale as the only surviving member of the Velvet Underground since Maureen Tucker wasn't the original drummer. Sterling Morrison died in 1995 of cancer aged 53 and Angus MacLise of complications from tuberculosis, malnutrition and dehydration in Kathmandu in 1979 aged 41. Nico died after having a heart attack while riding her bike in Ibiza and striking her head in 1988, she was 49. Cale's replacement Doug Yule is still around, as is Mo Tucker.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "PALE BLUE EYES";
One of the indicators of a band's importance is the number and variety of cover songs they inspire and the Velvets have a progeny that ranks with The Beatles. A few faves are;
Cabaret Voltaire; One of the founders of Industrial Music named the Velvets as one of the few bands they would admit to as an influence, their droning, feedback drenched version of "Here She Come's Now" brought the Velvet's nascent noise-rock experiments to perfect fruition.
CABARET VOLTAIRE ~ "HERE SHE COMES NOW";
The Cowboy Junkies; At the other end of the spectrum it took the Cowboy Junkies to realize the gentle beauty that was the flipside to the Velvet's menace. Lou Reed himself said that it was even better than the original.
THE COWBOY JUNKIES ~ "SWEET JANE";
Eater; This band from the first wave of 1976 London punk bands was known mostly for their extreme youth (average age of 15) and their barely competent but energetic three chord thrash. Their version of "Waiting For My Man" is too slap-dash to approach the original's hypnotic drone of course, and it totally misses the monotony of heroin by romping through the song like it's a drunken rave-up, but damned if it isn't still catchy. Their ham-fisted version of "Sweet Jane" is pushing it too far though.
EATER ~ "I'M WAITING FOR MY MAN";
Joy Division on the other hand were perfect for the Velvet's brooding dark side and this was their only cover song, as a live track on the "Still" album. Done with a very English droll wit, especially the closing brush-off; "You should hear our version of "Louie Louie", Whoa..."
The Runaways; The Runaways were the same age as Eater but they were more musically savvy and their changing of "Rock & Roll" to a stadium rocker manages to outdo Reed's attempts to do the same thing on his bombastic "Rock & Roll Animal" album. Check out how Joan Jett brings the boogie to the original guitar riff. Oh, and Sandy West brings the cowbell. Natch.
THE RUNAWAYS ~ "ROCK AND ROLL";
The Scenics; This artsy first wave punk band from Toronto were obvious Velvets fanatics and they proved it by releasing an entire album of Velvet's covers including a suitably cacophonous trek through "Waiting For My Man".
THE SCENICS ~ "I'M WAITING FOR MY MAN";
R.E.M.; Known in their early years for their variety of covers including a soulful version of "Pale Blue Eyes"
R.E.M. ~ "PALE BLUE EYES";
Simple Minds; It's actually from Lou's solo album "Berlin" rather than a Velvet's track but the Scottish artsy New Wavers did a lovely version of "Street Hassle" on their "Sparkle In The Rain" album. Much later they did a more perfunctory version of "All Tomorrow's Parties".
SIMPLE MINDS ~ "STREET HASSLE"
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO LIVE 1967;
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "SUNDAY MORNING";
It's easy to forget in these post punk years that back when the Velvet Underground's first album came out in 1967 there was no real underground as we know it. Bands were either successful or they were not, if they were not they did not get played on the radio, let alone TV, and they got very few gigs. Touring was out of the question. The nation wide network of small alternative clubs and promoters simply did not exist. These are all the unruly spawn of the punk and post-punk revolution of the late 1970's as it urged a thousand flowers to bloom Mao-like across North America, Europe and Australia. As are the cadre of fly-by-night zines and more co-incidentally the network of ground breaking college radio stations which sprang up in the same era. This ad-hoc network would make it possible for a willfully uncommercial band like the Velvets to actually thrive in spite of getting absolutely no attention from the mainstream music press. There are no shortage of such bands today in a variety of genres to choose from. But back in 1967 such a musical world was not even a dream. Bands like the Velvet Underground, The MC5, The Stooges, Shaggs, Silver Apples, Runaways, Red Krayola, Love, Brinsley Schwartz, Holy Modal Rounders, Gram Parsons, Hasil Adkins, Syd Barrett, Nick Drake, Van Dyke Parks, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Albert Ayler and The Flaming Groovies, slaved away, sometimes for years, with only small devoted cults of lonely followers and a few stubborn music writers to keep them warm. Even combined they all probably sold fewer records than Monkees. Now they are recognized as icons of the late sixties underground counter-culture. And the Velvets are their godfathers, even for those who sound nothing like them.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "VENUS IN FURS";
They didn't plan it that way, nobody did in those days. Lou Reed, the son of a conservative accountant, started off with a thoroughly conventional background scuffing around in teenage garage bands and later as a staff songwriter for a bargain-basement Tin Pan Alley song mill when he stumbled on the far more Bohemian art students John Cale and Angus MacLise and along with fellow garage band guitarist Sterling Morrison, decided to form a band. Cale was a classically trained cellist, pianist and bassist who had been an active part of New York's avant garde music seen with the likes of John Cage and Lamonte Young. As for their first drummer Angus Maclise, he was part of the beatnik art and poetry scene. He named the band before quitting to be replaced by rock's first female drummer Maureen Tucker. Reed had studied modern literature with his rock & roll and like Bob Dylan saw no reason not to blend them. Unlike Dylan he and Cale also brought the avant garde to their music as well.
JOHN CALE ON A TV GAME SHOW "I'VE GOT A SECRET" IN 1963;
The first album had the legend "produced" by Andy Warhol boldly emblazoned on it's cover but other than helping them get a record deal and designing a cover he had nothing to do with the recording. There was his one and only musical brainstorm of course, forcing the band to adopt Nico, an icy glowering Germanic chanteuse, to the mix. The resulting album was a disorienting mix of reasonably straight forward, even beautiful, if off centre ballads like "Sunday Morning", "Femme Fatale", "I'll Be Your Mirror" with jaw-dropping wall of sound epics like "Venus In Furs", "Heroin", "European Son", "Waiting For My Man", "Run Run Run" and "All Tomorrow's Parties" which pushed the boundaries of what was considered rock & roll farther than anyone had ever considered, as well as wallowing in the dark side of the Summer of Love. People were not amused. The second album went even father, discarding the bitter sweet ballads for the full-on feedback overdrive of "Sister Ray", "I Heard Her Call My Name" and the Edgar Allen Poe mini rock opera "The Gift". People were even less amused. The first album limped onto the very bottom of Billboard's top 200 for a week an then crept away, as if embarrassed. The second album sank without a trace.
While everybody else was saying "All You Need Is Love" the Velvets said that the whole happy peace and love facade was not only a mask but a scab over a festering sore of sex and rugs. They turned out have a valid point about much of that of course but nobody likes a spoilsport, especially if he might be right. In their one journey out of New York and down to the centre of the action at the time, California, the Velvets were shunned as disturbing interlopers into the laid back hippy scene. While every other band was singing tributes to pot, acid and LSD, usually in cryptic or playful ways, the Velvets were wallowing in tales of heroin and speed in coldly matter- of-fact tones. They didn't even look the part, while everybody else was in a riot of flowing colours the Velvets dressed in severe black, dark shades and dour glares. Now their look is essential to any band with artsy rebel pretensions, but at the time they were an affront to all that was utopian about the sixties. After the failure of the first two albums Cale left and Reed carried on for two more albums that tried to forge a somewhat more conventional sound, sort of like a New York version of the Byrds. Both still had some classic (and surprisingly upbeat) songs in "Sweet Jane", "Rock And Roll" "We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time", and "What Goes On" but they were no more successful than the first two and Reed gave up in frustration as the band fell apart.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "ROCK AND ROLL";
Lou Reed's post Velvet's career would have many ground breaking moments like "Berlin", "Transformer" (which scored a fluke hit in "Walk On The Wild Side" which probably surprised even him) and "Metal Machine Music" which unsurprisingly scored no hits. In between were attempts at the mainstream like "Rock And Roll Animal", "Busload Of Faith" and the surprisingly upbeat "I Love You Suzanne" which had an even more surprising video in which Lou Reed proved that he could not only smile but dance . Plenty of smart people swear by these later songs and I won't quarrel but I've always been a Velvets fan first and foremost.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO ~ "I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR";
Someone once said that most people who bragged about listening to the Velvets (or The MC5, or The Stooges) were full of shit. Most reasonably hip people who grew up in the eighties listened to The Smiths, Cure, Clash, Siouxsie, Sex Pistols, Simple Minds, and Psychedelic Furs at best. Maybe Teenage Head if you lived in Canada. But I was actually the only person in my high school who could honestly say I really did listen to the Velvets. In 1985 it so happened that the Velvet Underground's long out of print albums were re-released along with the "VU" album of out-takes and demos. Coincidentally the very same month a different record label (Rhino of course) also re-released the classic Nuggets collection of sixties Garage Punk. This allowed music mags like Spin to run full page articles saying in essence "Hey Punk. Yeah You. You think you're so cool? Well here's were all this Punk and New Wave started. So buy these records". Naturally I ran out and did so. Keep in mind that this was before the internet so you couldn't just go on Youtube and check out a band you didn't know, you had to actually go downtown and spend you money and take your chances. Of course the fact that you went out and searched for off-the-beaten track music in small dusty record stores and had to do some reading and research helped form an unshakable bond with band like this for the few who ventured out to the outlying districts of music. That is an era that that will never quite return in the internet age. I'm not sure that instant gratification and convenience is a fair trade.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "I'M WAITING FOR MY MAN";
When Lou Reed died this past month he was a much revered and still active elder statesman whose cool, monosyllabic persona was as beloved as a crusty uncle. He leaves John Cale as the only surviving member of the Velvet Underground since Maureen Tucker wasn't the original drummer. Sterling Morrison died in 1995 of cancer aged 53 and Angus MacLise of complications from tuberculosis, malnutrition and dehydration in Kathmandu in 1979 aged 41. Nico died after having a heart attack while riding her bike in Ibiza and striking her head in 1988, she was 49. Cale's replacement Doug Yule is still around, as is Mo Tucker.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "PALE BLUE EYES";
One of the indicators of a band's importance is the number and variety of cover songs they inspire and the Velvets have a progeny that ranks with The Beatles. A few faves are;
Cabaret Voltaire; One of the founders of Industrial Music named the Velvets as one of the few bands they would admit to as an influence, their droning, feedback drenched version of "Here She Come's Now" brought the Velvet's nascent noise-rock experiments to perfect fruition.
CABARET VOLTAIRE ~ "HERE SHE COMES NOW";
The Cowboy Junkies; At the other end of the spectrum it took the Cowboy Junkies to realize the gentle beauty that was the flipside to the Velvet's menace. Lou Reed himself said that it was even better than the original.
THE COWBOY JUNKIES ~ "SWEET JANE";
Eater; This band from the first wave of 1976 London punk bands was known mostly for their extreme youth (average age of 15) and their barely competent but energetic three chord thrash. Their version of "Waiting For My Man" is too slap-dash to approach the original's hypnotic drone of course, and it totally misses the monotony of heroin by romping through the song like it's a drunken rave-up, but damned if it isn't still catchy. Their ham-fisted version of "Sweet Jane" is pushing it too far though.
EATER ~ "I'M WAITING FOR MY MAN";
Joy Division on the other hand were perfect for the Velvet's brooding dark side and this was their only cover song, as a live track on the "Still" album. Done with a very English droll wit, especially the closing brush-off; "You should hear our version of "Louie Louie", Whoa..."
The Runaways; The Runaways were the same age as Eater but they were more musically savvy and their changing of "Rock & Roll" to a stadium rocker manages to outdo Reed's attempts to do the same thing on his bombastic "Rock & Roll Animal" album. Check out how Joan Jett brings the boogie to the original guitar riff. Oh, and Sandy West brings the cowbell. Natch.
THE RUNAWAYS ~ "ROCK AND ROLL";
The Scenics; This artsy first wave punk band from Toronto were obvious Velvets fanatics and they proved it by releasing an entire album of Velvet's covers including a suitably cacophonous trek through "Waiting For My Man".
THE SCENICS ~ "I'M WAITING FOR MY MAN";
R.E.M.; Known in their early years for their variety of covers including a soulful version of "Pale Blue Eyes"
R.E.M. ~ "PALE BLUE EYES";
Simple Minds; It's actually from Lou's solo album "Berlin" rather than a Velvet's track but the Scottish artsy New Wavers did a lovely version of "Street Hassle" on their "Sparkle In The Rain" album. Much later they did a more perfunctory version of "All Tomorrow's Parties".
SIMPLE MINDS ~ "STREET HASSLE"
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO LIVE 1967;
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Some Rock & Blues Figures Pass On
Dickie Dodd ~ Singer and drummer with 1960's Garage Band The Standells w/ classic songs "Dirty Water", "Good Guys Don't Wear White" and "Why Pick On Me", later played in Surf Bands The Belaires ("Mr. Moto") and Eddie & The Showmen ~ 68
THE STANDELLS ~ "RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP";
THE STANDELLS ~ "DIRTY WATER" & "WHY PICK ON ME";
THE STANDELLS ~ "HELP YOURSELF";
Pete Haycock ~ English singer/guitarist with 1970's blues/rock band The Climax Blues Band and later ELO ~ 62
THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND ~ "COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT";
THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND ~ "GOING TO NEW YORK";
THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND ~ "I LOVE YOU";
Bobby Parker ~ 1960's American R&B singer/guitarist w/1961 hit "Watch Your Step" later covered by Spencer Davis Group, Dr. Feelgood, Steve Marriott and Carlos Santana ~ 76
BOBBY PARKER ~ "WATCH YOUR STEP";
BOBBY PARKER ~ "BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN";
Junior Murvin ~ Jamaican Reggae and Ska singer w/ classic hit "Police and Thieves" later covered by The Clash on their first album ~ 63
THE CLASH ~ "POLICE AND THIEVES";
Tony Brevet ~ Singer for 1960's & 70's Jamaican Ska/Rocksteady group The Melodians
THE MELODIANS ~ "RIVERS OF BABYLON";
THE MELODIANS ~ "THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND";
Ray Price ~ 1950's and 60's Honky Tonk singer and pioneer of The Nashville Sound with a slew of hits including "Release Me", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "For the Good Times" ~ 87
RAY PRICE ~ "HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER";
RAY PRICE ~ "CRAZY ARMS" & "HEART ACHES BY THE NUMBER";
THE STANDELLS ~ "RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP";
THE STANDELLS ~ "DIRTY WATER" & "WHY PICK ON ME";
THE STANDELLS ~ "HELP YOURSELF";
Pete Haycock ~ English singer/guitarist with 1970's blues/rock band The Climax Blues Band and later ELO ~ 62
THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND ~ "COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT";
THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND ~ "GOING TO NEW YORK";
THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND ~ "I LOVE YOU";
Bobby Parker ~ 1960's American R&B singer/guitarist w/1961 hit "Watch Your Step" later covered by Spencer Davis Group, Dr. Feelgood, Steve Marriott and Carlos Santana ~ 76
BOBBY PARKER ~ "WATCH YOUR STEP";
BOBBY PARKER ~ "BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN";
Junior Murvin ~ Jamaican Reggae and Ska singer w/ classic hit "Police and Thieves" later covered by The Clash on their first album ~ 63
THE CLASH ~ "POLICE AND THIEVES";
Tony Brevet ~ Singer for 1960's & 70's Jamaican Ska/Rocksteady group The Melodians
THE MELODIANS ~ "RIVERS OF BABYLON";
THE MELODIANS ~ "THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND";
Ray Price ~ 1950's and 60's Honky Tonk singer and pioneer of The Nashville Sound with a slew of hits including "Release Me", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "For the Good Times" ~ 87
RAY PRICE ~ "HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER";
RAY PRICE ~ "CRAZY ARMS" & "HEART ACHES BY THE NUMBER";
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
A Few 1980's & 90's Hard Rock Dudes Pass On
Mark Gibson ~ Guitarist with Toronto 1990's (and recently reformed) Hardcore band The Almighty Trigger Happy
THE ALMIGHTY TRIGGER HAPPY ~ "THINK";
THE ALMIGHTY TRIGGER HAPPY ~ "MEATHOOK", "BRONCHITIS" & "FEVER";
Pat Fear ~ (Real name; Bill Bartell), Singer for California Punk/Hardcore/Parody band White Flag from 1982 on ~ 52
WHITE FLAG ~ "IN THE CITY";
WHITE FLAG ~ "SECRET";
WHITE FLAG ~ "IN THE CITY";
Lorne Black ~ Bassist for 80's Hair Metal Band Great White ("Once Bitten Twice Shy")
GREAT WHITE ~ "ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY";
Jan Kuehnemund ~ Guitarist with 1980's American Hair Metal band Vixen ~ 51
Andy Pierce ~ Vocalist with Swedish Glam Metal Band The Nasty Idols ~ 45
THE NASTY IDOLS ~ "COOL WAY OF LIVING";
THE NASTY IDOLS ~ "BITCH";
THE ALMIGHTY TRIGGER HAPPY ~ "THINK";
THE ALMIGHTY TRIGGER HAPPY ~ "MEATHOOK", "BRONCHITIS" & "FEVER";
Pat Fear ~ (Real name; Bill Bartell), Singer for California Punk/Hardcore/Parody band White Flag from 1982 on ~ 52
WHITE FLAG ~ "IN THE CITY";
WHITE FLAG ~ "SECRET";
WHITE FLAG ~ "IN THE CITY";
Lorne Black ~ Bassist for 80's Hair Metal Band Great White ("Once Bitten Twice Shy")
GREAT WHITE ~ "ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY";
Jan Kuehnemund ~ Guitarist with 1980's American Hair Metal band Vixen ~ 51
Andy Pierce ~ Vocalist with Swedish Glam Metal Band The Nasty Idols ~ 45
THE NASTY IDOLS ~ "COOL WAY OF LIVING";
THE NASTY IDOLS ~ "BITCH";
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