Entries tagged with: RIP
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Art D'Lugoff (Village Gate owner), RIP
Art D'Lugoff, the owner of The Village Gate nightclub located in the heart of Greenwich Village for over 40 years, died on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in Riverdale, N.Y. D'Lugoff was 85 years old. After producing concerts around New York...
Posted on November 6, 2009 10:40 AM
Chuck Biscuits (D.O.A., Circle Jerks, Danzig), RIP (???)
UPDATE 3: Chuck Biscuits is alive! UPDATE (good news): Chuck's death may be a hoax! UPDATE 2: Chuck Biscuits is not an easy man to get a hold of these days, but someone is now claiming that Otis Link...
Posted on October 29, 2009 12:55 PM
Canadian musician Taylor Mitchell killed by coyotes
A teenager mauled to death by two coyotes while hiking alone in Canada was a promising young musician, it has emerged. The victim was identified as 19-year-old Taylor Mitchell, a singer-songwriter from Toronto who was touring to promote her new...
Posted on October 29, 2009 10:52 AM
death in the family causes Bruce Springsteen to cancel a show, Eric Clapton not playing Hall of Fame gigs @ MSG
Bruce Springsteen @ Giants Stadium (more by Tim Griffin) The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concerts at Madison Square Garden scheduled for October 29th and 30th will go on without Eric Clapton. Bruce Springsteen's participation is in question due...
Posted on October 27, 2009 11:43 AM
Captain Lou Albano, RIP
Legendary pro wrestling manager Captain Lou Albano died this morning, MTV.com is reporting. Albano, who was sent home from the hospital earlier this week and place under hospice care, was 76 years old. Albano is best known to non-wrestling...
Posted on October 14, 2009 12:52 PM
Brendan Mullen, RIP
"Brendan Mullen, who nurtured the early Los Angeles punk-rock scene in the 1970s with his club the Masque and later chronicled it in articles and books, died on Monday in Ventura, Calif. He was 60 and lived in Los Angeles."...
Posted on October 14, 2009 12:24 AM
Dickie Peterson (Blue Cheer), RIP
Dickie Peterson, the bassist/vocalist and founding member of BLUE CHEER, passed away this morning (Monday, October 12) at 5 a.m. in Germany. He was 61 years old. Although the cause of Peterson's death has not been released, he had reportedly...
Posted on October 12, 2009 2:10 PM
Jon Pettis (Bankrupt and the Borrowers), RIP
"An errant malfunctioning power strip sparked a massive blaze Friday morning in the East Austin home of local band Bankrupt and the Borrowers. Founding member Jon Pettis died in the fire." [Austinist] Bankrupt and the Borrowers had/have 12 upcoming shows...
Posted on October 10, 2009 4:45 PM
Suzanne Fiol (ISSUE Project Room), RIP
The sad letter Brooklyn venue ISSUE Project Room sent out, below......
Posted on October 7, 2009 12:59 AM
Beau Velasco (TheDeathSet), RIP
"R.I.P. my dear brother, friend and band mate Beau Velasco. For all those who wish to pay their respects I will let know soon." - THEDEATHSET First meeting in their home town of the Gold Coast of Australia, Johnny Siera...
Posted on September 28, 2009 10:12 AM
DJ Roc Raida, RIP
"I am sorry 2 say that on this day at 2:05 Sept 19th we lost another incredible life...Dj Roc Raida died 2day my personal Dj is gone..." -Busta Rhymes "I feel fortunate to have been able to catch this great...
Posted on September 19, 2009 6:32 PM
Mary Travers, RIP
Posted on September 17, 2009 2:57 PM
Patrick Swayze, RIP
"All of our deceased Jewish grandmas are having 'Dirty Dancing' lessons with Patrick Swayze up in the sky -- Borscht Belt style." - Taryn A. Patrick Swayze, the balletically athletic actor who rose to stardom in the films "Dirty Dancing"...
Posted on September 15, 2009 12:46 AM
Jim Carroll, RIP
Jim Carroll, 60, a poet-turned-punk rocker whose book "The Basketball Diaries" chronicled his descent from elite high school basketball star to Times Square drug addict, thief and prostitute, died Sept. 11 at his home in Manhattan after a heart...
Posted on September 14, 2009 7:47 PM
Jake Brockman dies in bike crash (RIP), Echo & the Bunnymen announce new album & 2009 tour dates (Hammerstein)
R.I.P. "Fifth Bunnyman" A former keyboard player with Echo and the Bunnymen has been killed in a motorbike crash on the Isle of Man. Jake Brockman, who was 53 and married, lived in Bristol. He died when his bike was...
Posted on September 8, 2009 6:19 PM
Jim Dickinson, RIP
"During the course of his colorful half-century career, Jim Dickinson built a worldwide reputation as a session player for the likes of Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones, a producer for influential groups including Big Star and The Replacements, a...
Posted on August 17, 2009 9:24 AM
Rashied Ali, RIP
Newport's jazz festival - which this year has been christened George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 - once again will bring some of the music's biggest and most popular practitioners to Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island. But buried...
Posted on August 13, 2009 12:53 PM
Les Paul, RIP
"Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94. According to Gibson Guitar,...
Posted on August 13, 2009 12:30 PM
Andy Kessler, RIP
"It is with a heavy heart that we report the untimely death of NYC skateboard legend Andy Kessler. Kessler, 49, died on Monday night from cardiac arrest due to an allergic reaction to a wasp sting he sustained on Montauk,...
Posted on August 12, 2009 6:38 PM
man dies of a heart attack at Lollapalooza Friday
Lollapalooza 2009 - rain & Bon Iver (Trey Many) "The producers of Lollapalooza are deeply saddedned to learn of the death of a patron who collapsed at the festival today at approximately 1:00 p.m. Festival paramedics responded immediately and the...
Posted on August 8, 2009 12:16 AM
Willy DeVille, RIP
"Willy DeVille, who brought street elegance and soul to New York's punk scene in the late '70s, died yesterday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 58." [Wall Street Journal]...
Posted on August 7, 2009 3:11 PM
John Hughes, RIP
"John Hughes has died of a heart attack. Hughes suffered the heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to NYC to visit family. He directed such '80s hit films as "The Breakfast Club," "Pretty in Pink," "Sixteen...
Posted on August 6, 2009 5:27 PM
1 dead, 75 injured when storm causes stage collapse at Canadian music festival Big Valley Jamboree (videos)
Big Valley Jamboree - sunny on July 31, 2009 (Taylor and Kevin) Big Valley Jamboree - knocked over toilets on August 1, 2009 (Taylor and Kevin) "Family has identified Donna Moore of Lloydminster as the woman killed at the Big...
Posted on August 3, 2009 10:24 AM
What's going on Thursday? (RIP Rev. Ike)
Grace Jones @ Sonar Fest (more by Zach Dilgard) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Louis CK @ Caroline's * Arlo Guthrie @ Castle Clinton * BBC w/ Nels Cline @ The Stone * Ismael Miranda @ East River Park...
Posted on July 30, 2009 5:51 PM
The Gaye Blades (not Gay Blades) (mem. of Black Lips) tonight, Georgiana Starlington residency, LiveFastDie...Dead
by Andrew Frisicano The Gaye Blades Retro rock band Georgiana Starlington (which features ex-Black Lips guitarist Jack Hines) kicks off a monthly residency at Bruar Falls in Brooklyn tonight (7/29). Opening up the show will be Atlanta's The Gaye Blades,...
Posted on July 29, 2009 3:45 PM
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