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Tom Verlaine, frontman and guitarist in iconic NYC band Television, has died at age 73. The news was shared by Jesse Paris Smith who said he died after “a brief illness.“

Legendary singer/songwriter has died at age 81, according to a statement from his wife.

Van's brother, Screaming Trees guitarist Gary Lee Conner, broke the news, revealing that Van died from pneumonia.

Gary Smith owned legendary Cambridge, MA studio Fort Apache and produced records by Pixies, Throwing Muses, The Chills, Blake Babies and more. Read tributes from Billy Bragg, Tanya Donelly, and others

Yukihiro Takahashi, drummer and lead vocalist of the influential Japanese electronic group Yellow Magic Orchestra, has died at age 70.

”He was an integral cog in our rock 'n' roll machine and we rocked the world together,” his brother and bandmate Randy Bachman writes.

Influential guitarist Jeff Beck has passed away.

Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, the Danish musician who recorded as Choir of Young Believers, as died following after a short illness...

Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green died on December 31, and you can also read tributes were Bartees Strange, Les Savy Fav, The Rapture's Luke Jenner, and more.