The RIP thread

On hes birthday i would like to honour Mike (Michael) Porcaro whom died all to early becouse of hes ALS desease. Sadness and loss is few words, quite feeble ways to describe the feel and passion you delivered with your bass.



Edited by Icarium - May 29 2019 at 17:54

I am not familiar with the UK indie band Her's, but read this article that the band members were killed in a car accident while on tour here in the US.  https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/29/uk/hers-uk-band-killed-us-crash-intl-scli-gbr/index.html.  I don't know how well-known they were, but I thought that I would share. RIP.

^ Agreed, the first 4 albums are unprecedented and still unsurpassed orchestral/chamber pop which continues to inspire and influence legions of musicians to this day. A tragic loss.

^Now I'm really bummed. An absolute genius. R.I.P. Scott.

I know, it's been awhile, but I just heard of it today, so:
R.I.P. Jon Hiseman (* 21. Juni 1944 in Blackheath, London; † 12. Juni 2018 in Sutton, London)
He is one of my favourite drummers. I saw him on one of the last Colosseum tours. Maybe this one:




Edited by Formentera Lady - March 24 2019 at 18:03

Icarium wrote: May you rest in grace and peace mr Dick Dale father of rock guitar and contributer to the sound of surfrock, hard rock tremollo picking and to huge influence in style of popular music as a preformance. Dick Dale you can now rest assurly with a legacy no other can challange

Rest in Peace Hal Blaine, one of the highest calliber of drummers the buisness have seen. Working with all the greats from Sinatra, to Elvis, Beach Boys, and so many others whom helped define rock, jazz, and popular music in general


Blaine was a prolific session player and by his estimation played on over 35,000 recordings, including 6,000 singles.[5][9] He is widely regarded as one of the most in-demand drummers in rock and roll history, ha3ving "certainly played on more hit records than any drummer in the rock era".[10]





Edited by Icarium - March 12 2019 at 10:48

RIP Keith Flint.

I remember standing in a bar in 1997 talking to friends. The usual fodder of music videos was playing on the TV and we weren't taking much notice.

Then a video came on of a crazy man with green spiky hair and piercings going crazy in what looked like a sewer.

We all stopped talking and stood with open mouths watching the video of "Firestarter"

I will never forget that video or that moment. Keith certainly stirred things up. Sad to hear of his passing in that way.

Yeah, I'm saddened to hear of the Fire Starters demise. Very sad. The Prodigy kicked ass in the 90's. I saw them a few times. Great live act. Keith was such a character, and it was good to see these characters in the charts, and on the TV and very much household names.

The trend in pop music these days, seems to be to keep a lid on things, rather than blowing the lid off and causing a stir and outrage. It's all soy latte's, social media and being nice and humble these days. Sad state of affairs. Where are the characters?? Where's the Alice Cooper's, the Meatloaf's, the Freddie's the Bowie's, the Arthur Brown's, Johnny Rotten's and Keith Flint's??

RIP Keith Flint of "The Prodigy". Probably not the kind of band/project many prog fans listen to, but they have some very very powerful stuff that I like a lot.