R.I.P.
Guitar Virtuoso JIMI HENDRIX Passed Away 55 Years Ago Today
Former NEW YORK DOLLS’ Flamboyant Frontman DAVID JOHANSON Passed Away Aged 75
1 March 2025
DAVID JOHANSON, best known as frontman of controversial
and seminal NYC punks NEW YORK DOLLS (1971-1976) passed
away yesterday, aged 75, following a long battle with cancer.
The NYD already broke up after 2 albums, due to all sort of problems (drugs,
fights, no discipline whatsoever, bad management – the late Sex Pistols manager
Malcom McLaren managed them for a short while – and other turbulent stuff).
As several members did, Johanson started a solo stint with 4 albums and did
some acting.
In 2004 the Dolls reunited (except for troubled guitarist Johnny Thunders
who died in 1991), made 3 LPs and toured now and then. They called it a
day forever in 2011.
Cover of their 1973 debut LP – Johanson in the middle
1973
15 April 2001 – Punk Icon JOE RAMONE Past Away 23 Years Ago
15 April 2024
Ramones’ (the band name was inspired by Paul McCartney, who would check into hotels under the alias Paul Ramon) hero/frontman JOEY RAMONE (real name: Jeffrey Ross Hyman) died after losing a long battle with lymphatic cancer, aged only 49. In 2023 a block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place.
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(Image: Cover of Joey Ramone‘s solo album)
Special Artist TERRY HALL Passed Away One Year Ago Today
18 December 2023
TERRY HALL (born Terence Edward Hall in Coventry UK), the voice/face and co-songwriter
of ska legends THE SPECIALS passed away one year ago, on 18 December 2022, due to pancreatic cancer. He was only 63.
Hall also was successful with side-projects Fun Boy Three,
The Colourfield and recorded/released 3 solo LPs. Rest in peace.
– GHOST TOWN –
– FUN BOY THREE –
TERRY HALL: Bio
DENNY LAINE (The Moody Blues / Wings) Passed Away Aged 79
DENNY LAINE (guitarist/bassist) born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines on 29 October 1944
in Birmingham, UK, co-founded the legendary 60s/70s pop-rock band The Moody Blues and Paul McCartney‘s post-Beatles band Wings (1971-1981) also featuring Macca‘s late wife Linda Eastman. Laine was also involved in several other musical projects in his long career.
He passed away night yesterday, aged 79, due to
severe lung issues caused by Covid-19 in 2020. R.I.P.
Mccartney shared this tribute on his socials today.
DENNY LAINE: Bio
Beatle GEORGE HARRISON Passed Away 22 Years Ago – Only 58
1 December 2023
The Beatles guitarist and occasional songwriter GEORGE HARRISON
passed away 22 years ago, on 29 November 2001 in Los Angeles due to
lung cancer. He was only 58.
Harrison was both lucky and unlucky to be in The Beatles. Lucky as the Fab Four
fame helped when he started his solo career, and unlucky as the Lennon/McCartney
tandem prevented him to write far more songs for the band, than he was worthy of
which he proved the most on his lauded and best-known (triple) album All Things
Must Pass in 1970. The sitar-loving musician and Hare Krishna devotee had ups and
downs regarding his solo discography.
– HERE COMES THE SUN –
– SOMETHING –
GEORGE HARRISON: Bio – Discography
(photo on top: cover of his album thirty, three and 1/3)
KILLING JOKE’s Co-Founder And Guitarist GEORDIE WALKER Death At 64
Last weekend KILLING JOKE‘s co-founder/guitarist GEORDIE WALKER
died following a stroke, in his home in Prague. He was 64. Founding member
and bassist of the British post-punk champs Martin ‘Youth’ Glover, paid
tribute to Walker.
PAUL REUBENS – The Famous PEE-WEE HERMAN Actor Passed Away At 70 – JACK WHITE Was One Of His Countless Fans
American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and children’s entertainer
PAUL REUBENS (born Rubenfeld in Peekskil, New York) has passed away
yesterday at 70 due to cancer.
He was best known for his role as Pee-wee Herman and starred in films,
TV series and on stage. He played the character from 1977 to 2016, with a
long hiatus in the 90s.
One of his countless fans as a kid was/is former white stripe JACK WHITE.
He posted this eulogy on his socials.
PAUL REUBENS: Story
R.I.P. TINA TURNER (83)
24 May 2023
Legendary soul star TINA TURNER has passed away today at her home in
Küsnacht, Zurich, Switzerland (she had the Swiss nationality) following a long
illness. She was born, named Anna Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tennessee
83 years ago.
Tina started her extraordinary Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame career in 1957, at the age
of 18 singing with Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm. She married Turner and together
they became a worldwide successful act as the Ike & Tina Turner Revue later
shortened to just Ike & Tina Turner.
In 1977 she left her violent, cocaine-addicted husband. She started a solo career
but was somehow ignored until 1984 when she scored big-time with her album
Private Dancer. She toured around the world and became a swirling superstar
over the years. She recorded/released 10 solo LPs. Her full discography here
The sad news came via her socials.
TINA – THE BEST