Category: Obituaries

  Glenn Cornick, bass player with pioneering progressive rock band Jethro Tull from the band’s creation in 1968 until 1970, passed away at his home…

View More Ex-Jethro Tull Bass Player Glenn Cornick Dies at 67

  Pier Niccolò “Bambi” Fossati, guitarist, singer and composer for trailblazing Italian progressive rock band Garybaldi died in Genoa on June 7, 2014. He had…

View More Italian Prog Rock Pioneer Bambi Fossati Dies at 65

British artist, painter and sculptor Patrick Woodroffe died on May 10, 2014 due to a short illness according to family and friends. Known throughout the…

View More British Fantasy Artwork Maestro Patrick Woodroffe Dies at 74

Canadian multi-instrumentalist Jeff Plewman, better known as Nash the Slash, died today. He was 66. Jeff Plewman was born in March 26, 1948. He played…

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The members of the renowned southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section (ARS) announced that Paul Goddard, the group’s bass player and a founding member of…

View More Atlanta Rhythm Section’s Paul Goddard Dies at 68

On March 30, 2014 German drummer Harald Grosskopf reported in his Facebook page the passing of German bassist Michael Gunther, one of the founders of…

View More German Experimental Rock Pioneer Michael Gunther Dies in Berlin

Italian vocalist Francesco Di Giacomo, lead singer of legendary progressive rock group Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (also known as Banco) died February 21, 2014 in…

View More Banco Lead Singer Francesco Di Giacomo Dies in Car Accident

Drummer Ricky Lawson, founder of jazz fusion band Yellowjackets and well known sideman and session drummer, died December 23, 2013 in Los Angeles of a…

View More Renowned Fusion and Session Drummer Ricky Lawson Dies at 59