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Murder

Music News 

The son of Teenage Head guitarist Gord Lewis found not criminally responsible for his father’s death

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Gord Lewis, Jonathan Lewis, Murder, Schitzophrenia, Teenage Head

One of the most shocking rock star deaths of 2022 came to light on August 7 when the body of

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Music News 

Gord Lewis of Teenage Head found dead. Police believe he was murdered by his son

August 8, 2022August 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Gord Lewis, Homicide, Murder, Teenage Head

Gord Lewis, a founding member of Teenage Head back in 1975, was found dead in his Cathartine Street South apartment

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WTF? 

Rapper caught cheating so his wife cut him up with a hacksaw and fed him to the rats

January 6, 2022January 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andy Cartwright, Dismemberment, Murder, Rapper, Russia

Andy Cartwright (real name: Alexander Yushko) was a 30-year-old Ukrainian rapper living with his wife, Marina, and a newborn baby

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Controversy 

Conspiracy! Was Ozzy guitarist Randy Rhoads murdered?

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Conspiracy, Murder, Randy Rhoads

Rock fans all know the story of the death of Randy Rhoads on March 19, 1982, the brilliant Ozzy Osbourne

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, July 27, 2021

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 90s, Gene Simmons, Golden Gate Bridge, Kanye West, Latitude, Live Nation, MuchMusic, Murder, Pink, Radio, Selling Out

In all seriousness, I was wondering about this. Can COVID be transmitted through farts? Doctors say it’s possible. Ponder that

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Music News 

If you need a new music conspiracy theory, try this: James Brown was murdered

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments James Brown, Murder

This isn’t exactly a new story–it’s been circulating since shortly after James Brown died in hospital on Christmas Day 2006

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Music News 

Murderer recorded a rap album in his cell using a smuggled phone

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Murder

Movers is a British rapper currently stirring up some controversy with an album called Exit Wounds. The CD version has

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Music History 

Who killed Jam Master Jay? A new Netflix documentary.

December 15, 2018December 14, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Jam Master Jay, Murder, Netflix, Run-DMC

In the last thirty-some years, the number of hip-hop musicians who have been murdered is somewhere close to forty. A

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Music News 

Metallica has been dragged into a bizarre murder case as some people look to blame music for violence

November 24, 2018November 24, 2018 Alan Cross 7 Comments Chris Watts, metal music, Metallica, Murder

Back on August 13, Chris Watts snapped. After growing apart from his family and becoming besotted with a co-worker named

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Music News 

What kind of music does one listen to when cutting up a Saudi journalist with a bone saw? (WARNING: This is very grisly.)

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Jamal Khoshoggi, Murder, Saudi Arabia, Torture

The story of Jamal Khashoggi’s death keeps getting more and more horrible. On October 1, he walked into the Saudi

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Music News 

Toronto rapper Smoke Dawg killed in street shooting

July 1, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Murder, Shooting, Smoke Dawg

Shots were fired outside the Cube Nightclub in the Queen and Peter area of Toronto shortly before 8 pm last

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