RIP Kraftwerk founder Florian Schneider
Florian Schneider, who co-founded the uber-influential Kraftwerk with Ralf Hutter in 1970, has died at the age of 73. His
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RIP producer and SNL music supervisor Hal Wilner
It appears that the coronavirus took Hal Wilner, a respected producer who worked with Lou Reed, Marianne Faithful, and Jeff
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RIP Kenny Rogers. He finally folded ’em at age 81.
Kenny Rogers, one of country music’s biggest stars, has died at the age of 81. Over the course of this
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RIP Rush’s Neil Peart, dead of brain cancer at age 67.
Goddammit. The man was my drumming hero. And how he’s gone. I’d heard rumours that Neil wasn’t well, including whispers
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RIP, Black Godfather
Andre Williams passed away on March 17th, 2019 at the age of 82. The Detroit native by way of Alabama
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RIP pioneering surf guitarist Dick Dale
Before there were guitar heroes like Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix, a Boston ukulele player transplanted to California emerged with
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RIP reclusive Talk Talk genius Mark Hollis.
Back in the 80s, Talk Talk exploded into the mainstream with a gorgeous post-New Wave approach to alternative music. A
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Singer Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks Dies
Ah, bollocks – Pete Shelley is gone. An apparent heart attack at only 63 years old. If you were to
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Can you believe it’s been three years since Scott Weiland died?
Scott Weiland was found dead three years ago today, December 3rd 2015 in Bloomington, Minnesota. Looking back, his death marked
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Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul, is dead at 76
In the end, it was pancreatic cancer. There were rumours as far back as 2011 that she’s been suffering from
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Avicii’s family has issued a second statement about his death. Read what you will into this. UPDATE: Did he leave a suicide note?
Three days after the family of EDM star Avicii (real name: Tim Berling) released a statement about his death asking
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