The legendary drummer Mitch Mitchell passed away early this morning at the age of 61 (though a few sources are claiming he was 62). He was found early Wednesday morning in a hotel room in Portland.
On top of being a part of one of the most influential rock trios ever he was also a member [...]
Frank Navetta, the founding guitarist of the legendary punk band The Descendents, passed away on Friday after a sudden bought of illness. Little has officially been released, but punk rock lost a legend on Friday. The statement from The Descendents official site reads:
We’re very sorry to announce that founding member of The DESCENDENTS, and close [...]
Little is known about what happened still, but Shakir Stewart, the man who succeeded Jay-Z at Island Def Jam, committed suicide on Saturday.
Though few details have emerged, the label did release a statement which says:
L.A. Reid and all of us at Island Def Jam Music Group are deeply saddened by the passing of our dear [...]
William J. Claxton is the kind of name you don’t recognize and then realize you should because you would immediately recognize his work. Claxton took some of the most iconic photographs of the legendary jazz musicians of his era and beyond that you can find. Opposed to other iconic photographers who utilized splashes of light [...]
Hall of Fame drummer Earl Palmer passed away on Friday in his Los Angeles home after a long battle with illness, his spokesman said yesterday. Palmer was a pioneering session drummer through the 60s and 70s. He was the behind the kit on tracks like Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” and The Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost [...]
Norman Whitfield, one of the most noted songwriters and producers for Motown Records in the early years, died on Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre. It is not known at the moment what the cause of death was for Whitfield, aged 65, but it is know that he suffered from diabetes and other illnesses.
Whitfield may not [...]
Mtv’s long running series TRL is going to be laid to rest, Mtv has announced. After ten years on the air TRL will finally stop playing one minute clips of music videos with people talking over them. What’s that? I think I hear Tokio Hotel and Jonas Brothers fans laying down their swords and having [...]
A founding member of Pink Floyd, Richard Wright has died at the age of 65. A spokesman for the band said he died after a short battle with cancer and said that is all the details they are willing to disclose requesting some privacy for the family.
Wright was never in the spotlight like other members [...]
Steve Foley, touring drummer for the Minneapolis-based The Replacements died of an overdose this past weekend. Foley replaced Replacement drummer Chris Mars in 1990 and never actually recorded an album with band, serving only as a touring drummer. Foley was also the drummer in Tommy Stinson’s post-Replacements act Bash & Pop, as well as several [...]
Rockcritics.com critic Scott Woods has posted a muxtape of some pretty fantastic interviews. (I know this isn’t news, but it’s a pretty fantastic muxtape)
The interviews include two very interesting interviews with Bob Dylan (both from 1966), one with Marshall McLuhan, two audio clips from new broadcasts the night that John Lennon was assassinated, and two [...]
