maryportfuncity 10,013 Posted March 17, 2016 Ginger Baker cancels tour due to "serious heart problems". http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ginger-baker-cancels-tour-due-to-serious-heart-problems-20160228 Readily admitting he's played his last gig. Shame, I've got a ticket to see him in July...just like I had a ticket to see Lemmy in January. Who should I buy a ticket to see next? Tony Blair's next lecture tour. Yeah, but if the magic fails to work I might have to - like - turn up, that'd kill me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,287 Posted March 18, 2016 If Glen Campbell could be coerced into doing one last gig, you could buy a ticket for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,013 Posted March 18, 2016 If Glen Campbell could be coerced into doing one last gig, you could buy a ticket for that. Aye, now that gets me thinking. There's an awesome (kinda thing) album called Downloading the Repertoire by a guy called Jack Mudurian and - basically - he's a pensioner who knows loads of songs but can't seem to remember them beyond the first couple of lines. The album - near as makes no odds - is just 40 odd minutes of him on a porch launching into song after song. May inflict that on my listening public again someday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 821 Posted March 18, 2016 Ginger Baker cancels tour due to "serious heart problems". http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ginger-baker-cancels-tour-due-to-serious-heart-problems-20160228 Readily admitting he's played his last gig. Shame, I've got a ticket to see him in July...just like I had a ticket to see Lemmy in January. Who should I buy a ticket to see next? Bieber. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,948 Posted April 7, 2016 David Bowie's (amongst others) drummer Dennis Davis, dead after 'cancer battle'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,223 Posted April 7, 2016 David Bowie's (amongst others) drummer Dennis Davis, dead after 'cancer battle'. A part of his band during (in my opinion) his best time, sad. He's calling his people from beyond. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted April 16, 2016 Possibly the best Irish drummer, Robbie Brennan, deid. http://www.hotpress.com/news/17217739.html Was in a host of bands, Skid Row (the good one), Grand Slam (both with Lynott pre Thin Lizzy, and I think Moore was in them as well) , Stepaside etc etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,345 Posted April 26, 2016 Wolfgang "Wölli" Rohde, ex-drummer of German punk-band Die Toten Hosen, dies at 66: http://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/trauer-um-wolfgang-woelli-rohde-ex-schlagzeuger-der-toten-hosen-gestorben_id_5467802.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 778 Posted April 26, 2016 Also drummer of indie rock band Polvo. http://exclaim.ca/music/article/r_i_p_founding_polvo_drummer_eddie_watkins?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+newsexclaimca+%28%21+exclaim.ca+-+news+%29 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 821 Posted May 2, 2016 Never heard of the geezer but if the BBC gives him an obit, it counts. Who am I to judge. Magic System drummer Pepito drowns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,023 Posted May 11, 2016 Peter Behrens, drummer with German band Trio who had a hit in the UK with Da Da Da, has died of multiple organ failure. He was 68. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Behrens_(Schlagzeuger)&prev=search https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYcviXK4rg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,467 Posted May 11, 2016 Peter Behrens drummer for Krautrocksters Trio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtMThVUpc-U Edited to say Dammit! YW beat me to it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,012 Posted May 11, 2016 Peter Behrens, drummer with German band Trio who had a hit in the UK with Da Da Da, has died of multiple organ failure. He was 68. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Behrens_(Schlagzeuger)&prev=search Da Da DeadWow that really sucks. Trio and Error was voted by yours truly as one of the top 10 albums for 1983. Some great tunes on it, Da Da Da excluded. SirC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,948 Posted May 22, 2016 Former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza dies after collapsing on stage, aged 51. *make up your own puns* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 228 Posted May 22, 2016 Nick Menza, former drummer with Megadeth, dies on stage aged 51. http://metaladdicts.com/site/former-megadeth-drummer-nick-menza-dead-at-age-51/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,012 Posted May 22, 2016 Former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza dies after collapsing on stage, aged 51. *make up your own puns* "Menza joined OHM: last year after the passing of the band's previous drummer, David Eagle, who suffered a heart attack and had open-heart surgery in May 2015." Now if this isn't a Spinal Tap situation, what is? SC http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-megadeth-drummer-nick-menza-dies-at-51/#iqsTSu7oghPvoQ92.99 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,023 Posted July 25, 2016 Early Tubeway Army drummer Barry Benn, who appeared on their 1978 single, Bombers, has reportedly died. https://twitter.com/GNDiscography/status/757520702379548672 Bombers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcVUYkio70U Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,012 Posted July 25, 2016 Early Tubeway Army drummer Barry Benn, who appeared on their 1978 single, Bombers, has reportedly died. https://twitter.com/GNDiscography/status/757520702379548672 Bombers: Wasn't he drummer on the Pleasure Principal?. Oh damn I could look it up *exasperated sigh* looks like a bad year to be associated with Numan what with his mum passing a month ago. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,023 Posted July 25, 2016 Wasn't he drummer on the Pleasure Principal?. Oh damn I could look it up *exasperated sigh* looks like a bad year to be associated with Numan what with his mum passing a month ago.SC Nope, that was Cedric Sharpley - Benn literally was in the band for a few months in 1978. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,012 Posted July 27, 2016 Wasn't he drummer on the Pleasure Principal?. Oh damn I could look it up *exasperated sigh* looks like a bad year to be associated with Numan what with his mum passing a month ago.SC Nope, that was Cedric Sharpley - Benn literally was in the band for a few months in 1978. Yessir I realized that after I posted but our internet failed on our logging unit (oil field work trailer) and I was without any internet for 24 hours or more. THE HUMANITY! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,013 Posted July 27, 2016 Wasn't he drummer on the Pleasure Principal?. Oh damn I could look it up *exasperated sigh* looks like a bad year to be associated with Numan what with his mum passing a month ago.SC Nope, that was Cedric Sharpley - Benn literally was in the band for a few months in 1978. That does suggest a few other marginal types might get noticed. Does anyone know if Tony Tabac - one or two gigs in early Joy Division - is still breathing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,023 Posted September 12, 2016 Leonard Haze, drummer with hard rock band Y & T, has died from COPD at 61. https://www.facebook.com/hazexperience/posts/1548020788557476 1983 UK Number 41, Mean Streak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWrqI1FI4TU Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bluejay 8 Posted September 12, 2016 Wasn't he drummer on the Pleasure Principal?. Oh damn I could look it up *exasperated sigh* looks like a bad year to be associated with Numan what with his mum passing a month ago. SC Nope, that was Cedric Sharpley - Benn literally was in the band for a few months in 1978. That does suggest a few other marginal types might get noticed. Does anyone know if Tony Tabac - one or two gigs in early Joy Division - is still breathing? I can't find anything on him, only that he played drums for a month in 1977. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted October 9, 2016 Graham Hosie, drummer for the defunct Scots band Coinnach has just passed. As per the fb of his long oppo/collaborator Davy Cowan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,223 Posted October 26, 2016 Ginger Baker looking ill and frail and only able to play for a short time at a Jack Bruce tribute concert: http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-26/ginger-baker-rides-again-7-things-we-learned-at-the-jack-bruce-tribute-show Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
