The Next Piper At The Gates Of Heaven

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

 

 

 

Not sure if this link will work as it's from Facebook, but Daevid Allen of Gong has been given six months to live

 

https://www.facebook.com/jack.smiley/posts/10153141189809047?fref=nf

 

Daevid Allen's youngest son has announced on FB that Daevid died this morning.

 

 

The Guardian has the UK obit...

 

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/13/gong-founder-daevid-allen-has-died-aged-77

 

 

Amongst the tributes is this from music journalist veteran Everett True:

 

In some respects, Allen invented punk rock. Too extravagant a claim? Do the maths. Without Soft Machine, there’d have been no Pink Floyd, at least the version that evolved after Syd Barrett left. And without Pink Floyd, nothing for the punks to kick against.

 

Which is bollocks, frankly.

 

 

 

Nah, it's utter bollocks.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Sorry to report that Camel keyboardist Guy LeBlanc has died after a battle with cancer. The 54-year-old was forced to sit out the band's tour dates last year after being diagnosed with kidney cancer which later spread to his bones.

SC

http://www.antimusic.com/news/15/April/29Camels_Guy_LeBlanc_Dead_At_54.shtml

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

Sorry to report that Camel keyboardist Guy LeBlanc has died after a battle with cancer. The 54-year-old was forced to sit out the band's tour dates last year after being diagnosed with kidney cancer which later spread to his bones.

SC

http://www.antimusic.com/news/15/April/29Camels_Guy_LeBlanc_Dead_At_54.shtml

 

When I wrote this dude down as a potential 2015 pick I thought he was the keyboardist in Cameo, not Camel.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

 

Sorry to report that Camel keyboardist Guy LeBlanc has died after a battle with cancer. The 54-year-old was forced to sit out the band's tour dates last year after being diagnosed with kidney cancer which later spread to his bones.

SChttp://www.antimusic.com/news/15/April/29Camels_Guy_LeBlanc_Dead_At_54.shtml

 

When I wrote this dude down as a potential 2015 pick I thought he was the keyboardist in Cameo, not Camel.

Word up!

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Dieter Moebius, a giant in the genre of electronic music, died Monday, his Harmonia bandmate Michael Rother confirmed on Facebook. Moebius was 71.

 

Wow :-(

SC

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dieter-moebius-electronic-music-pioneer-dead-at-71-20150720

 

Cluster: Sowiesoso

[charon 4,943]

Dieter Moebius, a giant in the genre of electronic music, died Monday, his Harmonia bandmate Michael Rother confirmed on Facebook. Moebius was 71.

Wow :-(

SC

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dieter-moebius-electronic-music-pioneer-dead-at-71-20150720

Beat me to it , was too busy trying to find a krautrock thread I thought we had.

[gcreptile 10,963]

Dieter Moebius, a giant in the genre of electronic music, died Monday, his Harmonia bandmate Michael Rother confirmed on Facebook. Moebius was 71.

Wow :-(

SC

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dieter-moebius-electronic-music-pioneer-dead-at-71-20150720

 

Cluster: Sowiesoso

Wow, the second big Krautrock death this year. And again, not someone who was just there, but a major figure. RIP...

 

Edit: Fun fact, Dieter Moebius has an english Wikipedia page, but not a german one. Krautrock was always loved more by the international music scene than at home, with the exception of, maybe, La Düsseldorf. There's almost no overlap between the group of german pop stars famous at home and those famous abroad. Or does any english person know Helene Fischer?

[gcreptile 10,963]

And while we're at it, Kyoko of experimental Japanese band OOIOO has died:

 

http://pitchfork.com/news/60455-ooioos-kyoko-has-died/

 

Here is Don Ah:

 

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Martin Beard, bassist with Sopwith Camel.

 

Who could forget their seminal album The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon?

[Weebl 216]

Martin Beard, bassist with Sopwith Camel.

 

Who could forget their seminal album The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon?

 

Pretty obscure little band right there...

[Phantom 2,532]

 

Martin Beard, bassist with Sopwith Camel.

 

Who could forget their seminal album The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon?

 

Pretty obscure little band right there...

 

 

Not that obscure, I had a few of their tracks on various compilations

[Sir Creep 7,070]

 

 

Martin Beard, bassist with Sopwith Camel.

 

Who could forget their seminal album The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon?

 

Pretty obscure little band right there...

Not that obscure, I had a few of their tracks on various compilations

That comment didn't rip them from the talons of obscurity, I fear.

SC

[Phantom 2,532]

 

 

 

Martin Beard, bassist with Sopwith Camel.

 

Who could forget their seminal album The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon?

Pretty obscure little band right there...

Not that obscure, I had a few of their tracks on various compilations

That comment didn't rip them from the talons of obscurity, I fear.

SC

 

 

You need to get out a bit more SC, perhaps to your local record store.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

 

 

 

 

Martin Beard, bassist with Sopwith Camel.

 

Who could forget their seminal album The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon?

 

Pretty obscure little band right there...

Not that obscure, I had a few of their tracks on various compilations

That comment didn't rip them from the talons of obscurity, I fear.

SC

You need to get out a bit more SC, perhaps to your local record store.

I'd have had to get out more about 1971, aft r the band's second breakup after two whole albums of non-obscurity. I'd have been 8.

BTW Phantom how you doing with your search to help me locate a copy of Big White Stairs EP 'No.2' ?

[Phantom 2,532]

 

 

 

 

 

Martin Beard, bassist with Sopwith Camel.

 

Who could forget their seminal album The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon?

Pretty obscure little band right there...

Not that obscure, I had a few of their tracks on various compilations

That comment didn't rip them from the talons of obscurity, I fear.

SC

You need to get out a bit more SC, perhaps to your local record store.

I'd have had to get out more about 1971, aft r the band's second breakup after two whole albums of non-obscurity. I'd have been 8.

BTW Phantom how you doing with your search to help me locate a copy of Big White Stairs EP 'No.2' ?

 

 

Are you wanting it on 10" vinyl or CD?

[Sir Creep 7,070]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martin Beard, bassist with Sopwith Camel.

 

Who could forget their seminal album The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon?

 

Pretty obscure little band right there...

Not that obscure, I had a few of their tracks on various compilations

That comment didn't rip them from the talons of obscurity, I fear.

SC

You need to get out a bit more SC, perhaps to your local record store.

I'd have had to get out more about 1971, aft r the band's second breakup after two whole albums of non-obscurity. I'd have been 8.

BTW Phantom how you doing with your search to help me locate a copy of Big White Stairs EP 'No.2' ?

Are you wanting it on 10" vinyl or CD?

The audiophile in me says vinyl but it's a practical matter these days and I'm only hoping to land the CD if it ever appears on Discogs or otherwise

:-( lol

[YoungWillz 21,024]

Nice obscure one. Brian Belshaw, bass player with late 1960s psych band Blossom Toes has died aged 71. https://www.facebook.com/RomantaBlog/posts/1166724860005179

 

He was also the bass player on Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance mid-1970s album.

 

Blossom Toes: https://youtu.be/bUmJ_vCmXHM

[YoungWillz 21,024]

Report of the death at 83 of Gilli Smyth, co-founder of Gong and former partner of Daevid Allen. http://www.udiscovermusic.com/death-of-gong-co-founder-gilli-smyth

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

Report of the death at 83 of Gilli Smyth, co-founder of Gong and former partner of Daevid Allen. http://www.udiscovermusic.com/death-of-gong-co-founder-gilli-smyth

 

 

Oh man, no-o-o-o-o mere weeks after her brilliantly out there solo album - Mother - finally got a CD release

[YoungWillz 21,024]

One for our US contingent. Reported here is the death of Jerry Corbetta, frontman of the psych rock band Sugarloaf, who had a couple of hits in the 1970s. He apparently died of Pick's Disease and passed away in hospice care aged 68. http://www.oldiesmusic.com/news.htm This news won't stay forever here so if I find a proper news report, I'll post a link.

 

Edit: Reported here: http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2016/09/passings-jerry-corbetta-lead-singer-of.html

 

Of more interest to UK members is that he performed as part of Disco Tex and The Sex-O-Lettes on their late 1974 UK #8 hit, Get Dancin'.

 

US #3 Green-Eyed Lady:

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

I'm reporting Greg Lake's death (King Crimson; ELP) where it belongs. And will continue to do so ad infinitum.

Huge RIP to a fantastic voice and prof rocker extraordinaire. Carl Palmer is all that's left of ELP but the destruction that is 2016 isn't over. Could they all go inthe same calendar year??

SirCreep

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936

[Joey Russ 7,220]

I'm reporting Greg Lake's death (King Crimson; ELP) where it belongs. And will continue to do so ad infinitum.

Huge RIP to a fantastic voice and prof rocker extraordinaire. Carl Palmer is all that's left of ELP but the destruction that is 2016 isn't over. Could they all go inthe same calendar year??

SirCreephttp://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936

This thread is supposed to be about people of acid rock. Do you even realize that NONE of the names on the original poll are actually progressive rock artists???!!!

[The Happy Reaper 223]

I'm reporting Greg Lake's death (King Crimson; ELP) where it belongs. And will continue to do so ad infinitum.

Huge RIP to a fantastic voice and prof rocker extraordinaire. Carl Palmer is all that's left of ELP but the destruction that is 2016 isn't over. Could they all go inthe same calendar year??

SirCreep

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936

 

Jesus, I hadn't heard this until I saw it on Wikipedia.

 

This has been a bad day for me. First John Glenn, now Greg Lake.

[Weebl 216]

 

I'm reporting Greg Lake's death (King Crimson; ELP) where it belongs. And will continue to do so ad infinitum.

Huge RIP to a fantastic voice and prof rocker extraordinaire. Carl Palmer is all that's left of ELP but the destruction that is 2016 isn't over. Could they all go inthe same calendar year??

SirCreep

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936

 

Jesus, I hadn't heard this until I saw it on Wikipedia.

 

This has been a bad day for me. First John Glenn, now Greg Lake.

 

 

It's been a bad year!

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

 

 

I'm reporting Greg Lake's death (King Crimson; ELP) where it belongs. And will continue to do so ad infinitum.

Huge RIP to a fantastic voice and prof rocker extraordinaire. Carl Palmer is all that's left of ELP but the destruction that is 2016 isn't over. Could they all go inthe same calendar year??

SirCreep

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936

 

Jesus, I hadn't heard this until I saw it on Wikipedia.

 

This has been a bad day for me. First John Glenn, now Greg Lake.

 

 

It's been a bad year!

 

 

 

Tell me about it

 

So, wtihout boring you too much - I spend most of one year compiling the opening radio show for the new on and that show is our "List of the Lost" wherein we feature those who died the previous year.

 

Let's just say the revisions on the running order as we put the script together have been taxing and we've already negotiated a longer show than is usually scheduled.

 

Next prob - is ELP a fitting tribute to E and L or do we throw in Greg in his King Crimson pomp instead (which I'm up for doing by way of playing Cadence and Cascade)