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Hooray For Earth announce breakup

New York synthrockers Hooray For Earth have called it quits. The band announced that Monday night’s show at Brooklyn’s Glasslands would be “the last Hooray For Earth show ever. XO HFE.” Prior to the...

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R.I.P. Bobby Keys, Rolling Stones saxophonist, dead at 70

Bobby Keys, the longtime saxophonist for The Rolling Stones, died Tuesday at the age of 70, according to Nashville Scene. A native of Texas, Keys was a frequent collaborator of The Stones for over five...

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R.I.P. Ian McLagan, Small Faces and Faces keyboardist, dead at 69

Ian McLagan, the keyboardist of legendary rock band Small Faces, and later the supergroup Faces, has died at the age of 69. According to the Austin-American Statesman, McLagan was hospitalized in...

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R.I.P. John Hampton, White Stripes and Replacements producer dead at 61

John Hampton, the Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer, died Friday from complications of cancer, according to Memphis Commercial Appeal. He was 61. Over the course of 40-year career, Hampton...

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R.I.P. Joe Cocker, legendary singer dead at 70

Legendary singer Joe Cocker died Monday at the age of 70, according to ITV News. His longtime agent, Barrie Marshall, confirmed that Cocker died in his Colorado home from an as-yet-undisclosed illness....

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R.I.P. Christine Cavanaugh, voice of Babe, Rugrat’s Chuckie, has died

Celebrated voice actress Christine Cavanaugh has died. An obituary published Tuesday on the Los Angeles Times website notes that Cavanaugh’s death occurred on Monday, December 22nd, though the actual...

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R.I.P. Tim Drummond, longtime bassist for Neil Young and Bob Dylan has died

Photo by Paul Natkin Bassist Tim Drummond, who over his five-decade career performed alongside Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Crosby Stills & Nash, has died at the age of 75. Drummond first worked with...

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Ultra Music Festival co-founder Alex Omes found dead

Concert promoter Alejandro “Alex” Omes, a co-founder of Miami’s Ultra Music Festival, was found dead Monday. He was 43 years old. A Miami-Dade County medical examiner confirmed news of Omes’ passing,...

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R.I.P. Kim Fowley, record producer and Runaways manager dead at 75

Legendary producer and songwriter Kim Fowley has died following a bout with bladder cancer. He was 75 years old. Fowley was involved in the music business since the 1960s, producing everything from...

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R.I.P. ASAP Yams, co-founder of ASAP Mob, dead at 26

ASAP Yams, co-founder and mastermind behind the ASAP Mob crew, has died at the age of 26. No details surrounding the death are currently public, though members of the ASAP crew and fellow hip-hop...

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R.I.P. George Dickerson, Blue Velvet actor dead at 81

Actor George Dickerson, perhaps best known for his role as Detective John Williams in David Lynch’s cult classic Blue Velvet, succumbed to a long-fought illness on Saturday January 10th at the age of...

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R.I.P. Dallas Taylor, drummer for Crosby Stills Nash & Young has died

Dallas Taylor, the drummer for Crosby Stills Nash & Young, died Sunday in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 66 years old. A native of Denver, Colorado, Taylor drummed on Crosby Stills & Nash’s...

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R.I.P. Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream founder dead at 70

Edgar Froese, the founder of pioneering electronic band Tangerine Dream, has died at the age of 70. According to Tangerine Dream’s Facebook page, Froese passed away “suddenly and unexpectedly” from the...

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Avi Buffalo announces breakup

Long Beach indie rock outfit Avi Buffalo has called it quits. Frontman Avi Zahner-Isenberg announced the decision Monday night via a lengthy Facebook post, writing, “I started it when I was a wee-15...

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Grammys’ In Memoriam tribute omitted GWAR’s Dave Brockie, Stooges’ Scott...

Photo by Katie Schuering GWAR may have given Dave “Oderus Urungus” Brockie a Viking sendoff, but the Grammys didn’t even give him a memoriam card. Brockie was just one of a number of names left off...

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R.I.P. Louis Jourdan, star of Octopussy and Gigi, dead at 93

Actor Louis Jourdan has died at the age of 93. Variety confirms that the French-born actor passed away Saturday at his Beverly Hills home. Jourdan is best remembered for his role as the villainous...

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R.I.P. Lesley Gore, singer of “It’s My Party”, has died at 68 years old

Lesley Gore, the pop singer known widely for her 1963 hit “It’s My Party”, died Monday at the age of 68. Gore lost her battle to lung cancer at New York University Langone Medical Center, her partner...

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R.I.P. Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons, has died at 59

Sam Simon, the co-creator and original screenwriter of The Simpsons, has died at the age of 59. He had been fighting colorectal cancer, a battle which he lost Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. Along...

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R.I.P. Daevid Allen, founder of Gong and Soft Machine, has died

Daevid Allen, founder of progressive and psychedelic rock bands Gong and Soft Machine, has died at the age of 77. The Australian musician lost his long battle cancer. His son Orlando made the...

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R.I.P. Toto bassist Mike Porcaro has died at the age of 59

Mike Porcaro, the longtime bassist of contemporary rock band Toto, has died at the age of 59. Porcaro had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) for the last several years....

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