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    Dave Greenfield, keyboard player for The Stranglers, has died after contracting COVID-19 when in hospital for a heart ailment. RIP maninblack

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    @JC said in R.I.P. 2020:

    Dave Greenfield, keyboard player for The Stranglers, has died after contracting COVID-19 when in hospital for a heart ailment. RIP maninblack

    Really sad. Cool band and his keyboard sound was very distinctive and clever. RIP

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    @JC Fuck, saw them when they were here in Feb. Really good show (the "new" lead singer is an arse - jokes about CWC final had cups thrown at him - and he reacted like some tough guy which he clearly isn't).

    Great band and Misex were fantastic too.

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    @Snowy said in R.I.P. 2020:

    @JC Fuck, saw them when they were here in Feb. Really good show (the "new" lead singer is an arse - jokes about CWC final had cups thrown at him - and he reacted like some tough guy which he clearly isn't).

    Great band and Misex were fantastic too.

    Misex? Did they dig up a singer?

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    @JC said in R.I.P. 2020:

    @Snowy said in R.I.P. 2020:

    @JC Fuck, saw them when they were here in Feb. Really good show (the "new" lead singer is an arse - jokes about CWC final had cups thrown at him - and he reacted like some tough guy which he clearly isn't).

    Great band and Misex were fantastic too.

    Misex? Did they dig up a singer?

    "Dig up" - nice, well sort of.

    Yeah, and he was bloody brilliant too. Steve Balbi, a kind of Johnny Depp lookalike character. Would go and see them again anytime.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/84599175/misex-release-not-from-here-three-decades-after-their-last-album

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    @Snowy said in R.I.P. 2020:

    @JC said in R.I.P. 2020:

    @Snowy said in R.I.P. 2020:

    @JC Fuck, saw them when they were here in Feb. Really good show (the "new" lead singer is an arse - jokes about CWC final had cups thrown at him - and he reacted like some tough guy which he clearly isn't).

    Great band and Misex were fantastic too.

    Misex? Did they dig up a singer?

    "Dig up" - nice, well sort of.

    Aw c'mon. I've been waiting 30 years to use that joke.

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    And now Deane Sutherland from Satellite Spies has died too, of some shitty skin cancer at 58. I met Deane a long time ago and he was a good guy. It was a real shame he and Mark fell out. SS was a quintessential 80s band. Their sound has dated a bit but I still break it out occasionally. RIP Deane.

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    I don't remember any other SS song apart from "Destiny In Motion", as the music video was on TV all the time. I just listened to "Living In A Minefield" and "It Must Be Love" and neither sounds familiar.

    Here it is:

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    Fark. And now Florian Schneider, founder of Kraftwerk has died. Cancer at 73. For me, one of the most influential musicians of our time. Modern music simply wouldn’t be what it is without him. RIP Florian.

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    Roy, of Siegfried and Roy, has died aged 75. Covid-19 complications apparently.

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    @Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:

    Roy, of Siegfried and Roy, has died aged 75. Covid-19 complications apparently.

    Was he the one that got bitten by the tiger a few years back?

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    Waikato Coach George Simpkin
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/121450181/international-rugby-community-farewells-innovative-coach-george-simpkin

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    @canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:

    @Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:

    Roy, of Siegfried and Roy, has died aged 75. Covid-19 complications apparently.

    Was he the one that got bitten by the tiger a few years back?

    Yes. Lucky to live then too.

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    Little Richard had died. Some legacy he leaves behind.

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    @sparky said in R.I.P. 2020:

    Little Richard had died. Some legacy he leaves behind.

    And some stories.....

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    Wow, like Kenny Rogers I legitimately thought he’d died years ago.....

    RIP though. What a massive influence on music as we know it today.

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    @sparky one of the all time legends.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/300008952/little-richard-flamboyant-spirit-of-early-rock-n-roll-dies-at-87

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    I have read some wild stories about what he and fellow deviant Buddy Holly used to get up to.
    Rumored that Holly was hung like a donkey and they used to bring groupies backstage just on the premise of showing them the freak show.
    Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll!

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    @Godder Motown spawned a ridiculous number of rock n roll titans

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    @canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:

    @Godder Motown spawned a ridiculous number of rock n roll titans

    I'm trying to get the Motown reference. What am I missing?

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