R.I.P. 2020

JC

@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.

JC

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.

Bovidae

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:

JC

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.

Godder

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

canefan

@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?

Higgins

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

antipodean

@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.

sparky

Little Richard had died. Some legacy he leaves behind.

Crucial

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

Little Richard had died. Some legacy he leaves behind.

And some stories.....

MN5

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.

Godder

@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

Crucial

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!

canefan

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

Crucial

@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?

canefan

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

@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?

Don't mind me I've got it quite wrong

MN5

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

@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?

Prince and Jimi Hendrix wouldn't have existed as they were if it weren't for Little Richard so massive kudos to him for influencing two of my all time favourite artists.

MiketheSnow

Hope you've found your serenity now

Tim

JC

@Tim That's a shame. Go well Bonnie.

The Silver Fern

R.I.P. 2020