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When I first heard of the news, I actually did not believe it... but I suppose it's the truth.
I grew up in the ghetto in Sacramento, and we were pretty poor. Our color television was probably the most valuable thing we'd own. I don't know how it came into our possessing (probably a find at the Goodwill), but we had this one-hour NBC documentary via VHS on The Jackson Five. At the end of the documentary, it shifted focus on Michael Jackson.
It was brilliant, they showed his performance at the Apollo Theater, unveiling his "Moon Walk".
By 1987, I bought one of my first album, Michael Jackson's Bad on bootleg cassette at the local flea market. Hey, did I mention I was poor ? I played the crap out of that thing, I loved "Man in the Mirror".
I actually didn't end up buying the best-selling album of all time, Thriller, until the mid-90s. I lost it/lend it to someone, but it's okay because I recently re-purchased the album when the 25th anniversary edition came out in 2007. I'm happy to report that the new version contain a DVD of the "Billie Jean" performance with that Moon Walk!
06/25/2009 18:52:24 ♥ vu (
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According to Star Tribune, local musician, Jeff Hanson, was found dead yesterday:
My own experience with Jeff Hanson, was the first time I put on Madam Owl and thought the angelic voice coming out of my car stereo was that it was a woman. I thought to myself, 'oh, it must be a guest vocalist'. Then when the same woman appeared on the song after, I thought 'maybe they printed the wrong label on this CD'.Jeff Hanson's rising career came to a sudden end Friday, when he was found dead at his apartment in St. Paul.
Hanson, 31, likely died from a fall or other accident at the concrete-floored apartment, which he had just moved into days earlier, said his sister, Sara Hanson. He was found by his parents.
I had no idea that it was indeed the voice of male singer Jeff Hanson. That is pretty amazing, I had to see him singing for myself last year at the Triple Rock.
I think the very same thing happened to his record label, Kill Rock Star. The record people from Washington loved his voice so much, they flew him to play and sign when the label in 2005.
Other musicians recently found dead includes Koko "Queen of the Blues" Taylor and Wilco's Jay Bennett.
06/06/2009 18:13:58 ♥ vu ()
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Dennis DePianto (aka D.D. Meanie), passed away after a short battle with cancer in St Vincent's Hopsital in Melbourne on February 14th, 2008. Dennis was the guitarist in the Melbourne band, The Meanies, from 1988 until 1995. He suffered from muscular dystrophy as a child yet, but this was never to stop him. The Meanies were one of those bands that seemed like an enigma to me. I was just a little too young to truly appreicate them, but old enough to catch them regularly on Rage (when you were too young to go out boozing but still rebellious enough to stay up really late). Although I would never have recognised D.D. Meanie from a bar of soap, something still twanged in my heart as I read about this. See their official website for a more heartwarming tribute than I am able to create.
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Cristina sent me this link.
I know that you will not be able to help yourself posting this. I'm too periodic.
It's too good to pass up, right?
Quiet Riot's singer, Kevin DuBrow is found dead in his Las Vegas home. Although his death, at this time, is uncertain, I instantly thought of drug use. He celebrate his birthday last month and friends and family reported that he was in excellent good health.
Excerpt from the article:
"I ask this to all of you not only for myself but for other friends and family," [Quiet Riot bassist] Kelly Garni wrote, in a message posted to a Web site honoring the memory of Quiet Riot founding member Randy Rhoads. "I ask that no one here offer any speculation or opinions, theories or other things that could be construed as negative or, and I'm sorry for this, even sympathetic, right at this immediate time. I am already, within hours of this, having to deal with untrue rumors and speculation and that only adds fuel to that. There is a tendency for the subject of Kevin to incite flames on every board, and now is not the time for that. I will explain to everyone here the facts and the truth in the next 24 to 48 hours as I realize this will affect us all. So please, until then, be patient. All details and other pertinent info will be passed on to you here when it becomes available to me."
So, obviously, like most people, I know them through "Cum On Feel The Noize". I didn't know it was a Slade cover until Oasis covered the song on their single Don't Look Back in Anger.
Quiet Riot's version appeared on their best-selling and most popular album Metal Health, released in 1983. It was the only album to enter the Billboard Chart at #1 in the pop albums list. The album went on to sell over six million copies.
11/26/2007 20:21:02
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