DJ E-Z Rock
News has circulated about the passing of Rodney Bryce, known as DJ E-Z Rock, on Sunday. E-Z Rock is best known for his collaboration with Rob Base on the single “It Takes Two,” which peaked at number 36...
Category: In Memoriam
Scott Asheton 1949-2014
Media outlets and The Stooges’ official website are reporting that Scott Asheton passed away on Saturday night at the age of 64. Asheton is best known as the drummer of Ann Arbor, Michigan-based band...
Bob Casale 1952-2014
News has been circulating for the last day or so that Devo member Bob Casale has died at the age of 61. Casale was the lead guitarist of the group, which is best known...
Stuart Hall
Jamaica-born scholar Stuart Hall has died, just a week after his 82nd birthday. While Hall may not be widely known to folks who follow popular music, to those of us who study music as popular culture,...
Pete Seeger 1919-2014
News is travelling around today that Pete Seeger passed away yesterday at the age of 94. Seeger is one of the most significant figures in the development of folk music, rock music, and the...
Amiri Baraka
Poet, writer, and scholar Amiri Baraka passed away on Thursday at the age of 79. Among Baraka’s many contributions to both the U.S. and the world are his works on African-American music. His earliest...
Remembering Phil Everly
Phil Everly, who was one half of The Everly Brothers, passed away yesterday at the age of 74. The American duo experienced tremendous success over a five-year period from 1957 to 1962. During that...
In Memoriam: Chrissy Amphlett
If you know about popular music artists in the early 1990s, if I say, “Divinyls,” I’d bet the first thing that pops into your head is “I Touch Myself.” That makes sense because that...
We Will Always Love You
As we wrap up the year this week and look back at 2012, and among other things, we think of folks who passed away this year, we might note that the world of popular...
Long Live The Bee Gees
Danny Wright posted on his Facebook wall something that with his permission, I wanted to share with you. The radio personality wrote a touching retrospective on the passing of Robin Gibb and the impact...
