The RIP thread...

Cracking, singer/songwriter/musician who never got the success he deserved. Think he was properly ill a while ago but had made some kind of recovery. Sad news.

Oh no, one of my biggest musical heroes!! Ugh!! 😔

Marcello Gandini, legendary designer of the Lamborghini Miura, Countach & Diablo, the Lancia Stratos, the Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 and the Citroën BX.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi8xIQuiwq0

Also Maserati Khamsin, Lamborghini Urraco, Iso Lele and Fiat X1/9.

Steve Harley, 73
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68590846

Hard to resist the old 'Come up & see me' from St. Peter.

JP Ryffranck, great framebuilder.
Originally from Belgium, plied his trade in Quebec. Made it to 93 years old, he did well.

Richard Taylor, father of Damilola and tireless campaigner.

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/23/richard-taylor-father-of-murdered-schoolboy-damilola-taylor-dies

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/mar/27/richard-serra-dies-85-american-abstract-sculpture-artist-cause-of-death-pneumonia

Richard Serra.

The steel industry will mourn his passing

I saw his piece in The Guggenheim in Bilbao.
Walking between the coils is an awesome experience.

Likewise, fucking incredible show

Academy Award winning Iron Eagle Louis Gossett Jr.

Immense.. what a wonderful man, also beautiful tribute to his Great Grandma Rae who lived through slavery and freedom. Rest in Power, Louis

https://youtu.be/ZACGmgW4wKw?si=rzf_ofr-R-vPh7AO

John Sinclair

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/people/2024/04/02/obit-john-sinclair-marijuana-activist-detroit-radical/73178795007/

On March 25th, Chris Cross, founding member and bassist with Ultravox, and co-writer of Vienna.

Kieth Leblanc

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RIP Keith

Sad news, big Tackhead fan BITD. Watching him and Doug Wimbish on a stage with Mark Stewart totally blew my tiny young brain, it has stayed with me. RIP

OH fuck I only just heard about Keith. I am now PROPERLY in bits.

He was literally my no1 hero. I was only talking about him last night to this guy who wrote a book about improv dancing... Keith used to do this opening set at all On-U Sound tackhead gigs BITD. He's alway lay down these STOMPING tunes then about 2/3 into the set he'd drop some incredible 15/8 time signature tune and the whole place would fall over trying to dance to it. Me and my good friend Wig made it our business to find the beat 'FIND THE BEAT!!' we'd shout and get the groove back on.

This one's a bit jazzy and a slow grower (he'd just DROP hard into something incredible live) but you get the idea of what an incredible talent this ROBOT of a drummer was. Utterly sublime. I am totally in bits now.

Take 10 minutes out of your life to absorb this masterwork of his. If you wanna hear the STOMP, go and check out Major Malfuction / Major Malfunction by him, his first solo LP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMX4f_WVB9A

Yes Ben. Tackhead et al, absolutely massive in our formative years. MK vibes. ❤️

I'm so emosh I been texting Wig blathering on about it.

God that man was my HERO!!!

I'm going to have to play some keith on sunday.

I only just found out that Benjamin Zephaniah died late last year, which is genuinely very very sad. We lost a real one