America first heard of The Von Bondies in that now infamous bar fight where Jack White pummeled lead singer Jason Stollsteimer. Stollsteimer was a bloodied mess and White has now been convicted of misdemeanor assault and battery, but it would be entirely unfair to judge The Von Bondies on a scrapple between Detroit
Dave Blood, bassist for beloved Philadelphia rock act the Dead Milkmen, committed suicide March 10, according to a post by his sister Kathy on the band’s official message board. In a subsequent post, Milkmen drummer Dean Clean confirmed the news.
“This morning Dave Blood is no longer with us,” his sister wrote. “David is my brother. Since the breakup of the band David has never really found his niche in life. My brother was a smart, clever and talented person. Inner peace has seemed to elude him for the last many years. Sometime last night David chose to end his life. He left a note that I don’t know all of what it said, he was not elaborate — but he said he just could not stand to go on any longer.”
Posting as Kathy F., Blood’s sister asked fans to pray for his soul and explained that their mother had passed away at the end of January and felt that “maybe David just had had enough.” A memorial service will be held in the Delaware County area of southeastern Pennsylvania at some point in the near future, with details to be announced.
“I want to say that one of the shiniest parts of David’s life was being a Dead Milkman and having that claim to fame,” Blood’s sister concluded. “And the fans who appreciated the talent and time that went into making the band rise above the ordinary — thank you all for making my brother feel and know that he was indeed somebody.”
Source Billboard.com.
In the months before he shot himself, American rock legend Kurt Cobain was considering quitting his band Nirvana to work with his wife, singer Courtney Love (news), according to a previously unpublished interview.
Nirvana’s tragic frontman said he had a stronger musical affinity with Love’s own band, Hole, than he had found with any other musicians, according to Britain’s “Uncut” magazine, which will publish the interview next Monday ahead of the 10th anniversary of his death.
“I’d like to (collaborate with Love),” he said in the interview eight months before his suicide. “But to tell you the truth, I would rather just quit my band and join Hole.
“When I have played music with them, there’s a level of connection that’s a little bit higher than with anyone else I ever played with,” he added.
Nirvana’s surviving founders, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic (news), have had a turbulent relationship with Cobain’s widow, clashing with her in court over the band’s musical legacy.
Cobain, 27, killed himself with a shotgun in April 1994 in his Seattle home, where he was recovering from a drug and alcohol overdose.
With punk-influenced music and angst-ridden lyrics, Nirvana led the grunge movement that emerged from Seattle to become one of the most powerful forces in 1990s rock.
Cobain said in the interview, originally intended for French television, that he was thinking of moving away from his grunge roots toward acoustic music.
“It might be nice to start playing acoustic guitar and be thought of as a singer and a songwriter, rather than a grunge rocker,” he said. “I could sit down on a chair and play acoustic guitar like Johnny Cash (news) or something, and it won’t be a big joke.”
Source yahoo.com.
