Sinéad O’Connor, 1966-2023
Sinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer-songwriter who possessed one of the most powerful voices of her generation, died this week. Celebrate her legacy through her music.
Category: Obits
Teresa Taylor, drummer for Butthole Surfers who appeared in film “Slacker,” dies at 60
Teresa Taylor, who, as Teresa Nervosa, helped power experimental psych-rock maniacs Butthole Surfers through the 1980s as one of the band’s two drummers, has died.
Andy Rourke, the “supremely gifted” bassist for The Smiths, dies of pancreatic cancer
Andy Rourke, the bassist for The Smiths, has died of pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate and childhood friend Johnny Marr announced overnight.
Mark Stewart, frontman of post-punk mavericks The Pop Group, dies at age 62
Mark Stewart, the musical agitator and yelping frontman of the wildly innovative, dub-infused post-punk act The Pop Group, died Friday.
Nora Forster — wife of John Lydon, mother of The Slits’ Ari Up — has died at age 80
Nora Forster, a music promoter and mother of the late Slits frontwoman Ari Up who married John Lydon in 1979, has died after living with Alzheimer’s disease.
Remembering Sire Records’ Seymour Stein, whose musical taste shaped a generation
The death over the weekend of legendary record man Seymour Stein has unleashed a torrent of heartfelt appreciations from the musicians he championed.
Lewis Largent, MTV “120 Minutes” host and DJ at Los Angeles’ KROQ, dies at 58
Lewis Largent, former DJ and music director at Los Angeles’ alt-rock powerhouse KROQ and host of MTV’s “120 Minutes,” died Feb. 20 after a long illness.
