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| sasca |
I was just going to bed when I heard that Marc Bolan's bandmate has died, too. |
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| gypsy |
they're dropping like flies, aren't they |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
Relocated post:
T Rex's Bongo Player Has Died
Posted by Keep Rigid in another thread
Mickey Finn, percussionist with T Rex, dead at 56
LONDON (AP) — Mickey Finn, a bongo player with the 1970s glam rock band T Rex, has died. He was 56.
Mickey Finn, pictured here in 1973, led the glam rock band T. Rex when it re-formed in 1997.
AP file photo
The percussionist, who took over leadership of the band when it reformed in 1997, died Saturday in a south London hospital, the band's manager Barry Newby said Monday. No cause of death was given, but news reports said Finn had suffered from kidney and liver problems.
"With regret, the band are sad to announce the passing of their dear friend and leader Mickey Finn," Newby said in a statement on the band's Web site. "His memory will always be in our hearts."
After stints with the bands Hapshash and Coloured Coat, Finn teamed up with charismatic singer-songwriter Marc Bolan in 1969 when T Rex's original bongo player Steve Took left the band.
He was Bolan's sidekick as he progressed from hippie sage to glam rock guru, and performed on hits such as Ride A White Swan and Children Of The Revolution and is credited with giving the band its distinctive "bebop" sound.
Finn quit the group 1975 when their star began to wane and went on to form his own band. Frontman Bolan died in 1977.
But in 1997, after band members received a rapturous reception at a public performance to commemorate Bolan's death, the group reformed with Finn, Paul Fenton — another original band member — and several new musicians. They performed all over Europe and were particularly popular in Germany. The group recorded an album, Renaissance, in 2000.
Funeral details were not immediately available. There was no immediate word on survivors. |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
Mickey Finn is also a cool game, have you ever played? have you lose? Win? haha |
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| sonicrock |
shit rip fuck what the hell and so........... |
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