Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Alexi Laiho (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑleksi ˈlɑi̯ho]; born Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho; [1] 8 April 1979 – 29 December 2020) [2] was a Finnish guitarist, composer, and vocalist.
Many musicians have been murdered during their active career. Most of the musicians had been shot or stabbed to death. Some of them have received extensive media attention, including the murder of John Lennon in 1980, the killing of Marvin Gaye in 1984, the murder of Selena in 1995, the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996, the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, the murder of XXXTentacion in ...
Eddie Van Halen's first guitar, purchased as a child from Sears and Roebuck, was a Teisco Del Rey. He played the guitar in his elementary school band, The Broken Combs. [56] Van Halen played many custom-built and heavily modified guitars, especially early in his career.
Geordie Walker, the Killing Joke guitarist and co-founder admired by everyone from Jimmy Page to Dave Grohl, has died aged 64. News of Walker’s death was confirmed by the band in a statement ...
One of the best known keytarists, Jean Michel Jarre, playing an AX-Synth The following is a list of keytarists.A keytarist is a musician that plays the keytar, a keyboard or synthesizer worn around the neck and shoulders, similar to a guitar.
Pastorius was born December 1, 1951, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, [1] the oldest of three boys born to Stephanie Catherine (née Haapala; 1925–2001), who was of Finnish descent, and musician John Francis Pastorius Jr. (1922–2004), a singer and jazz drummer of Italian and German descent, who spent much of his time on the road.
Due to his death, and the guitarist's subsequent actions (including taking photos of his body, one of which was later used as the cover for a bootleg release), Necrobutcher left Mayhem. [ 6 ] After a brief stint with Stian "Occultus" Johannsen, the band returned in late 1991 with Attila Csihar on vocals and Varg "Count Grishnackh" Vikernes on bass.
James Beck Gordon (July 14, 1945 – March 13, 2023) was an American musician, songwriter, and convicted murderer. Gordon was a session drummer in the late 1960s and 1970s and was the drummer in the blues rock supergroup Derek and the Dominos.