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The tenth anniversary of his death demonstrated the ongoing significance of his death to the punk community with 25 concerts being held on December 8, 2007, across the United States and Canada, including concerts in New York City, Chicago, Seattle and five concerts across Texas including a two-day event in Amarillo.
[a] [1] [2] The event became known as "The Day the Music Died" after singer-songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his 1971 song "American Pie". At the time, Holly and his band, consisting of Waylon Jennings , Tommy Allsup , and Carl Bunch , were playing on the "Winter Dance Party" tour across the American Midwest .
In 1993, Clark directed Chris Isaak's music video "Solitary Man". This experience developed into an interest in film direction. [ 6 ] After publishing other photographic collections, Clark met Harmony Korine in New York City and asked Korine to write the screenplay for his first feature film Kids , which was released to controversy and mixed ...
Michael John Burkett (born January 16, 1967), [2] known professionally as Fat Mike, is an American musician and producer. He was the bassist and lead vocalist for the punk rock band NOFX and the cofounder and bassist of the punk rock supergroup cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Burkett started out with his first band False Alarm in 1982.
[3] [2] His father was in charge of maintenance for a public school system; his mother was a cook in the executive dining room at Ford Motor Company. [2] In his early years he was involved with the area's music scene, which spawned bands such as Iggy and the Stooges , and was a member of the noise band Destroy All Monsters .
VideoKids were a 1980s Euro disco duo from the Netherlands, formed in 1984 and consisting of Peter Slaghuis (1961–1991) and Bianca Bonelli (1964–1995). The band's members also had solo careers on their own, such as Peter being a famous DJ and remixer, and Bianca having a solo single called "Je Veux L'amour (Follow Me)".
Claude Bessy (20 June 1945 – 2 October 1999), also known as Kickboy Face, was a French writer, magazine editor, singer, video producer, and painter.He is noted as an early organizer [2] in the Los Angeles punk scene in the mid-1970s [3] and was involved in the British post-punk scene in the 1980s.
Death is an American musical group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1971 by brothers Bobby (bass, vocals), David (March 19, 1952 – October 9, 2000) (guitar), [2] and Dannis Hackney (drums, percussion). The trio initially started as a funk group but quickly switched their style to rock after seeing concerts by the Who and Alice Cooper.