John Lodge of The Moody Blues is riding the big see saw in the sky. I'll always remember going to a Moody Blues concert with my dad way back when. Partly because the music was fantastic. Mostly because I was the youngest person there by a few decades. Also, relevant Simpsons clip
Aw man, I love the Moody Blues, and John Lodge. My first concert too back in 1990 I think. Right before the big Red Rocks concert. The PBS years, as my dad called it.
Ace Frehley fell down. https://variety.com/2025/music/news/ace-frehley-kiss-lead-guitarist-dead-1236554943/
D’Angelo, 51, from pancreatic cancer. He struggled with alcohol addiction and depression the past couple decades.
Musicians dropping all over. Sam Rivers, bassist for Limp Bizkit. https://consequence.net/2025/10/limp-bizkit-bassist-sam-rivers-dead/ One of several bassists that pushed the Warwick madness of the early 2000’s bass community.
Robert Munsch (Love You Forever, The Paperbag Princess) will die from MAID suicide this week at age of 80. Very sad, he may be the best children’s author of them all— certainly the one who most genuinely loved what he did.