PUNK NIHILISM ON THE PROWL!
"I WANNA LIVE TILL I DIE"
- Johnny Gazalez AKA Johnny Thunders.
Well he has and sad to say there's more than a few more punk deaths occuring as the years tick by. Here are a few recent and not so recent obituaries who are hitting the big bar in the sky...
2009
Lux Interior - The Cramps (Latest)

2008
Trogg - Contempt (Latest)
Jagger - Punk fan
Good local punk who i had known since the early 80's. He sadly died from Motor Neurone Disease last summer.

2007
Tony Wilson - Punk Enthusiast

2006
Gary 'Gash' Brown - Barse
Sandy West - The Runaways
Tom Pig - Poison Idea
Jason  Sears - RKL
Died on February 1st 2006 no more details.

2005
John Loder - Sound Egineer/Producer
Dave Goodman - Producer (Sex Pistols)
Marshall Rohner - Guitarist
Marshall played with Jimmy and the Mustangs, T.S.O.L., Cruzados - (with Tito Larriva and Chalo Quintana)   great guy, great guitar player. The needle and the damage done.
Jet Rash

2004
John Peel - British Radio DJ
Johnny Ramone - The Ramones
John McGeoch - Magazine/Banshees/PIL
Also respect goes out to the following punks who hit the big bar in the sky in 2004.
Brandon - Leftover Crack/X-Possibles
Young drummer 24 year old Brandon Chevalier-Kolling who drummed for New Jerseys Leftover Crack /X-possibles died in his sleep on December 17th from an accidental night of excess in Dallas, Texas, while on tour with Leftover Crack. There's fitting obituarys posted by band mates at the following adresses
www.leftovercrack.com/page/news.html
Robert Heaton - New Model Army
The former drummer passed away on Thursday 4th November. An inquest concluded he was suffering from pancreatic cancer.
Mark Greenwell - Concrete Sox/
Varukers/ Poundaflesh

The UK guitarist passed away on Sunday 31st October of an on-going illness.
Stig - Icons Of Filth
Died suddenly on Friday October 21st right after the band played a set. A Condolence book is on the London Punks website. www.londonpunks.co.uk/index2.htm
Greg Shaw - Bomp Records
Greg Shaw of the pioneering Bomp! Records label
(October 21st).

JJ Bedsore - The Blood
South London's early 80's shock rock combo The Blood (formerly Coming Blood) who were described at the time as "a cross between Motorhead, The Stranglers and Alice Cooper" have recently lost their beerswilling guitarist JJ Bedsore. Joe Bedsore (44) died on Tuesday 20th July 2004 JJ (real name Jamie Cantwell) had been ill for the last few months, and died from multiple organ failure.
Stu P. didiot - Charge
Stu-p-idiot the wild guitarist outta early 80's UK punks Charge passed away last summer, another victim of Cancer.

2002
Joe Strummer - The Clash
Nils Stevenson - Manager/Mentor
Henry Knowles - Agression
Giussepe Codeluppi - Raw Power
Dee Dee Ramone - The Ramones
Chris Burleigh - Assert

2001
Stuart Adamson - The Skids
Bianca Halstead - Betty Blowtorch
Joey Ramone - The Ramones
Bryan Gregory - The Cramps

1996
Jeffrey Lee Pierce - The Gun Club

1979
Sid Vicious - Sex Pistols






Thanx to all the punks who wrote some
of these epitaphs. If you want one
putting up or wanna contribute one
just email me at
[email protected]
PUNK
NIHILISM ON THE PROWL!
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