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Kim Simmonds Took A Step To Heaven

December 16, 2022

December 5th marked a sad 75th birthday for Kim Simmonds: the Stage 4 cancer became fiercer and it was clear that the intrepid leader of SAVOY BROWN would soon leave the world. The inevitable happened on December 13th when the … Continue reading →

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Manuel Göttsching Passed Away

December 13, 2022

The name of his record label, MG.ART, and its logo, a fretboard, was possibly everything one had to know about how Manuel Göttsching, who passed away on December 4th at the age of 70, perceived his music, the most perfect … Continue reading →

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Nik Turner Leaves Our World In Search Of Space

November 12, 2022

Arguably, no one embodied intrepid spirit of space rock more perfectly than Nik Turner, a vastly underrated British musician who passed away, aged 82, on November 10th. He was the “wind” in HAWKWIND for the course-setting part of their existence … Continue reading →

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Sweet Dreams, Dan McCafferty

November 9, 2022

One of the most distinctive rock voices is dissolved in silence for ever: , a founding member of and a longtime friend of mine, has passed away on November 8th at the age of 76. He may have left the … Continue reading →

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Farewell, Sandy Dillon And Ray Majors

August 11, 2022

Two prominent figures of British musical landscape, Sandy Dillon and Ray Majors, left this mortal coil within days of each other: death did not do them part. There’s no details presently on the reason of the couple’s unexpected, untimely passing, … Continue reading →

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