R.I.P. 2020
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I think that is Johnny Dick as the drummer but they did swap a bit.
I have just discovered that Max shared "musos" with Ray Columbus, who sadly is also gone.
Ray was my ex bosses neighbour, and then my parents neighbour for years. NZ really is a small place.
The music was before my time but my parents forced it on me so brings back some memories.
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@voodoo said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:
Max Merritt slips away
Max Merritt - who died overnight aged 79 - is best known for 'Slipping Away', a Kiwi anthem from the mid-1970s. But his career stretches all the way back to the very beginning of rock and roll in New Zealand.
I bet ‘journalists’ have been waiting years just to use this line.
Hopefully Jake the Muss is raising a quart bottle as a tribute....
So I listened to this in the car just now for a bit of nostalgia. Still catchy as, just a lovely tune. But I'd never realised that its 5+ minute song that only has 1 verse, repeated 3 times.
3 fricken times!!!
Lazy ass muthas!
The Romantics did that too, when they were singing about someone talking in their sleep they just repeated verse 2 and 3 completely the same. Perhaps they had a deadline ?
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@Snowy said in R.I.P. 2020:
@voodoo said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:
Max Merritt slips away
Max Merritt - who died overnight aged 79 - is best known for 'Slipping Away', a Kiwi anthem from the mid-1970s. But his career stretches all the way back to the very beginning of rock and roll in New Zealand.
I bet ‘journalists’ have been waiting years just to use this line.
Hopefully Jake the Muss is raising a quart bottle as a tribute....
So I listened to this in the car just now for a bit of nostalgia. Still catchy as, just a lovely tune. But I'd never realised that its 5+ minute song that only has 1 verse, repeated 3 times.
3 fricken times!!!
Lazy ass muthas!
I like the tune as well. As for lazy - I used to play the drums and this guy has it nailed:
They were called The Meteors. I see a little irony in that.
More active than Brown Mark who was the Revolutions Bass player when they did "When Doves Cry"
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@Snowy said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 He didn't move at all? The lack of motion in that video suggests that they were already dead.
As for Brown Mark - that is a really unfortunate name. Cruel parents, just call him Shit Stain, Skid Mark, and be done with it.
I follow him on FB. Cool dude and a hell of a bass player. I guess he chose that name to make him appear a bit more mortal to those of us who didn't make it quite as big as he did in the music world.
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@MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:
@Snowy said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 He didn't move at all? The lack of motion in that video suggests that they were already dead.
As for Brown Mark - that is a really unfortunate name. Cruel parents, just call him Shit Stain, Skid Mark, and be done with it.
I follow him on FB. Cool dude and a hell of a bass player. I guess he chose that name to make him appear a bit more mortal to those of us who didn't make it quite as big as he did in the music world.
I would still say - not a good choice.
I didn't call myself yellow Snowy for example.
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@Virgil said in R.I.P. 2020:
R.I.P Eddie Van Halen
Big fan of Van Halen, both the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hager eras. Loved the sound, had their own style mostly due to his guitar work.
Only 65, too youngWow thats young. Circumstances? Google says throat cancer. Feels far too young
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@Virgil said in R.I.P. 2020:
R.I.P Eddie Van Halen
Big fan of Van Halen, both the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hager eras. Loved the sound, had their own style mostly due to his guitar work.
Only 65, too youngNooo! Well that's a man who leaves a legacy that's for sure.
RIP Eddie.
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@Virgil said in R.I.P. 2020:
R.I.P Eddie Van Halen
Big fan of Van Halen, both the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hager eras. Loved the sound, had their own style mostly due to his guitar work.
Only 65, too youngI didn't manage to get to any concerts of their only tour out here with Cherrone as lead, but I got to meet the man at an album signing. Huge grin, massive handshake with a "G'day mate!" thrown in - I knew then I had touched The Right Hand Of God.
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@NTA said in R.I.P. 2020:
@Virgil said in R.I.P. 2020:
R.I.P Eddie Van Halen
Big fan of Van Halen, both the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hager eras. Loved the sound, had their own style mostly due to his guitar work.
Only 65, too youngI didn't manage to get to any concerts of their only tour out here with Cherrone as lead, but I got to meet the man at an album signing. Huge grin, massive handshake with a "G'day mate!" thrown in - I knew then I had touched The Right Hand Of God.
Definitely one of the pioneers of the guitar. Remember reading how he would often have his back to the audience at concerts so no one could see his special ‘guitar moves’
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@Virgil said in R.I.P. 2020:
@NTA said in R.I.P. 2020:
@Virgil said in R.I.P. 2020:
R.I.P Eddie Van Halen
Big fan of Van Halen, both the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hager eras. Loved the sound, had their own style mostly due to his guitar work.
Only 65, too youngI didn't manage to get to any concerts of their only tour out here with Cherrone as lead, but I got to meet the man at an album signing. Huge grin, massive handshake with a "G'day mate!" thrown in - I knew then I had touched The Right Hand Of God.
Definitely one of the pioneers of the guitar. Remember reading how he would often have his back to the audience at concerts so no one could see his special ‘guitar moves’
I think he was better than the band he was in. Him and to a lesser extent his brother were the real talents.
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Sad to hear EVH is gone. Despite being a goofy-looking clog-wearer he was so farking cool in the Jump video playing both guitar and keyboard.
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Johnny Nash has gone today too. He was 80.
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Eddie Tonks, aged 85.
https://www.allblacks.com/news/nzr-pays-tribute-to-former-chair-eddie-tonks/
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Spencer Davis just stopped
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Just read his bio on the BBC. Spoke 4 languages fluently, discovered Bob Marley and promoted Robert Palmer.
Quite a CV
