RIP – Rock In Perpetuity
Mourning the loss of classic rock stars, other musical greats and related figures
Slipknot Co-Founder/Drummer Joey Jordison Dies at 46
He was diagnosed in 2012 with the neurological affliction Acute Transverse Myelitis and spent 3 months in the hospital for intensive physical rehabilitation
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July 17, 2021: Robby Steinhardt, Kansas Founding Member, Dies
The band’s longtime co-lead singer and violinist had been admitted to the hospital a few months earlier for acute pancreatitis
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Biz Markie, Hip-Hop Legend Known For ‘Just a Friend,’ Dies
“Just a Friend,” which he wrote and produced, became a significant hit, reaching #9 on the Hot 100 and selling a million copies
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Cinderella Guitarist Jeff LaBar is Mourned at 58
The band shared the grief upon learning the news of his passing. “Heavy hearts cannot begin to describe the feeling of losing our brother”
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June 26, 2021: Longtime Skid Row Singer Johnny Solinger Dies at 55
“We are saddened to hear the news of our brother,” wrote the band of his passing. He succeeded Sebastian Bach to become the group’s longest tenured singer
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Ambrosia Keyboardist David Cutler Lewis Dies
He was a member of the group in the late ’70s/early ’80s, and played on their 1980 pop hit, “Biggest Part of Me.” He later won a Grammy with another band
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Patrick Sky, Singer-Songwriter Popular in the ’60s, Dead at 77
A mainstay of the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the 1960s, he started out playing traditional songs but then wrote his own.
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Lloyd Price, ‘Personality’ & ‘Stagger Lee’ Singer, Dead at 88
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee scored his first chart-topping hit in 1952 and continued to be a major presence for several years.
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Al Schmitt, 23x Grammy Award-Winning Producer-Engineer, Dies
The winner of 23 Grammys–more than any other engineer in history–worked with Elvis, the Jefferson Airplane, Dylan, Sam Cooke, Steely Dan, and many others
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Gene Taylor, Boogie-Woogie Piano Player With the Blasters, Dies at 68
As a teenager in Los Angeles he performed with such legends as Big Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker. A longtime friend called him a “boogie/blues piano master”
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