R.I.P.

Josh Silver, claparul formatiei Type O Negative, le-a confirmat celor de la Blabbermouth.net ca liderul grupului, Peter Steele, s-a stins din viata in decursul zilei de 14 aprilie.

Artistul avea doar 48 de ani.

Nu au fost inca stabilite motivele decesului insa se banuieste ca Steele a murit in urma unui atac de cord.

Zvonurile despre moartea artistului au inceput sa circule miercuri seara, 14 aprilie. Mistress Juliya (Fuse TV) a scris pe pagina sa de Twitter ca a stat de vorba cu Kenny Hickey, chitaristul formatiei, care i-ar fi confirmat decesul lui Steele.

Zvonurilor nu li s-a acordat o importanta majora deoarece in anul 2005, Steele a pus la cale o farsa. Acesta i-a lasat pe fanii sai sa creada ca a incetat din viata in momentul in care pe site-ul oficial Type O Negative a aparut o fotografie cu o piatra funerara pe care erau inscriptionate cuvintele "[P]eter Steele - 1962 - 2005...Free At Last".

Fanii Type O Negative asteapta acum o confirmare pe site-ul oficial.

Message from Wendy Dio

Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45am 16th May. Many, many friends and family were able to say their private good-byes before he peacefully passed away. Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all. We so appreciate the love and support that you have all given us. Please give us a few days of privacy to deal with this terrible loss. Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever.

- Wendy Dio

Farewell Ronnie James Dio

It's difficult when bad news comes to you from the on line news headlines. It's impersonal and it often makes it more difficult to grasp the reality of what has happened.
So I'm still shaking my head in denial that Ronnie James Dio is gone. Aside from listening to, and covering, his music for many years, I met Ronnie a couple of times over the years and I'll tell you what everyone else that has ever met him will tell you. He was one of the nicest people you would ever want to meet. Friendly, engaging, intelligent, gracious, I felt like we had been good friends after 5 minutes of conversation.

The first time we met we talked about album art work and the meanings behind some of his. I had only really been in the big world of touring rock bands for a couple of years at that point and was anxious to learn anything I could from someone like him. Let's face it, nobody had a voice like that. It seemed impossible that a sound so huge and powerful could come out of such a slender frame. So I asked him for any advice about keeping his voice fit. Vocal exercises? Eating and exercise regimens? Prayer?? Lol! He gave me a very gentle smile and looked almost embarrassed when he answered me and said, " I gotta be honest with you, I don't know. I just walk out on stage and the voice is there". And that has turned out to be a statement that I never forgot and have used again and again as I've walked out on stage.

I saw Dio live not too long ago and he was still belting it out, all the songs I know and love so well, in the original keys. I was as stunned then as I was when I saw the Holy Diver and Last In Line Tours.

I don't know why, but it really hurts that he's gone. My thoughts go out to Wendy Dio, whom I have not had the pleasure of meeting. I know she will take some comfort in the fact that Ronnie was one of the best loved people in music.

Farewell Ronnie........

Hollywood Hellraiser Dennis Hopper Dead at 74

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic "Easy Rider," died on Saturday from complications of prostate cancer, a friend of the actor said. Hopper was 74.

The hard-living screen star died at his home in the coastal Los Angeles suburb of Venice at 8:15 a.m. PDT (1515 GMT), surrounded by family and friends, the friend, Alex Hitz, told Reuters.

In a wildly varied career spanning more than 50 years, Hopper appeared alongside his mentor James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant" in the 1950s and played maniacs in such films as "Apocalypse Now," "Blue Velvet" and "Speed."

He received two Oscar nominations -- for writing "Easy Rider" (with co-star Peter Fonda and Terry Southern), and for a rare heartwarming turn as an alcoholic high-school basketball coach in the 1986 drama "Hoosiers."

"Easy Rider," regarded is one of the greatest films of American cinema, helped usher in a new era in which the old Hollywood guard was forced to cede power to young filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese.

The low-budget blockbuster, originally conceived by Fonda, introduced mainstream moviegoers to pot-smoking, cocaine-dealing, long-haired bikers.

"We'd gone through the whole '60s and nobody had made a film about anybody smoking grass without going out and killing a bunch of nurses," Hopper told Entertainment Weekly in 2005. "I wanted 'Easy Rider' to be a time capsule for people about that period."

Hopper and Fonda were joined on screen by a then-unknown Jack Nicholson as an alcoholic lawyer, but it was not a harmonious set. Hopper clashed violently with everyone and Fonda later described him as a "little fascist freak." Their friendship was destroyed.

Hopper fell ill last September. He continued working almost to the very end, both on his cable TV series "Crash" and on a book showcasing his photography. But his final months were also consumed by a bitter divorce battle with his fifth wife, Victoria Duffy.

Indeed, his private life was never dull. His marriages included an eight-day union in 1970 with Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and Papas, who later told Vanity Fair that she was subjected to "excruciating" treatment.

Hopper is survived by four children.

Stuart Cable a fost unul dintre membrii fondatori ai grupului Stereophonics, devenit celebru în anii '90, pe care l-a părăsit însă în 2003, pentru o carieră în mass-media.

Stuart Cable a prezentat o emisiune săptămânală dedicată muzicii rock la postul BBC Radio Wales şi a înfiinţat o nouă trupă, Killing for Company. Poliţia din South Wales a confirmat decesul muzicianului în vârstă de 40 de ani, al cărui trup neînsufleţit a fost descoperit în locuinţa sa din oraşul Aberdare. "Cauza morţii nu a fost încă stabilită", au declarat reprezentanţii poliţiei galeze

Josh Broadhead, solistul formatiei metalcore Saved By Grace, a decedat in cursul zilei de luni. Datele nu sunt clare insa se pare ca Broadhead s-a spanzurat.

Artistul avea 29 de ani.

Grupul a fost activ in perioada 1999-2002 iar in 2003 a decis sa se detrame. Membrii trupei au activat ulterior in Hopesfall si Eighteen Visions.

Inainte de destramare, Saved By Grace au lansat un split alaturi de The Esoteric si un full-lenth via Rescore Records.