R.I.P. 2018

Another year gone by, another hard list of rock'n'roll deaths to compile: Aretha, post-punk pioneers Mark E. Smith and Pete Shelley, the unexpected demise of still-young Dolores O'Riordan, the last surviving member of the original Motörhead, and many beloved rock, jazz and soul musicians. But who knows? Maybe in the future we'll remember 2018 as the year our favourite rock star was born. No matter how heavy the losses, rock and roll will never die - or so Neil Young has promised us...

Thanks for the music,

Aretha Franklin (Queen Of Soul)

Mark E. Smith (Singer, leader of The Fall)

Dolores O'Riordan (Singer, The Cranberries)

Pete Shelley (singer/guitarist, The Buzzcocks)

Ray Thomas (Singer/flautist, Moody Blues)

Tony Joe White (US South Singer "the swamp fox")

Marty Balin (Singer, Jefferson Airplane)

Jimmy Farrar (Singer, Molly Hatchet)

Dennis Edwards (Singer, The Temptations)

Jon Hiseman (jazz rock drummer, Colosseum)

Ed King (guitarist, Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions 70's guitarist)

Conway Savage (Keyboardist, Nick Cave's Bad Seeds)

Hugh Masekela (jazz trumpeter)

Mike Harrison (Spooky Tooth)

"Fast" Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist)

Dave Holland (drummer, Trapeze/Judas Priest)

Danny Kirwan (guitarist, Fleetwood Mac)

Cecil Taylor (Jazz pianist)

Yvonne Staples (The Staple Singers)

Charles Neville (The Neville Brothers)

Chas Hodges (Singer, Chas & Dave)

Otis Rush (Blues singer/guitarist)

France Gall (French 60's yé-yé singer)

Denise LaSalle (Soul singer)

Jim Rodford (Argent, The Kinks)
Vince Martin (folk singer)

Buzz Clifford (60's pop singer)

Pat Torpey (drummer, Mr. Big)

Lazy Lester (Blues singer/harmonica player)
Josh Fauver (bassist, Deerhunter)
Glenn Schwartz (guitarist, James Gang)
Hugh McDowell (cellist, Electric Light Orchestra)

Vic Damone (big band singer)

Barbara Alston (Singer, The Crystals)

Craig MacGregor (bassist, Foghat)
Nick Knox (drummer, The Cramps)
Steve Soto (bassist, Agent Orange)

Charlie Quintana (drummer, Social Distortion)

Hardy Fox (composer, avant guard collective The Residents)
Irvin Jarrett (reggae percussionist,Inner Circle/Third World)
Alec Finn (Irish folk band De Dannan)
Dražen Janković (Zabranjeno Pušenje/No Smoking Orchestra)
Victor Hayden a.k.a. Mascara Snake (Captain Beefheart's Magic Band)
Eddy Clearwater (Chicago Blues guitarist)
DJ Fontana (drummer, Elvis Presley)
Matt Guitar Murphy (Blues Brothers/Muddy Waters)
Randy Rampage (D.O.A./Annihilator)
Eddie Chunk Willis (Motown studio guitarist)
Spencer P Jones (singer/guitarist, Beasts Of Bourbon)
Neil Harris (guitarist, punk rockers Sham 69)
George Butler (drummer, Pink Fairies/Dirty Strangers)
Didier Lockwood (violinist, Magma/Gong)
Norm Rogers (drummer, The Jayhawks)
Dean Ford (Singer, 60's pop band Marmalade)
Glenn Branca (composer, pioneer of No Wave)
Pete Boot (drummer, Budgie)
Martin Cockerham (Singer, UK folk band Spirogyra)

Chris Tsangarides (Producer, Judas Priest/Depeche Mode)
Phil Emmanuel (guitarist, INXS)
Mick Fowler (singer, Overkill)
Roy Young (pianist, Chuck Berry/David Bowie)
Tim Calvert (guitarist, Forbidden/Nevermore)
Roy Hargrove (American jazz trumpeter)

Peter "Mars" Cowling (Pat Travers Band)

Jerry Williams  (Swedish rockabilly singer)

John "Jabo" Starks (James Brown, The J.B.'s)

Ralph Santolla (guitarist, Obituary/Deicide/Iced Earth)

Vinnie Paul Abbott (drummer, Pantera)

Alan Longmuir (Bay City Rollers)
Neil Jones (guitarist, Amen Corner)
Don Gardner (R&B Singer)

Michael Weiley (Singer/guitarist, Spy vs Spy)

Wah Wah Watson (studio guitarist, The Funk Brothers)
Sam Spoons (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)
Jill Janus (singer, Huntress)
Mark Shelton (guitarist, Manilla Road)
Mickey Jones (drummer, Bob Dylan/Kenny Rogers)

John Wicks (singer, The Records)

Al James (bassist, Showaddywaddy)

Trevor McNaughton (ska/reggae band The Melodians)
Deborah Coleman (Blues singer/guitarist)
James Calvin Wilsey (bassist, Avengers)

Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)

Joe Osborn (studio bassist, The Wrecking Crew)
Todd Youth (guitarist, Warzone/Danzig)

Honey Lantree (drummer, 60's pop band The Honeycombs)