Musician and visual artist Don Van Vliet, AKA Captain Beefheart has passed away today, December 17th, 2010, in California due to complications from multiple sclerosis. He was 69 years old.
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Remembering Bob Stinson of The Replacements
The Replacements, from left: Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars, Bob Stinson and Tommy Stinson
Bob Stinson, lead guitarist and founding member of The Replacements, who passed away on February 18th, 1995 after years of hard drug and alcohol abuse, would have celebrated his birthday today, December 17th (born in 1959). I remember reading an article called “Hold My Life,” a brutally honest and deeply sad interview with Bob, in SPIN magazine less than six month before he died. You could see right then that he wasn’t long for this world. Rest in peace, Bob.