Dutch radiomaker Arjen Grolleman passed away today very unexpected, his employer learns us on their frontpage. Arjen worked at Kink FM, one of the coolest alternative radio stations in The Netherlands. From early 2006 until today he managed this station, after being involved with Kink FM since the establishment of it in 1995. He was [...]

Jack The Rapper was a great independent mind. He performed at Whatbar 1. We’ll miss him.
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WTF. This is very, very sad news. Matador and Goner Records have both confirmed his death. Source. goner writes: “It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our good friend Jay Reatard. Jay died in his sleep last night. We will pass along information about funeral arrangements when they are made public.”

Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy Sullivan, better known by his stage name The Rev, past away yesterday, December 28th. That’s what the metalcore bands tells on their website. Sullivan was found dead in his Californian house. He was 28 years old.

R.I.P. Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan
February 10, 1981
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December 28, 2009

American actress Brittany Murphy passed away this Sunday, CNN learns us. The actress, known from movies like Sin City, Don’t Say A Word, Clueless, Just Married and Eminem’s 8 Mile died of a cardiac arrest. She was 32 years old.

R.I.P. Brittany Anne Murphy
November 10th, 1977
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December 20th, 2009

She also hit [...]

For the 2010 editition of Incubate we were working on a Jack Rose performance. Rose was on our wishlist for a long time cause he’s one of the most original voices on the acoustic guitar. Acording to Philadelphia Daily News Report he died at the age of 38. The cause of death was a heart [...]

Eric Woolfson died of cancer yesterday, December 2nd, his official website learns us. Woolfson was the co-founder of The Alan Parsons Project back in 1975, and after he split with the band he persued musical theatre. Eric Wolfson was 64 years old.
Eric Woolfson
March 18, 1945
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December 2, 2009

Today, Ramses Shaffy, Dutch chansonnier, past away. Shaffy suffered esophageal cancer since May this year. He was 76 years old.
R.I.P. Ramses Shaffy
August 29, 1933
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December 1, 2009
Here’s a record made in 1966 of the song ‘Sammy’.

The rumours appear to originate from a New Zealand DJ shop called DMC World, which says on its product page: “Panasonic (the manufacturer of Technics) have announced that production of the world famous Technics SL-1200 and SL-1210 DJ turntables will stop at the end of February 2010″.
The turntables have been around for more than 35 [...]

Dutch hardcore hero’s Backfire’s very very last show was last Saturday in Leipzig. Check this video with the crowd going crazy. RIP Eurocore!