Rockstar Death Notices

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Ted Offensive behind the console at WORT

Ted Offensive behind the console at WORT

Rockstar Death Notices - December 2017
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RIP This Month:

Dana Pharo, Malcolm Young, Ted Offesive, Wayne Cochran and more ...

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Tom Petty's landmark debut album, Damn the Torpedoes

Tom Petty's landmark debut album, Damn the Torpedoes

Rockstar Death Notices - October 2017
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RIP This Month:

This Month: Larry Marshall (Burning Spear), Walter Becker (Steely Dan), Eric Teisberg (Madison’s Resale Records) and more!

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Jane Train, manager of Adrenaline Mob, died with bassist David Zablidowski in a fiery automobile crash on the way to a show

Jane Train, manager of Adrenaline Mob, died with bassist David Zablidowski in a fiery automobile crash on the way to a show

Rockstar Death Notices - September 2017
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RIP This Month:

Melvyn “Deacon” Jones (John Lee Hooker), David “Z” Zablidowski (Trans Siberian Orchestra, Adrenaline Mob), Thor Lindsay (Tim/Kerr Records), Goldy McJohn (Steppenwolf), Glenn Campbel (country music legend), Sonny Burgess (rockabilly legend),  John Abercrombie (jazz guitar legend), Jane Train (manager for Adrenaline Mob)

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Chester Bennington of Lincoln Park

Chester Bennington of Lincoln Park

Rockstar Death Notices - August 2017
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RIP This Month:

Chester Charles Bennington (Lincoln Park), Erik Cartwright (Allman Brothers), Ronald Charles Larson (Rouser Ron, Madison Drum Major)

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local Wisconsin recording engineer & producer Jack Le Tourneau

local Wisconsin recording engineer & producer Jack Le Tourneau

Rockstar Death Notices - July 2017
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RIP This Month:

Sonny Knight (Sonny Knight & the Lakers), Prodigy, Jack Le Tourneau (Local recording engineer/producer)

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Soundgarden with singer Chris Cornell in foreground

Soundgarden with singer Chris Cornell in foreground

Rockstar Death Notices - June 2017
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RIP This Month:

Greg Allman, Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave), Clive Brooks, Jimmy LaFave

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Colonel Bruce Hampton

Colonel Bruce Hampton

Rockstar Death Notices - May 2017
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RIP This Month:

This month: Colonel Bruce Hampton (Frank Zappa), Allan Holdsworth, Paul O’neill (Trans Siberian Orchestra), J. Geils (J Geils Band)

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James

James "Snuffy" Smith of Madison RIP

Rockstar Death Notices - April 2017
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RIP This Month:

James “Snuffy” Smith (Madison), Paul Laganowski (Realm, Milwaukee), Trish Doan (Kittie), James Cotton (blues), Chuck Berry, Lonnie Brooks and more RIP

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