RTP-area local music and culture

["Bob Wall" <bob.wall AT earthlink.net>]

Very sad news indeed. Another one of my heroes down.

Here are the details from Billboard:
http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000526473

Bob


"Russ De Sena" <desena AT bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> If you're tired of all the Reagan nonsense (HE's been effectively dead
> for years folks), why not mourn the passing of someone REAL.  Robert
> Quine is dead.  I don't know the details, will not pass on any
> unconfirmed rumors. He was a mighty king, my favorite guitarist.  Too
> bad he didn't do more, he's known for his work on only really 2 albums
> Blank Generation and the Blue Mask, but as these contain some of the
> most lethal electric guitar on record, these alone will stand as
> testimony to a true original.  He blended punk blues and jazz into an
> unholy fire blast that was not of this world.  Richard Hell would be a
> twerp without him, I love Hell, but Quine was the music, and the
> Voidoids are a MUSICAL force, one that really messed my life up.
> Thanks BOB!