It has been announced Pierre Kezdy, renowned Chicago bassist for acts such as Naked Raygun and Pegboy, has passed away at 58 due to complications from cancer. He had been battling the disease for several years and, recently, a GoFundMe was put up to offset treatment and other expenses.
Our thoughts go out to his family, friends, and fans.
You can check out the NR track “Mr. Gridlock” from the 1985 album All Rise below.
the white drew carey (aka – Jeff Sorley) is the founder and head editor of TGEFM. He’s lived (outside of) Chicago, Madison WI, (ugh) Penn State, Lyon FR, Oxford UK, central New Jersey, and now within earshot of SFO in the Bay Area. When not scouring the web for more great bands and labels to post about, he also spends time drawing (mostly) silly sci-fi and anime stuff under the name Asplenia Studios.