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What's happened to the rhythm section? (2) Remembering the drummers who've "died suddenly" worldwide since May, 2022

Has the visceral thud of playing drums (and bass) had anything to do with this peculiar toll among musicians who have died untimely deaths since "vaccination" started?

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CANADA

Robbie Bachman Dies: Bachman-Turner Overdrive Drummer & Co-Founder Was 69

January 13, 2023

https://deadline.com/2023/01/robbie-bachman-dead-bachman-turner-overdrive-drummer-1235221201/

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GERMANY

Ideal drummer Behrendt has passed away age 68 in Berlin

February 27, 2023

Link

CANADA

Tom Stephen, Jeff Healey Band drummer, died of cardiac arrest, 69

February 24, 2023

Link

JAPAN

Hi-Standard drummer Tsune unexpectedly passed away

February 17, 2023

Link

Canada

Lyle Andrew Shepard, 68

February 16, 2023

Link

PORTUGAL

Portuguese drummer Joao Monteiro has died at the age of 46 from liver cancer.

February 14, 2023

Link

Francis Frank Joseph Kelly, 72

February 9, 2023

Link

UNITED STATES

Tim Webber, Killer Flamingos Band drummer and vocalist, has died

February 2, 2023

Link

UNITED STATES

Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse Drummer, Dead at 45

December 31, 2022

https://consequence.net/2022/12/jeremiah-green-modest-mouse-drummer-dead/

NORWAY

Drummer Jostein Hustveit, who among other things played in 3 Busserulls, has died, aged 58

December 29, 2022

https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/musikeren-jostein-hustveit-er-dod-58-ar-gammel/s/5-95-828311

CANADA

Anthony James "Tony" Maycock, 54

December 28, 2022

https://memorials.gffh.ca/anthony-maycock/5102453/index.php

MEXICO

Javier "Chivito" Martínez dies of an alleged heart attack, member of the musical group Nativo Show

December 12, 2022

https://imagendeveracruz.mx/galeria/fallece-javier-martinez-integrante-de-nativo-show/50277747

UNITED KINGDOM

Geoff Thomas Nowell, 43

November 18, 2022

https://funeral-notices .co.uk/notice/nowell/5082327

FRANCE

Heartbreak as 58-year-old drummer dies suddenly after suffering heart attack while performing show in France

November 6, 2022

https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/11/06/drummer-dies-suddenly-heart-attack-while-performing-france/

UNITED STATES

Dead Kennedys drummer D.H. Peligro dead at 63

October 29, 2022

https://tinyurl.com/2p8dhc6d

CANADA

Kevin James Mulligan, 68

October 28, 2022

He will always be remembered for his passion as a drummer.

https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2022/kevin-james-mulligan-thursday-october-27th-2022/

ARGENTINA

Heavy metal drummer Bin Valencia dies in concert

October 2, 2022

https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/murio-en-pleno-concierto-bin-valencia-exbaterista-de-almafuerte-nid02102022/

ITALY

Davide Rovinelli, drummer of Vasco Rossi's tribute band, crushed by a sudden illness

October 1, 2022

Davide Rovinelli (far right)

https://tinyurl.com/yhwcd7r9

UNITED STATES

Original Doobie Brothers Drummer John Hartman Has Died at 72

September 23, 2022

UNITED KINGDOM

Angus ‘Drummie Zeb’ Gaye obituary

September 8, 2022

Angus ‘Drummie Zeb’ Gaye (center)

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/08/drummie-zeb-angus-gaye-obituary

SWITZERLAND

Lucerne drummer Fredy Studer, 74, died unexpectedly quickly

August 22, 2022

https://tinyurl.com/28nkhaxd

UNITED KINGDOM

Frederick Waite Jr. Dead at 55: Musical Youth Drummer Played on 'Pass the Dutchie'

August 22, 2022

Frederick Waite Jr, (back row, top left) pictured with Musical Youth band members in the early 1980s

https://popculture.com/music/news/frederick-waite-jr-dead-55-musical-youth-drummer-played-pass-the-dutchie/

UNITED STATES

Andre Robert "Andy" Labrecque, 63

June 27, 2022

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/andre-labrecque-obituary?id=35415343

UNITED KINGDOM

Yes drummer Alan White has died at 72

May 26, 2022

https://loudwire.com/yes-drummer-alan-white-died-72/

Ric Parnell, drummer who played Mick Shrimpton in 'This Is Spinal Tap,' has died at 70

May 2, 2022

Spinal Tap - Ric Parnell (second from right)

https://loudwire.com/ric-parnell-spinal-tap-drummer-dies/

UNITED STATES

The Locust drummer Gabe Serbian has died

May 1, 2022

https://loudwire.com/the-locust-gabe-serbian-died/

Rock icon dead: Taylor Hawkins latest tributes – Foo Fighters drummer’s death aged 50 ‘could be drug related’ say Colombia police [not true]

March 26, 2022

https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/4981340/foo-fighters-tour-taylor-hawkins-drummer-death/

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BelleTower
Writes The Open Book
Mar 10

If you think of the physical requirements of drumming, it really is the most athletically demanding instrument of a rock band? Cardiovascularly fit men seem especially prone to vax death …

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Johnny Dollar
Writes The Goolag
Mar 10

At least Animal is still with us.

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