Sean McCabe November 13, 1972, in Pennsylvania Died: August 28, 2000, in Indiana Band: Ink & Dagger, Crud is the Cult Philadelphia’s Ink & Dagger was an unusual hardcore band. Over the course of its career, the band played a hypnotic fusion of aggro punk riffs and noisy techno. Ink & Dagger dented the indie circuit with this [...]

Maria Serrano-Serrano Born: November 26, 1973, in Madrid, Spain Died: November 24, 2001, in Bassersdorf, Switzerland Band: Passion Fruit If you’ve lived in or visited Europe in the last fifteen years, you’ve heard the cheesy bubblegum sound of Eurodance. The beats, lyrics, and choruses are designed like a clever virus to rule dance floors and airwaves from Ibiza [...]

Bryan Ottoson Born: March 18, 1978 Died: April 19, 2005 Band: American Head Charge American Head Charge’s self-released debut album caught the attention of Rick Rubin, who signed and produced The War of Art in 2001. By then the group was a supporting act on Ozzfest and the Pledge of Allegiance tour with Slipknot and others. In April of [...]

Valentin Elizalde (”The Golden Rooster”) Born: February 1, 1979, in Guadalajara, Mexico Died: November 26, 2006, in Reynosa, Mexico The popular Mexican banda music singer Valentin Elizalde is another recent 27. Elizalde was ambushed and murdered along with his manager and driver after performing at a fair in Reynosa, Mexico, November 25, 2006 (Reynosa is across the border [...]

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Jeremy Michael Ward Born: May 5, 1976, in El Paso, Texas Died: May 25, 2003, in Los Angeles, California Bands: De Facto, The Mars Volta Eriatarka – The Mars Volta Ward piped De Facto’s dub and The Mars Volta’s sonic output through an assortment of guitar effects, sculpting the sound of these two highly original bands in real-time. [...]