Not so well known and very crazy, but one of us none the less - Sky Saxon, Lead Singer and Bassist for the Seeds
Sky Saxon, the mop-haired bass player and front man for the psychedelic protopunk band the Seeds, whose 1965 song “Pushin’ Too Hard” put a Los Angeles garage-band spin on the bad-boy rocker image personified by the Rolling Stones,died Thursday in Austin, Tex. He was thought to be 71.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/arts/music/27saxon.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries
Oh, Yeah - and Michael Jackson died, too. Enough Said
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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