RIP Mick Tucker

[Docker_Brat]

Got this in an email the other day:

"Former Sweet drummer Mick Tucker, 54, passed away on February 14th around noon from complications brought on by the leukemia he survived five years ago. Tucker had become sick again last Friday and had informed friends he was going to see the doctor, but was then admitted to the hospital on Saturday, February 9th (coincidently the anniversary of former Sweet frontman Brian Connolly's death in 1997). Unfortunately his health got worse quick and he didn t make it. His family was by his side, including his wife Janet, his daughter Ayston, niece Angela with her husband Martin, and his close friend Elliott Tuffin."

 

[The Hippie]

I saw that on another music board, too. Very sad, the Sweet were a favourite growing up in the 70's.

 

[Mr Ripper]

Two down, two to go; just like the other Fab Four. Vale Mick.

 

[The Hippie]

BTW, was it '97 when Brian Connelly passed away? I thought it was earlier in the 90's than that, but you know what they say about age doing strange things to your memory.

 

[Grendel]

Originally posted by Mr Ripper
Two down, two to go; just like the other Fab Four. Vale Mick.

Hmm not meaning to make light of it. But what other Fab Four are you talking about? HUSH, Paper Lace, Brotherhood of Man? This is YOU were talking about MR.R after all.

 

[TwiggyDunn]

Sweet were one of my fave bands growing up and I still love stuff like Sweet Fanny Adams and Give us a wink!

Deceptively HEAVY in their own way - check out No You Dont! and great harmony vocals...which really deserved more credit in rock history!

very Sad to hear about Mick's passing. Met him a few times when The Sweet toured here years ago with Andy Scott's Sweet with Paul Mario Day singing.

Very Sad to see the Brian Connolly version of Sweet a few years later - he was a mess so he really must have needed the money..very ill..and it didnt suprize me that he died very soon after. Again very Sad!

 

[Darky]

Not sure how many Exodus fans there are here, but this might also be an appropriate time and place to announce the death of original Exodus singer Paul Baloff.

An excerpt from the www.centurymedia.com website :

Paul Baloff, vocalist for the legendary thrash band Exodus, passed away shortly before noon on Saturday, February 2, 2002 at a hospital in Oakland, California. Baloff suffered a massive stroke on Thursday night that left him comatose with irreparable brain damage. He was 41.
Baloff made a monumental impact on the metal world through his work with Exodus, which includes their seminal thrash debut, Bonded By Blood, which was released in 1985. While some of their contemporaries like Metallica and Megadeth were writing some (relatively) down-tempo songs, Bonded… is a paramount achievement of high-energy, high-speed metal that is cited as an influence by bands across the heavy music spectrum.

“Paul loved Exodus, WAS Exodus, and we loved him for it and in spite of it,” said Exodus guitarist Gary Holt in a statement issued following Baloff’s death. “His flame burned bright, so bright in fact that in hindsight it was all but impossible to have burned forever. Still, it burns in us and we must never let that flame burn out, lest Paul's legacy and his contribution be forgotten.”

 

[TwiggyDunn]

Yep always sad when theres a metal death..the first Exodus is a gem! Chuck from Death is another big loss to metal!

 

[Beausgirl43]

There's only one Fab Four Grendel

THE BEATLES

cheers ... Kaz