John Balance (of Coil) Dead

I know I said this in another thread, but I figured it deserved it's own thread.

The founder and vocalist of Coil and former member of Psychic TV, John Balance (real name Geff Rushton) died on Saturday. All I have to say is that he was a brilliant musician and Coil is one of my favorite bands of all time. Here are a bunch of sites paying tribute to him:

http://www.thresholdhouse.com/index.html

http://www.throbbing-gristle.com/
http://www.brainwashed.com/brain/brainv07i45.html
http://www.brainwashed.com/coil/
http://www.ibdbooking.de/jb/memorial_jb.htm
http://www.side-line.com/index.php

I know not many of you know who he is, but there are a few fans of Coil around here so I thought I'd share this.

Why are so many people dying recently?

tragic. i am not much of a coil fan but john balance was regardless a monumentally important figure in experimental musics. a lot of you have bad taste or no taste in music and could do well becoming familiar with the works of people like him.

Isn't it Jhonn(sic) Balance?

Fredrik said:

Why are so many people dying recently?

because its 'in', its hip.

Liam said:

tragic. i am not much of a coil fan but john balance was regardless a monumentally important figure in experimental musics. a lot of you have bad taste or no taste in music and could do well becoming familiar with the works of people like him.

preferences.

david_a said:

Isn't it Jhonn(sic) Balance?

Sometimes. I've seen it spelled both ways.

Fredrik said:

Why are so many people dying recently?

Only the good die young.

Fredrik, isn't that question basically incoherent with the viewpoint you've been taking of disregarding famous peoples' deaths?

A very sad day. Note to self; more coil.