[kj] OT Piggy RIP

[Matt Platts]

It certainly does suck. Piggy had a bit of a rough ride, what with his 
brain tumour shortly after releasing Dimension Hatross. He was undoubtedly 
one of, if not the most inventive guitarist of the metal genre.

RIP Piggy.


At 08:12 29/08/2005 -0500, you wrote:

>This sucks
>
>VOIVOD Guitarist DENIS 'PIGGY' D'AMOUR Dead Of Colon Cancer - Aug. 27, 2005
>VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour passed away Friday night (August 
>26) at approximately 11:45 p.m. due to complications from advanced colon 
>cancer — so advanced that the disease had spread to his liver. D'Amour 
>slipped into a coma Thursday night and died less than 24 hours later in 
>the palliative care unit of a Montreal hospital, surrounded by family and 
>friends. He was 45 years old.
>
>Quebec City newspaper Le Soleil reported yesterday that D'Amour — who was 
>diagnosed with colon cancer earlier in the summer — first entered the 
>hospital for a routine operation, but several complications led his 
>doctors to suspect more problems. Then the grim verdict was revealed: the 
>cancer, already too advanced, was inoperable.
>
>Only two months ago, D'Amour was in the studio working on the 14th album 
>from the Canadian thrash-metal pioneers VOIVOD. More than two dozen tracks 
>are believed to have been demoed for the CD, for which the group recently 
>inked a deal with The End Records. However, the band were forced to put 
>studio work on hold while bassist Jason Newsted (ex-METALLICA) was treated 
>for tendonitis.
>
>In a recent interview with Billboard.com, Newsted spoke about the material 
>slated to appear on the group's next CD. "It's the most complete demos 
>I've ever been involved in," he said. "[VOIVOD singer] Snake has already 
>chosen his effects — exact timing of milliseconds for delay. We've had a 
>long time to develop the demos, so there's about 23 or 25 songs that are 
>absolutely listenable right now."
>
>Newsted was a huge fan of VOIVOD before he was invited to join and he 
>remains a great admirer to this day. "They created something a long, long 
>time ago that may have been emulated many, many times since — but nobody 
>can do it like the original," he offered.
>
>Prior to his hospitalization, D'Amour laid down guitar tracks for a 
>reunion CD from the legendary AUT'CHOSE, a '70s band from Montreal. That 
>album is expected to surface next summer.
>
>
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