[kj] OT "They Die In 3's So They Say"

[LONESTYLE at aol.com]

Well it seems in the past two weeks old punks have been dropping like flys.  
First I heard the singer of the old Texas punk band The Big Boys died and then 
 Steve-O the singer from The Vandals died. Death has been pretty greedy for  
people in the Punk scene. ~ Lonely Boy
 
 
In a message dated 8/29/2005 8:13:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
matt.platts at delerium.co.uk writes:

>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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