[kj] OT Piggy RIP

[Javier Garcia]

I'm feeling a mix between sadness and anger... i guess the sadness is heavier. Voivod has been one of my top five bands since Dimension Hatross. Piggy was a hell of a guitarrist, one of the most inventive and original, maybe the most inventive in the Metal scene as Matt said. I'm really sad, i was hoping they could get more recognition after Jason N. joined the band. They are very similar to Killing Joke on so many ways besides the eternal underrated state.

They have released some master pieces, but their last album was pretty weak (talking of originality, and inventive); i was looking forward for the next one, and the next one... shit!! hopefully they release some stuff as they've already recorded some stuff.

I'm really sad. 

Javier
mexico.city


----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Platts" <matt.platts at delerium.co.uk>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
Subject: Re: [kj] OT Piggy RIP
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:12:56 +0100

> 
> 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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