[kj] Ian Mackaye Dead?

[T.B.]

Devacor at aol.com wrote:



> Just got this post from Riotstar on myspace-

> Anyone heard anything about this..im in the DC area and have heard nothing

> about it...

> ____________________________________________________________________________

>

> SHIT I JUST HEARD THIS BAD NEWS

> STILL HOPING ITS NOT  TRUE

>

> Straight edge or not. Minor Threat were angry straight up in your  face 

> punk

> rock. And it's sad that Ian Mackaye went out like that. Much Respect. 

> RIP.

>

>

> Ian Mackaye, lead singer of influential hardcore band Minor  Threat as 

> well

> as Fugazi passed away today in a Baltimore hospital room. Outside  a 

> Fugazi

> show in New Jersey last night, the singer was struck by a car passing  by 

> the

> front of the Ventura Theatre. Brunswick police say that the driver 

> allegedly

> stopped, but then fled the scene. There is now a police investigation 

> underway.

>

> Mackeye was rushed to St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, where he  was

> pronounced dead this morning at 6am. This is a tragedy for the underground 

> music as a

> whole and we need to stand together at this time

>

> MINISTRY AND  MOB RESEARCH

> PAYING MUCH RESPECT FOR IAN MACKEYE


Wow, just like Dead Boys/Lords frontman Stiv Bator died.

T.B.