[kj] Former Misfits Drummer Brian Keats Dies At 46

[lonestyle at aol.com]

I don't know really who he was.... He played in that terrible  band 
Genocide who did a split LP with Las Vegas's M.I.A.  The last I saw of  the Misfits 
was when they played in June of 1983 with the Black Flag reunion  singer 
show and the Vandals. Robo from Black Flag was drumming with them by this  
time i believe.
 
~ LB
 
 
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Brian "Damage" Keats, who played drums in the _Misfits_ 
(http://www.spinner.com/tag/Misfits/)  during its final _Glenn  Danzig_ 
(http://www.spinner.com/tag/GlennDanzig/) -helmed lineup, died Tuesday after battling  liver 
cancer, _according to a press release_ 
(http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133423) . Keats, who was 46, was 
also a veteran of punk bands Verbal Abuse  and Genocide.

Damage was first asked by Danzig to join the Misfits in the  autumn of 1983 
and played with the band at a Halloween gig in Detroit . The show  wound up 
being the final Misfits gig with the frontman.

But Keats, a  Brooklyn native, was undaunted, remaining on the New York 
music scene throughout  the 1980s, playing with a long run of outfits like 
Hellbent, the Kretins, the  Hellhounds, the Skulls, Angels in Vain, Princess 
Pang, Raging Slab and the  Diamondbacks.

Keats eventually settled in Los Angeles and collaborated  with outfits like 
Sylvain Sylvain, Low Pop Suicide, the Fusztones and even  former _Bangles_ 
(http://www.spinner.com/tag/Bangles/)  frontwoman _Susanna  Hoffs_ 
(http://www.spinner.com/tag/SusannaHoffs/) , among a long run of others. He is 
survived  by his wife and one child.
 
 
 
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