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Dave Peverett 2000 Deaths
Dave PeverettAge: 56 lead singer of the popular 1970s blues-rock band Foghat. The band's songs include “Slow Ride” and “Third Time Lucky.” He died of kidney cancer. Died: Orlando, Fla., Feb.…Robert Moog 2005 Deaths
Robert MoogAge: 71 electronic music pioneer who in 1965 created the Moog synthesizer. Many experimental and rock bands, such as Tangerine Dream, used the synthesizer in the 1960s and '70s.…Brian Eno
Name at birth: Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle EnoBrian Eno co-founded art-rock band Roxy Music in the early 1970s, then embarked on his own recording career as a performer and,…Eric Idle
Eric Idle was one of the core members of the comedy troupe who starred in the hit TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-74) and one of "The Rutles," a satirical rock band based on The Beatles.…R.E.M.
Founded in Athens, Georgia in 1980, R.E.M. was one of the most influential rock bands of the '80s and early '90s, credited with helping to bring independent "alternative" bands into the mainstream of…Gavin Rossdale Biography
Gavin Rossdalesinger, songwriterBorn: 10/30/1967Birthplace: London, England The lead singer for the British rock band Bush, Rossdale was painting houses before the group was discovered in…Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst writes and sings for the folk-rock band Bright Eyes, a college radio favorite since the late 1990s. Oberst began writing and recording his own songs just after he hit his teens. By the…Jerry Garcia
Name at birth: Jerome John GarciaJerry Garcia was the guitarist and acknowledged leader of the long-lived rock band The Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead was one of the original "jam bands," famous…Ronnie Lane 1997 Deaths
Ronnie Lane bassist Lane founded the English rock band Small Faces in 1964 with Steve Marriott. The band's single “Itchycoo Park” introduced phase-distorted guitar to these shores. Lane left…Michael Hutchence Biography
Michael Hutchencesinger As lead singer of the Australian rock band INXS, Hutchence's theatrics recalled Jim Morrison and Mick Jagger. The band became a sensation in the 1980s with the…Trending
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