Sky Saxon (Born Richard Marsh)
August 20, 1937 – June 25, 2009
Sky Saxon began his musical career as a doo-wop singer in the early ’60s. While living in San Francisco in 1965, Saxon formed the Seeds, a psychedelic garage rock band that would eventually reach cult status. Though never considered a great vocalist in the traditional sense, Saxon and his band had hits with “Can’t Seem To Make Me Mine” and “Pushin’ To Hard” which was later covered by the Monkees. In recent years, Saxon teamed up with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins for some new recordings while appearing in the Pumpkins’ video for “Superchrist.” Saxon died of what is suspected to be an infection of his internal organs. No actual cause of death has been released.
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