Died On This Date (August 28, 2011) Dan Sicko / Journalist Who Chronicled Detroit Techno Scene
themusicsover Dan Sicko
DOB Unknown – August 28, 2011
Dan Sicko was a respected music journalist and author whose work has appeared in such magazines as Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, Urb, and Wired. A tireless advocate for techno music, Sicko also lectured on the subject at UCLA and the University of Michigan, among others. In 1999, he published Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk, which introduced many to the influential Detroit techno scene of the ’80s. Dan Sicko was 42 when he died from complications of ocular melanoma.
Johnny Giosa was a rock drummer from Los Angeles, CA (by way Pennsylvania) who is perhaps best remembered as a recent drummer for the revitalized ’80s metal band, BulletBoys. Over the course of his career, Giosa played with several other acts and still found time to model, act, and style hair, reportedly “for the stars.” During the early morning hours of August 28, 2011, Johnny Giosa was killed when his car swerved into a pillar along the 405 freeway. Cause of the accident was not immediately released. Giosa was 42.