Died On This Date (March 25, 2011) Henrik Frykman / Bassist For Disfear

Henrik Frykman
DOB Unknown – March 25, 2011

Henrik Fryman is perhaps best remembered as the longtime bassist for Swedish punk/metal legends, Disfear.  In 1990, Fryman joined Anti-Bofars, and within a year, the band re-christened themselves as Disfear and went on to become one of the foundations of D-beat, a sub-genre of hardcore that borrowed heavily from both punk and British metal.  Over the next twenty years, Disfear released several albums on such labels as Relapse and Osmose while touring with such bands as GBH and Dirty Rotten Imbeciles.    On March 25, 2011, Henrik Fryman died following a long battle with cancer.

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Died On This Date (March 24, 2011) Kevin Foley / Bassist For Bash & Pop

Kevin Foley
DOB Unknown – March 24, 2011

Kevin Foley, 3rd from left

Kevin Foley is perhaps best remembered as the bassist for Tommy Stinson’s post Replacements band, Bash & Pop.  Formed in 1992, the band released one moderately successful album, Friday Night Is Killing Me before disbanding in 1994.  The album is a must-have for core Replacements fans and those of the mid ’90s Minneapolis rock scene.  Bash & Pop also included Foley’s brother, Steve Foley who died suddenly in 2008.  Kevin Foley was 52 when he also died unexpectedly on March 24, 2011.  Although cause of death was not immediately released, it has been reported that family members believe a heart condition might have been to blame.

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Died On This Date (March 22, 2011) Frankie Sparcello / Bassist For Exhorder

Frankie Sparcello
DOB Unknown – March 22, 2011

Frankie Sparcello was the recent bassist for the re-formed New Orleans groove metal band, Exhorder.  Originally formed in 1985, Although pioneers of a sound that would later include the likes of Machine Head, White Zombie, and Pantera, Exhorder never quite reached the level of success found by those bands.   After the group’s original bassist left in 1990, Sparcello signed on to replace him.  Exhorder soon disbanded, but would later reunite with Sparcello coming back into the fold in 2010.  Frankie Sparcello passed away on March 22, 2011.  Cause of death was not immediately released.



Died On This Date (March 22, 2011) Zoogz Rift / Experimental Musician; Professional Wrestling Personality

Zoogz Rift (Born Robert Pawlikowski)
July 10, 1953 – March 22, 2011

Zoogz Rift was an experimental rock musician and professional wrestling personality.  Musically influenced by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, Rift began making records at the tail end of the ’70s.  He recorded for Snout and later, the influential SST Records.  Described as experimental and free-form, Rift’s music found an audience with fans of less conventional rock music.  His involvement with professional wrestling included a run as Vice President of the Universal Wrestling Federation and as host of the online wrestling program, Puke-A-Mania, a weekly review of the goings-on of the WWE and TNA leagues.  Zoogz Rift was 57 when he passed away on March 22, 2011.  His death was attributed to diabetes.

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Died On This Date (March 21, 2011) Loleatta Holloway / Soul and Disco Star

Loleatta Holloway
November 5, 1946 – March 21, 2011

Loleatta Holloway was a beloved soul and disco singer who, over the course of a career that spanned more than 40 years, landed numerous singles on the pop, R&B and dance charts.  Her hits included such dance floor fillers as “Love Sensation” and “Hit and Run,” as well as the soulful ballad, “Cry To Me.”  But it might have been her powerful vocal parts (sampled) in Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch’s 1991 #1 smash “Good Vibrations”  that she is most often associated with.  The song would signal a comeback for Holloway and help propel Marky Mark (aka Mark Wahlberg) to an eventual world-class film career.   It was Holloway’s original recording of “Love Sensation” that is predominantly featured on the record.  Holloway began her career as a Gospel singer in Chicago, at one time even singing with the great Albertina Walker.  In the ’70s she began making soul records and by the end of the decade she was delivering disco hits.  That continued until disco took a back seat to new wave and hair metal during the mid to late ’80s.  And then as hip-hop and sampling took hold in the ’90s, Holloway was back in vogue.  She continued recording and performing live well into the 2000s.  On March 21, 2011 Loleatta Holloway passed away following a brief illness.  She was 64.