Died On This Date (October 31, 2008) Frank Navetta / The Descendents
themusicsover Frank Navetta
March 6, 1962 – October 31, 2008
Frank Navetta was the original guitarist for Southern California beach punk band, the Descendents. Formed in Manhattan Beach in 1979, the band became one of the most popular bands of the local hardcore scened thanks, in part, to their 1982 debut album, Milo Goes To College. In 1985, Navetta left the band and moved to the Northwest to become a fisherman. He reunited with the group in 2002 for a festival date. Frank Navetta died after a brief undisclosed illness on October 31, 2008.
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Frankie Venom was the lead singer of Ontario, Canada punk band, Teenage Head which he helped form while still in high school. Formed in 1975, the band was one of Canada’s first wave of punk, and was often called “Canada’s Ramones.” The band signed to Epic Records and released their first album Teenage Head, in 1979. By the time their second album came out in 1980, the band were bonafied stars across Canada and beginning to break through in the U.S. It was not unusual for their concerts to break out into riots by the end. ’80s movie fans may recognize the band from their appearance in the Michael J. Fox film, Class of 1984. In 2003, they teamed up with Marky Ramone to re-record a collection of their old songs entitled Teenage Head with Marky Ramone. 51-year-old Frankie Venom died of throat cancer on October 15, 2008.
Nancy Spungen was just 17 when she left her Southeast Pennsylvania home for New York City to follow her true passion, punk rock. She quickly became immersed in the city’s growing underground scene, gravitating toward bands like the New York Dolls, the Heartbreakers, and the Ramones. Two years later, she moved to London where she met the Sex Pistols. After reportedly being rejected by the band’s singer, Johhny Rotten, Spungen set her sites on bassist, 
