Stubby Pecker (Born Simon Wilde)
DOB Unknown – May 4, 1991
Simon Wilde was the bassist for Rabid, and then briefly for the Vancouver punk band, D.O.A. Formed in 1978, D.O.A., along with Minor Threat, Black Flag and Bad Brains came to be known as the flash point of hardcore punk. Wilde died as a result of a brain tumor on May 4, 1991
Ken Jensen
DOB Unknown – January 29, 1995
Ken Jensen was a drummer for Vancouver’s D.O.A., considered by many as one of the founders of hardcore punk. He was killed in a house fire on January 29, 1995. Ken “Dimwit” Montgomery and Simon “Stubby Pecker” Wilde were also one-time members of D.O.A. who died too soon.
Ken “Dimwit” Montgomery
1958 – September 27, 1994
Dimwit was the drummer for Vancouver hardcore punk band, D.O.A. in the late ’70s and early ’80s. They are often referred to as the founders of hardcore. In 1989, he helped form the Four Horsemen, a band that had more in common with the Cult and Zodiac Mindwarp than Black Flag or the Exploited. The Four Horsemen landed a deal with Rick Rubin’s Def American who released their Rubin produced Nobody Said It Was Easy in 1991. Although the band were poised for greatness, grunge soon hit and the band was left in its wake. Dimwit died of a heroin overdose on September 27, 1994.
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