Died On This Date (March 30, 2017) Elyse Steinman / Guitarist For Raging Slab
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DOB Unknown – March 30, 2017
Elyse Steinman is best remembered as the founding guitarist for the beloved New York City heavy rock band, Raging Slab. Formed in 1983, Raging Slab found a sound that was drawn from equal parts early ’70s hard rock, and late ’70s punk rock. By the late ’80s, they had built a sizable regional following and record companies began to take notice. After releasing their debut, Assmaster, on a small independent punk label, major labels came knocking. After a bidding frenzy, they ultimately signed with RCA in 1989. Soon, Guitar Player magazine was describing them as “Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Metallica,” and their fans couldn’t get enough. Although their line-up changed quite a bit over the years, Steinman was always there pounding away on guitar. Elyse Steinman died as a result of breast cancer on March 30, 2017.
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Brian Damage was a rock drummer who once played with Glenn Danzig in his band, the Misfits. Prior to that, Damage played with Genocide and Verbal Abuse. He joined the Misfits in 1983, but his first show ended up being the band’s farewell concert. And Damage didn’t even complete that show, as reports indicate, he was so drunk that the other band members physically removed him from the stage mid-show and continued on with another drummer. Following his brief tenure with the Misfits, Damage landed several studio and live gigs with many other artists. That list includes Raging Slab, Princess Pang, Sylvain Sylvain, Low Pop Suicide, Susannah Hoffs, Billy Idol, and the Fuzztones. Brian Damage died of cancer on January 12, 2010. He was 46 years old.