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Mark Goffeney (May 22, 1969 – March 2, 2021) was an American musician from San Diego, California, [1] [2] known as "Big Toe" because, being born without arms, he played guitar with his feet. He was bassist and vocalist for the 'Big Toe' band and played the principal role on Fox Television 's Emmy -nominated commercial 'Feet'.
Modesta's leg was injured during her birth. She had it voluntarily amputated in 2007. She was signed to IMG Models as a model, and as a musician she is also known as a "Bionic Pop Artist". Her music video "Prototype" received a Silver Lion Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She also performed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony and ...
Celestine Tate Harrington (October 15, 1955 – February 25, 1998) was an American quadriplegic street musician who was well known for playing the keyboard with her lips, teeth and tongue on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her 1976 child custody court battle with Philadelphia welfare officials gained national attention.
He was then declared dead in a hospital of cardiorespiratory failure. 23 November: Italian guitarist and electronic music producer Alberto Bertapelle, better known by his stage name Brainbug, died of heart attack during a performance in Tavagnacco of Udine, Italy. 2017: 3 January: Nepali actor Bishnu Bhakta Phuyal died while acting on stage.
In 1969, Smith was the first member of the Bonzo Dog Band to release a record outside of the group, albeit as part of another 'group'. Under the pseudonym 'Topo D. Bill', a one-off musical collective that included Keith Moon of The Who, Chris Squire and Tony Kaye from Yes and fellow Bonzo Roger Ruskin Spear, Smith released a non-comedic cover version of Jim Pepper's song 'Witchi Tai To' as a ...
Dead Moon's music is a blend of dark '60s garage with punk rock; It was described by Robert Christgau as sounding "like the 13th Floor Elevators without the clinical dementia". [6] Their early records, In the Graveyard , Unknown Passage , and Defiance , appeared on the band's own Tombstone Records , named for the music store Cole and Toody ...
The night, like countless others Bourbon Street has welcomed over the decades, started out ripe for celebration. With temperatures hovering in the 50s (10-15 Celsius) hours after the arrival of the new year, the open-air party pulsing down New Orleans’ famed nocturnal artery was still hot, drawing revelers from near and far.
Many musicians have been murdered during their active career. Most of the musicians had been shot or stabbed to death. Some of them have received extensive media attention, including the murder of John Lennon in 1980, the killing of Marvin Gaye in 1984, the murder of Selena in 1995, the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996, the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, the murder of XXXTentacion in ...