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20 July: Patrick Sherry, 29, frontman of the UK-based rock band Bad Beat Revue, died of head trauma as a result of a head-first stage dive from a lighting gantry at the Warehouse club in Leeds, fracturing his skull. [55] Sherry's death is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the first fatal stage dive by a musician. [56]
Edwin C. Ackerson (July 18, 1965 – October 4, 2019) [4] was an American musician and producer from Minneapolis. [5] He produced or engineered dozens of records including works by prominent artists such as The Jayhawks, The Replacements, Motion City Soundtrack, Soul Asylum, Golden Smog, Dave Davies of The Kinks, Wesley Stace, Mason Jennings, Mark Mallman, John Strohm, Brian Setzer, Lizzo ...
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1980s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
The Minneapolis Club, viewed from kitty-corner. The Minneapolis Club is a brick building located in downtown Minneapolis. The present building was designed by Gordon, Tracy and Swartwout (New York) with William Channing Whitney and constructed in 1908. [9] It was expanded in 1911 by Hewitt and Brown and again in 2002 by Setter Leach & Lindstrom ...
Prince's management team offered First Avenue $100,000 to use the mainroom for filming in late November into December 1983, with the clause that the Entry would remain open. Most of the club's employees were extras in the film. The production gave the club its patch panel and dimmer packs. McClellan feared the audience had changed from genuine ...
Star honoring Gear Daddies on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue. The Gear Daddies were honored with a star on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue, [3] recognizing performers that have played sold-out shows or have otherwise demonstrated a major contribution to the culture at the iconic venue. [4]
Nick Perbix - National Hockey League player Paul Sather - college men's basketball coach Briana Scurry - Women's World Cup winner, Olympic gold medalist, retired professional soccer player, and first woman goalkeeper in the National Soccer Hall of Fame
April 3 – Minneapolis nightclub the Depot opens, eventually renamed to First Avenue. April 10 – Paul McCartney publicly announces that he has left The Beatles in a press release, written in mock-interview style, that is included in promotional copies of his first solo album and headlined in the Daily Mirror newspaper in the United Kingdom.