A body found in the search for Frightened Rabbit‘s Scott Hutchison has been identified as the singer-songwriter, police confirmed Friday morning. Hutchison was reported missing late Tuesday night in South Queensferry outside Edinburgh, Scotland after sending a pair of “worrying” tweets. Hutchison’s body was found late Thursday night in the …
Read More »Nokie Edwards, the Ventures' Lead Guitarist, Dead at 82
Nokie Edwards, whose guitar playing in the Ventures helped define surf rock and earned the group a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died on Monday. He was 82 years old. “Nokie Edwards passed away today after several months battling an infection after hip surgery this past …
Read More »Rising Rapper Lil Peep Dead at 21
Lil Peep, the New York rapper who mixed guitar-driven emo and rap production on mixtapes that gained millions of plays on SoundCloud, died Wednesday night at age 21. A representative for the rapper confirmed his death to Rolling Stone. According to thePima County Office of the Medical Examiner (via Pitchfork), …
Read More »George Young, Easybeats Guitarist and AC/DC Producer, Dead at 70
George Young, guitarist in the Sixties band the Easybeats and the co-producer on AC/DC‘s first five albums, has died at the age of 70. Young was the older brother of the band’s Angus and Malcolm Young, who confirmed his deathon Facebook.“It is with pain in our heart that we have …
Read More »Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock: What We Know So Far
At least 59 people were killed and more than 500 were injured in a shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival outside the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Authorities have named Stephen Paddock as the prime suspect. He was discovered in his room on the 32nd …
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