Sylvia received an OBE in 2014 for her campaign work.
Following Sophie's murder, Sylvia Lancaster campaigned tirelessly and launched the Sophie Lancaster Foundation with the aim to stamp out prejudice, hatred and intolerance everywhere. Her boyfriend Robert Maltby was also injured in the attack. 20-year-old Sophie Lancaster was brutally attacked simply because of her goth appearance by a group of youths in Bacup, Lancashire in August 2007 and she died 13 days later. Sylvia Lancaster, the campaigning mother of murdered alternative music fan Sophie Lancaster, died in hospital on Tuesday 12th April 2022. Hawkins and Dave Grohl often swapped roles at Foo Fighters concerts with Hawkins taking on lead vocals for select tracks, including 'Somebody To Love' by his favourite band Queen. After previously performing with Alanis Morissette, Taylor Hawkins joined Foo Fighters in March 1997 shortly after the band had recorded their second album 'The Colour and the Shape.' Hawkins went on to perform and co-write all of Foo Fighters' studio albums from 1999's 'There Is Nothing Left to Lose' through to February 2021's 'Medicine at Midnight.' A phenomenal musician, Taylor Hawkins was a captivating and vivacious drummer behind the kit who relished performing live. Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginably difficult time." Taylor Hawkins' death came hours before Foo Fighters were due to headline Festival Estereo Picnic in Bogotá, Colombia. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever. The band said in a statement: "The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins. Megaforce Records also released Anthrax's first five studio albums from 1984's 'Fistful of Metal' through to 1990's 'Persistence of Time', and Ace Frehley, Living Colour, Testament, Overkill, Ministry, King's X, Stormtroopers Of Death, Fozzy, Bad Brains and Manowar are just some of the many acts who have been on their roster of the past four decades.įoo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died at the age of 50 on Friday 25th March 2022. The Zazulas founded Megaforce Records in 1982 and they helped launch the career of the then fledgling San Francisco heavy metallers Metallica by releasing their seminal first two studio albums, 'Kill 'Em All' (1983) and 'Ride The Lightning' (1984). Jonny Z's passing came 13 months after the death of his wife and Megaforce Records co-founder Marsha Zazula from cancer. He passed away in Florida from complications of the rare neuropathic disorder chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and osteopenia. Jon Zazula, the co-founder of influential heavy metal imprint Megaforce Records, died aged 69 on Tuesday 1st February 2022. Just six months later, he was performing on stage again. In January 2017, Grimmett was hospitalized in Ecuador due to an aggressive infection on his right leg, and it was amputated below the knee. In 2006, he revived Grim Reaper as Steve Grimmett's Grim Reaper due to legal issues, and they released the albums ‘Walking in the Shadows’ and ‘At the Gates’ in 20 respectively. Steve Grimmett went on to front thrash metallers Onslaught, and he released four studio albums with Lionsheart in the 1990s and early noughties. They disbanded in 1988, but Steve Grimmett and his Grim Reaper band mates enjoyed fresh exposure when they were critiqued several times on MTV cartoon Beavis and Butt-Head in the 1990s.
Steve Grimmett was born in Swindon in 1959 and he joined new wave of British heavy metal band Grim Reaper in 1982 having previously been a member of the short-lived group Medusa.Īs vocalist and co-songwriter, Grimmett released three studio albums with Grim Reaper in the 1980s – ‘See You In Hell’, ‘Fear No Evil’ and ‘Rock You to Hell’ – that earned the band a loyal fanbase on both sides of the Atlantic. “Unfortunately, our dad passed away today and leaves a massive hole in the world and our hearts. But as dad was so well known the news is starting to reach out earlier than we would have liked. The vocalist’s son Russ Grimmett also shared the news, writing: “We can’t begin to put into words the current feelings.
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