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If you like early punk music at all, you’ve probably heard of the San Francisco band Crime (not to be confused with the bands Minneapolis' Crimes or London's Crimea). The singer and guitarist Johnny Strike, has recently died at the age of 70 to cancer.
Mike Stax, longtime friend of the band, argued that the band was beyond punk, writing on facebook, “I am heartbroken tonight to learn of the passing of a good friend, a great writer and a pioneering rock & roller. Along with Frankie Fix, Johnny was the founding member of CRIME. They recorded what was arguably the first California punk rock single: Hot Wire My Heart / Baby, You're So Repulsive, in 1976. Raw, provocative, and visually and musically spectacular, CRIME transcended punk.”
With only one proper studio album (San Francisco's Doomed) and two official “bootlegs” (Terminal Boredom and Hate Us or Love Us, We Don't Give a F***), the band eventually broke up in the 90s. The group did reform with some changes in the lineup in the 2000s, with a second album, Exalted Masters.
Even though it was probably a crime that Crime never made it big, they sure looked cool trying.
Below are more recent deaths - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.
September (21)
[12 Sep 2018] Erich Kleinschuster (Austrian trombonist and bandleader), 88
[12 Sep 2018] Rachid Taha (Algerian singer for Carte de Séjour), 59, heart attack
[10 Sep 2018] Helen Shepherd (Dutch singer), 78
[10 Sep 2018] Johnny Strike (American guitarist and singer for Crime), 70, cancer
[09 Sep 2018] Mr. Catra (Brazilian singer), 49, stomach cancer
[09 Sep 2018] Beat Richner (Swiss cellist), 71
[07 Sep 2018] Anna Karabessini (AGreek folk singer and songwriter), 95
[07 Sep 2018] Mac Miller (American rapper, singer and record producer), 26, drug overdose
[07 Sep 2018] Donald McGuire (American singer for The Hilltoppers), 86
[07 Sep 2018] Sheng Zhongguo (Chinese violinist), 77, heart attack
[06 Sep 2018] Burt Reynolds (American actor and musician), 82, heart attack
[06 Sep 2018] Wilson Moreira (Brazilian sambista, singer and songwriter), 81
[06 Sep 2018] Philippe Eidel (French music producer, writer and film music composer), 61
[06 Sep 2018] Claudio Scimone (Italian conductor), 83
[05 Sep 2018] Richard Bateman (American bass player for Nasty Savage)
[04 Sep 2018] Roman Mayboroda (Ukrainian opera singer), 75
[04 Sep 2018] Elisa Serna (Spanish protest singer-songwriter), 75
[03 Sep 2018] Katyna Ranieri (Italian singer and actress on Captain Phantom), 93
[02 Sep 2018] Conway Savage (Australian rock keyboardist for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), 58, brain tumour
[01 Sep 2018] Kenneth Bowen (Welsh operatic tenor singer), 86
[01 Sep 2018] Randy Weston (American jazz pianist and composer), 92
Mike Stax, longtime friend of the band, argued that the band was beyond punk, writing on facebook, “I am heartbroken tonight to learn of the passing of a good friend, a great writer and a pioneering rock & roller. Along with Frankie Fix, Johnny was the founding member of CRIME. They recorded what was arguably the first California punk rock single: Hot Wire My Heart / Baby, You're So Repulsive, in 1976. Raw, provocative, and visually and musically spectacular, CRIME transcended punk.”
With only one proper studio album (San Francisco's Doomed) and two official “bootlegs” (Terminal Boredom and Hate Us or Love Us, We Don't Give a F***), the band eventually broke up in the 90s. The group did reform with some changes in the lineup in the 2000s, with a second album, Exalted Masters.
Even though it was probably a crime that Crime never made it big, they sure looked cool trying.
Below are more recent deaths - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.
September (21)
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