re: Lost hits of the 80s/90s

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During the late afternoon of Sept. 8, on a long trip back to Florida after playing CBGB during the CMJ Music Festival in New York City, the band's van blew a rear tire on Interstate 95 just south of Savannah, Georgia. It prompted a horrific crash that sent the vehicle hurdling instantly claimed the lives of singer Jack Vigliatura, bassist Bill White and tour manager Tim Bender. White and Bender were 23. Vigliatura was 21. Tooke and 28 year-old drummer Jack Griego (who had joined the band two years earlier) were the only two survivors of the one-vehicle accident.

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Less than a month later, Sony 550 went ahead with a pre-existing plan and released For Squirrels' debut, Example, as both Tooke and Griego were still recovering.

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