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RIP John Wetton
Posted on 1/31/17 at 7:56 am
Posted on 1/31/17 at 7:56 am
John Wetton has died at the age of 67.
Wetton was born in 1949 and played with a variety of bands including Family, Mogul Thrash, Uriah Heep, Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and King Crimson.
The news was confirmed by his manager Martin Darvill, who said that the cause had been colon cancer. Wetton had undergone major surgery in 2015 to have a one-kilo malignant mass removed from his abdomen
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Wetton was born in 1949 and played with a variety of bands including Family, Mogul Thrash, Uriah Heep, Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and King Crimson.
The news was confirmed by his manager Martin Darvill, who said that the cause had been colon cancer. Wetton had undergone major surgery in 2015 to have a one-kilo malignant mass removed from his abdomen
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This post was edited on 1/31/17 at 7:58 am
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Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:25 am to MorbidTheClown
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:37 am to MountainTiger
Loved Asia back in the day. And of Course King Crimson.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:10 am to MorbidTheClown
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Loved Asia back in the day. And of Course King Crimson.
Same.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:33 am to Vandyrone
Damn - this one hits home. His rich, smoky, plaintive vocal deliveries with KIng Crimson always made me melancholy. Fantastic creator of bass lines too.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:32 am to MorbidTheClown
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:23 pm to Funky Tide 8
Good call on "Starless" he will be missed
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:35 pm to MountainTiger
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and U.K.
Saw them at The Kingfish in Baton Rouge-must have been mid-late 70's..
RIP...
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:47 pm to bleeng
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Saw them at The Kingfish in Baton Rouge-must have been mid-late 70's..
Damn...how did I miss that? I was usually pretty well plugged into stuff going on at The Kingfish.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 1:52 pm to MountainTiger
Had to have been 1978 after the album UK dropped. I was gone from BR in 1979. Lots of great acts rolled through the Kingfish in the mid-late 70's.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 2:13 pm to bleeng
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Had to have been 1978 after the album UK dropped.
Yeah I should have been all over that. I was a big fan of UK when that album came out. Maybe I was there and just don't remember.
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Lots of great acts rolled through the Kingfish in the mid-late 70's.
That was a cool place. My favorite time at the Kingfish was when Zappa played a cameo there one night.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 2:54 pm to MorbidTheClown
Asia was kind of this weird marriage between disparate progressive acts. I mean, Wetton came out of King Crimson and U.K., Palmer from Atomic Rooster and ELP, Howe and Downes came from Yes (Downes was also in The Buggles for the Video Killed the Radio Star era).
But Asia was much more of a mainstream rock act in the 80s - you could hear the progressive influence, particularly in the arrangement and production, but the songs were just straight 3 to 5 minute rock songs along familiar themes. And one of my favorite acts of that era, as well.
But Asia was much more of a mainstream rock act in the 80s - you could hear the progressive influence, particularly in the arrangement and production, but the songs were just straight 3 to 5 minute rock songs along familiar themes. And one of my favorite acts of that era, as well.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 7:34 pm to MorbidTheClown
Posted on 2/1/17 at 8:44 pm to Old
This is the good stuff ^
Posted on 2/1/17 at 10:07 pm to MountainTiger
On my cell but I believe there was a thread on some of the bands that rolled through the Kingfish. I was stoned crazy for several of those years.
Posted on 2/2/17 at 10:55 pm to MorbidTheClown
May he RIP.
Always liked Prog Rock. Not my favorite, but enjoyed listening to it.
Always liked Prog Rock. Not my favorite, but enjoyed listening to it.
Posted on 2/3/17 at 12:23 am to MorbidTheClown
Posted on 2/3/17 at 10:33 am to MorbidTheClown
Damn it, boy. Prog has been taking a hit lately.
Posted on 2/3/17 at 12:39 pm to Treacherous Cretin
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Easy Money (live with some serious jamming)
Probably my favorite KC song. So damn good.
Posted on 2/4/17 at 1:12 pm to MorbidTheClown
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part I
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Robert Fripp guitar & Mellotron, John Wetton bass & vocals, Bill Bruford, drums & percussion, David Cross violin, Mellotron, electric piano, Jamie Muir percussion & allsorts. Appears on Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973)
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