So I'm not sure how I missed this, but I just heard from my guitarist yesterday that the drummer from Lit had passed away about 2 weeks ago. The band released the following statement on their MySpace: Allen Shellenberger, drummer for Orange County rock band Lit, lost his battle with brain cancer Thursday, August 13, 2009 surrounded by his loving family, the band, and close friends. He was 39 y...
Brain cancer is the worst. Lit drummer Allen Shellenbergerjust passed away after fighting the disease for a short time. The band posted this to their MySpace:Allen Shellenberger, drummer for Orange County rock band Lit, lost his battle with brain cancer Thursday, August 13, 2009 surrounded by his loving family, the band, and close friends. He was 39 years old. In May 2008, Allen was diagnosed ..
I completely dig the last track "I Don't Get It". I especially like the last 3 seconds or so, with all that dissonance. It completely captures the fleeting, temporal, intense phenomenon of "not getting it". Also, the very beginning of the song with the repeating, knife-guitar riff. A get-stuck-in-your-head riff. I wonder how Jeremy Popoff achieved such a sonic unique-ness. Then the "I don't...
I posted yesterday about the film ??Orange County??, and Rock and Roll Pimp answered my question (Thanx!). That same film introduced me to the music of *Lit*. The track featured in the movie so impressed me that I began collecting their CDs, and ??Four??, the track above, is my favorite from their third CD. I know it's rather shocking that I'm listening to something from a band that's only been...
I completely dig the last track "I Don't Get It". I especially like the last 3 seconds or so, with all that dissonance. It completely captures the fleeting, temporal, intense phenomenon of "not getting it". Also, the very beginning of the song with the repeating, knife-guitar riff. A get-stuck-in-your-head riff. I wonder how Jeremy Popoff achieved such a sonic unique-ness. Then the "I don't...
So I'm not sure how I missed this, but I just heard from my guitarist yesterday that the drummer from Lit had passed away about 2 weeks ago. The band released the following statement on their MySpace: Allen Shellenberger, drummer for Orange County rock band Lit, lost his battle with brain cancer Thursday, August 13, 2009 surrounded by his loving family, the band, and close friends. He was 39 y...
Brain cancer is the worst. Lit drummer Allen Shellenbergerjust passed away after fighting the disease for a short time. The band posted this to their MySpace:Allen Shellenberger, drummer for Orange County rock band Lit, lost his battle with brain cancer Thursday, August 13, 2009 surrounded by his loving family, the band, and close friends. He was 39 years old. In May 2008, Allen was diagnosed ..