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| From | Not Lame <popmusic@notlame.com> |
| Subject | Greg Shaw Is Gone |
| Date | Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:17:27 -0600 |
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>> Just got this sent to me...truly awful news...
>>
>> <<Just got the horrible news that Greg Shaw, the man responsible for keeping
>> the underground alive in the '70s with his Bomp abel and magazine, plus other
>> accomplishments too numerous to list, has died.
>> I'm very stunned and saddened by this news. He wasn't that old (barely even
>> in his 50s), but he apparently lapsed into a coma on Monday (something
>> related
>> to his liver or pancreas; he had a transplant a couple years ago) and never
>> came out of it.>>
>> John B.
I'm stunned. Only this past week were we exchanging emails on a project
that he was seeking my input/help on , which was going to be a tribute to
Stiv Bators, a dear friend of his. The last few years had seen a rebirth in
his passion for many things related to music---including his health, which
had been in a state of constant struggle the last 10 years or so.
I met him only once--but I'll never forget.....Me and Paul Collins(the Beat)
spent a long morning with him in LA back in 1998 ruminating our passions
for the viability of power pop in the industry, a subject that he gave us a
dose of reality from his own experience. It was meeting royalty for me. His
magazine, his labels had help shape my own work and passions so clearly. The
stories and knowledge was immense but it was his core decency that resonated
for me that day.
We were email friends before that meeting and after and I, along w/ others,
was looking forward to helping him actualize this project, this tribute to
Stiv as it represented, almost symbolically, a project that was connected
to his passion for an artist, for music-----that reminded us of his great
work with writing and championing great bands ignored in the mainstream rock
press(thru Bomp magazine) and on the labels he has worked with over the last
30 years.
Music Fans, we lost a very important and good soul this week.
Peace,
Bruce
@ Not Lame
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