R.I.P. Jerry Fuchs

From Pitchfork:

Jerry Fuchs, drummer for several bands, including !!!, the Juan MacLean, Maserati, and Turing Machine, died Saturday night after a fall down a Brooklyn elevator shaft, the New York Post reports. He was 34 years old.

According to the Post, Fuchs was attending a benefit party in Williamsburg when he and a friend became stuck in an elevator between floors. The two opened the elevator doors and attempted to jump across the elevator shaft to the nearest floor. The friend made it; Fuchs didn't.

In a post on his website, Juan MacLean writes, "Jerry was one of my best and most loyal friends. He was hands-down the best drummer I have ever played with or seen for that matter."

A post on the Maserati website reads, "We are humbled to have been able to create music with you for all these years, Jerry. You will be missed more than words can express. We love you, bro."

The NY Post article:

[www.nypost.com]


Have to admit the only one of his many bands that I'm very familiar with is !!!, though I think I had a Maserati disc that I never listened to for a little while.

BTW - I know !!! have a TP entry, but have no idea what letter they're filed under.



Post Edited (11-09-09 10:19)

My god, that's awful.

I saw Turing Machine a few years ago at SXSW. I can attest to his precision and power behind the kit.

[trouserpress.com]!!!

That's the second drummer that's died on them.

I always called 'em Exclamation Mark Exclamation Mark Exclamation Mark. That's how it's spelled, ain't it?

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That's the second drummer that's died on them.

Oh no, another life-imitates-Spinal Tap moment. A bizarre elevator accident isn't too far removed from a bizarre gardening accident...

I've heard it pronounced as "chk-chk-chk" and actually even seen it spelled that way parenthetically after the exclamation marks on record store shelf dividers. I saw them live once, opening for Trans Am, and didn't think much of it. I don't recall anything about the drumming, however, and as a drummer, I'd probably remember it if he'd been really exceptional. Sorry to hear of his death regardless....

Most people in the software/computer industry would pronounce the band's name "bang bang bang."