RIP Sky Sunlight!
Thanks for the memories!

RIP Sky...

Erik 4-A said:

He dressed a lot better in those pictures than when I met him in 1992 and later in 1998. He wasn't blonde then either.
Happy Trails you Cosmic Cowboy! UPDATE: My Experiences with Sky Saxon in Seattle in the mid 1990s: I remember when Sky was hanging out in Seattle in the mid 90s. He was in a band called the Wolf Pack with Brad Ramels & Mike Refuzor and couple of other folks. He also had a project called Fast Planet and one called Sunflower too. He introduced himself to me at the University Streetfair while I was Stage Managing as, "Hi I am Sky Saxon of the Seeds, creator of Flower Power and I will be playing here today." "With what band?" I innocently asked. "All of them. I will get up and they will let me jam with them, because of who I am" "Not is if they don't want you to. Now please step out of the Backstage area, sir." He was wearing clothes that looked like they hadn't been changed since 1966! A few year later. I got a call at the studio from a Richard Marsh (his real name) manager of the band Sunflower who wanted some FREE studio time for that band. "Why?" again I innocently asked (recognizing the voice over the phone) "Well this band contains Sky Saxon the creator of Flower Power and it will be big" Mr Marsh replied. "Fat Chance on that!" I exclaimed and hung up. Or something like that. There you have it. One of my many brushes with glory and fame. El Tiki said:

Thanks for all, brother Sunlight, and happy trails in the next Sphere!

i posted all the seeds records in memorium. http://getdorked.tumblr.com. listened to him all day at work today, too. poor guy.

He dressed a lot better in those pictures than when I met him in 1992 and later in 1998. He wasn't blonde then either. Happy Trails you Cosmic Cowboy! El Tiki said:

Thanks for all, brother Sunlight, and happy trails in the next Sphere!

John Sevestian said:

Truly will be missed. SKY Not wacko jacko.

Was excited to go see Sky & The Seeds this summer in Montréal. Alas alas!! We've lost another giant. Bet there's a kick-ass jam session going on in another dimension right now...

I did a website for Sky and the Seeds a decade ago. I got to know him for a little while. A funny guy and sharper than people knew. Greg Shaw said Sky wasn't crazy, he was just shrewd. In any case The Seeds is still my favourite album.I play the mono vinyl all the time even today.

I was looking forward to seeing Sky on the garage band tour this summer.

Truly will be missed. SKY Not wacko jacko.

They rhyme, Saxon and Jackson. So it's a dual-ogy. R.I.P. One Two Three Baby, You and Me Pushin' Up Daisies Too Hard EGO the Living Planet said:

RIP

Too bad it's being kept out of the news (not that it would get more than maybe a mention anyway) by the death of the world's most famous child molester.

RIP

Too bad it's being kept out of the news (not that it would get more than maybe a mention anyway) by the death of the world's most famous child molester.

RIP Sky. Thank you for everything.

Sky Saxon paased away this morning in Austin, Texas.
He was admitted to St. David's Hospital on Monday.
The cause of his death is yet to be confirmed.

Here's to Sky, one of the true originators of the Garage Punk scene.

Thankfully I got to see him play a couple of weeks ago at Austin's "Fuzz Club"
He was backed by a local band "Shapes Have Fangs", The Seeds tunes sounded awesome.
I got him to sign a Seeds LP for us...I was stoked by that.

RIP Sky Saxon

Wig
The Texreys

Yup, well three of 'em anyway. As far as I know lead vocalist Marcus Durant is M.I.A. but the rest of the band, Carl Horne (bass) Andy Duvall (drums) Rich Millman (guitar) formed Browntown West with vocalist Christa DiBiase. Bassist Carl Horne also plays in Cheetah Speed and did a short stint touring with the Supersuckers. Both band play semi-often in the San Fransisco Bay Area. They also back Jello Biafra on his Speed Demon/Jezebel 7" (2008). Alternative Tentacles blog review

Have no idea as to the whereabouts of the ex-Zen Guerrilla gang, but I gots a few of their albums fer sale if yer interested? (send me a private message fer more info)...

P.S. As I was makin' my metamorphosis in the maniac garagepunker I proudly am now I went thru a perverse punk-blues/dirty blues phase...& Zen Guerrilla were near the top of my list o' favs at the time...now ...well...not so much.

My band the Strawmen are a bassless trio, but sorta gun clubish, you might like.... www.myspace.com/strawmen3 And the Guilty Hearts from L.A. have a Oblivians/ Cheater Slicks kind of a thing goin' on. (they're great, I bring their LP every time I DJ!!!) www.myspace.com/theguiltyhearts ~T

I wanna hear somethin' new and DIRTY. Like Oblivians/Cheater Slicks dirty.

johnny goodbye said:

i gotta say tho, compilations no matter how cool or legendary shouldn't really count as albums.

Impact - Kenny & the Kasuals

wow so many great albums to check out mentioned here.

i want to put forward the gories - i know you're fine...
it's definitely one of my favorites.

i gotta say tho, compilations no matter how cool or legendary shouldn't really count as albums.

the litter-distortions
both shadows of knight lps on dunwich
the sonics-here are & boom
the seeds -first two lps
the yardbirds -having a rave up not really a garage lp but is a great lp to start with
the ugly ducklings- somewhere outside lp
? mark & mystreions-96 tears
there's more but these ones are the ones i like

Another one of the good guys dies too young.R.I.P. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Wells