Wednesday, November 16, 2011

RIP Laura Kennedy

We're just hearing the news that Laura Kennedy, a founding member and bassist of the New York-based No Wave band the Bush Tetras, died on Monday after a lengthy battle with Hepatitis C. She had been living in Minneapolis the past 12 years.

She kept a blog about her ongoing health issues. You can find it here.

We've posted this Bush Tetras video several times through the years. One of my favorites — the song and the video, starring the Bowery circa early 1980s... From 1981.



Sources:
This Ain't the Summer of Love
Stupefaction
Flaming Pablum
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 16, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Two minutes ago I was looking at a video playlist from NY Noise archive website. I saw "Too Many Creeps" listed and gave myself a little chuckle about a BT video being listed there.
    I next clicked on my EV Grieve bookmark and bang; I saw this news. Weird.
    Sorry for her and her's. Sad news.
    RIP

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  2. Marty WombacherNovember 16, 2011 at 9:57 PM

    R.I.P.

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  3. Uncle WaltieNovember 16, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    We're being decimated. But it was a lot of fun while it lasted.

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  4. nygrumpNovember 17, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    She will live on forever in those awesome basslines.

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  5. glammaNovember 17, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    oh man this sucks. RIP. Bush Tetras 4E!

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