Obituary

Marlene Marder of LiliPUT/Kleenex has passed away

[dropcap]Marlene[/dropcap] Marder, guitarist for the Swiss all-female post-punk group LiLiPUT (originally calling themselves Kleenex) has passed away. Her death was…

8 years ago

In memoriam of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis | May 18th, 1980

Ian Curtis took his own life on May 18th, 1980.  He was only 23 years old. Perhaps we all remember…

8 years ago

A poetic tribute to Factory Record’s Tony Wilson featuring New Order, Iggy Pop, and Steve Coogan

[dropcap]Yesterday[/dropcap], to mark the 8th anniversary of Factory Records founder Tony Wilson's death, a bunch of musicians paid tribute to…

9 years ago

Stephen Huss, original member of Psyche has passed away

[dropcap]We[/dropcap] at Post-Punk.com are very saddened to hear of the passing of Stephen Huss, who was an original member of…

9 years ago

Flesh For Lulu’s Nick Marsh passes away

[dropcap]On[/dropcap] June 5, 2015 we lost a Post-Punk hero, Nick Marsh, from Flesh for Lulu. One of my favorite songs…

9 years ago

25 Years Gone | Remembering Stiv Bators

[dropcap]One[/dropcap] of the greatest figures in Punk Rock history, Stiv Bators, passed away on this day 25 years ago—on June…

9 years ago

Sadly, it has been confirmed that Steve Strange has passed away

Steve Strange, the Welsh pop singer who was quite literally the face of the New Romantic Movement, who also fronted…

9 years ago

Sid Vicious died 36 Years ago Today | Watch one of his last interviews ever (With Stiv Bators, Nancy, and Cynthia Ross of The B-Girls)

Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie—passed away from a drug overdose, and possible suicide on February 2nd 1979. An icon of…

9 years ago

Ian Allen of Negativland has passed away

Ian Allen, an integral member of San Francisco Bay Area Negativland from 1981 to 1987, died this past Saturday from…

9 years ago

Sisters Of Mercy guitarist Chris Sheehan has lost his battle against cancer

[dropcap]New [/dropcap]Zealander Chris Sheehan (real name Chris Starling) has lost his long battle with Stage 4 metastatic nodular melanoma, a…

9 years ago