Exodus singer dead

[Goreripper]

Just got this on email:

"41-year-old EXODUS frontman Paul Baloff (birth date: April 25th,
1960), whose unique personality and distinctive vocal style have
endeared him to thousands of metal fans the world over, will
reportedly be taken off life support at midnight tonight, Saturday,
February 2nd, after suffering a massive stroke Thursday night
(January 31st) that has left him lying in a coma with irreparable
damage to his brain in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Highland
Hospital in Oakland, California. Without any living immediate family
members known (Baloff reportedly had an estranged brother and sister,
neither of whom he was in contact with), the rest of EXODUS and
various friends are making the decisions with the consent of his only
contacted available relative, and they have reportedly decided that
Paul "would like to go out as 'metal' as possible". Full Strength
would like to offer sincere condolences to Paul's family, friends and
legion of fans. We would like to encourage FS visitors to leave a
message in the forum - www.11820.net/fullstrength".

Damn sad thing to have as my 200th post.

 

[KoichCPA]

Originally posted by Goreripper


Paul "would like to go out as 'metal' as possible"

just thought i should highlight that bit,thats cool.

 

[spawn]

Originally posted by Goreripper

Without any living immediate family
members known (Baloff reportedly had an estranged brother and sister,
neither of whom he was in contact with), the rest of EXODUS and
various friends are making the decisions with the consent of his only
contacted available relative

Thats sad

 

[Stevo]

My God!

Exodus was one of the first thrash bands I'd ever got fully into, and I still regard them as one of my favourite bands of ALL TIME. Paul Baloff was the groundbreaker for that particular type of yell-singing, and it was he (along with Tom Hunting) that got me into that type of technical thrash. I was planning in 1996/97 to save $$$ to see the reunion concert in the US.

I'm absolutely devastated.

 

[Southy]

A very sad thing indeed..but these things happen

 

[Winmar]

That's sad news. Poor bloke.

 

[Aces_High]

We've lost a true champion of THRASH

Bonded by blood FOREVER !