Drummer and producer Tommy Ramone, the last surviving original member of the influential New York punk quartet the Ramones, died Friday at his home in the Ridgewood area of Queens, New York. He was 62 and had been in hospice care following treatment for bile duct cancer.

Born Erdelyi Tamas in Budapest, Hungary, and known professionally as Tom or T. Erdelyi, Ramone played on the first three epoch-making Ramones albums, “Ramones” (1976), “Leave Home” (1977) and “Rocket to Russia” (1977). He also co-produced the latter two albums with Tony Bongiovi and Ed Stasium, respectively. He appeared on and co-produced the 1979 live Ramones opus “It’s Alive.”

After leaving the Ramones to concentrate on studio work, he co-produced the band’s 1984 album “Too Tough to Die” with Stasium. He was replaced in the lineup by Marc Bell (Marky Ramone), a former member of Dust and Richard Hell’s Voidoids.

Source: Variety

Harry Potter villain Dave Legeno has died aged 50 while hiking in Death Valley in California. 

The actor, who portrayed werewolf Fenrir Greyback in three movies in the wizard film franchise, was found by two hikers in the area on Sunday. The sheriff's department added that it appears Legeno died of heart-related issue.

The actor played roles in films like Batman Begins, Snow White and the Hunstman and Snatch. Legeno was also an expert mixed martial artist.

Kind of business as usual, but still good, not?

Anyway, judge it yourself!

Einstürzende Neubauten are back in studio working on an exceptional new composition, LAMENT. They will be performing LAMENT at the following venues: 

MONO INC. – a virus – a fever – a drug – an addiction - or just a rock-band?

Derived from the term „monomania“ a monomaniac quartet arose shortly after the beginning of this millennium and, in the space of 10 years and 7 albums, wove themselves into the hearts of thousands.

Many critics and journalists still call the stellar ascent of the Lady & Three Gentleman from Hamburg a Blitzkrieg, but the reality that lies behind their success is long-term hard graft, numerous albums, EPs and singles, and countless concerts.

So reaching this point of significance in the rock landscape- something the band could only dream of in startup times - is actually a pretty logical outcome.

Singer and composer, Martin Engler: „Today we play on the same stages where once our idols played. This is partly strange, but it makes me very proud, too. “

And this bandleader doesn’t even think of taking a rest: „The inner clock ticks on and we constantly strive to evolve creatively and artistically! “

With „The Clock Ticks On“ the band is now pushing through another door:

16 MONO INC. „All-Time-Favorites“ appear on CD1 followed by 16 acoustic tracks on CD2, called "Alive & Acoustic".

And some of these acoustic interpretations sound so unique they could easily be mistaken for originals.

Whether you describe MONO INC. as Alternative, Wave or Indie this superb 2 CD collection of 32 songs navigates a journey through galaxies the band have traversed over the last 10 years.

Martin Engler: Vocals, Piano

Katha Mia: Drums, Vocals

Manuel Antoni: Bass, Vocals

Carl Fornia: Guitars, Vocals

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Tourdates 2014:

Festivals

18.07.2014 Pförring – Open Air

26.07.2014 Neustadt – Veldensteiner

27.07.2014 Köln – Amphi

15.08.2014 UK – Kettering – Alt Fest

16.08.2014 Dinkelsbühl – Summerbreeze

30.08.2014 Wuppertal - Feuertal

MONO INC. | THE CLOCK TICKS ON TOUR – 2014 (präsentiert von Piranha & Sonic Seducer)

16.10.2014 Aschaffenburg – Colos Saal

17.10.2014 Karlsruhe – Substage

18.10.2014 Wien – Szene

19.10.2014 Augsburg – Spectrum

23.10.2014 Braunschweig – Meier

24.10.2014 Potsdam – Waschhaus

25.10.2014 Herford – X

01.11.2014 Leipzig – Gothic Meets Classic (Rock-Show)

02.11.2014 Leipzig – Gothic Meets Classic (Orchestertag)

MONO INC. | ALIVE & ACOUSTIC TOUR – 2015

29.01.2015 Hameln – Sumpfblume

30.01.2015 Wiesbaden – Schlachthof

31.01.2015 Berlin – Heimathafen