Former Baroness drummer Alan Blickle sadly seems to have handed away. Blickle performed within the band as a part of their earliest official lineup, remaining onboard until round 2013. Each Blickle and a number of other different members of the band suffered damaged bones in an August 2012 bus crash whereas on tour in Europe, with Blickle departing the band quickly afterwards. Blickle additionally carried out within the teams Romantic Dividends, A Place To Bury Strangers and Alpaca.
Whereas his former bandmates in Baroness don’t seem to have commented publicly on his passing, a few of his buddies have taken to paying tribute to him on social media, together with Kylesa‘s Laura Pleasants, who provided the next this afternoon, September 07th:
“Expensive Allen… I used to be so heartbroken when speaking w Joe and Summer time the opposite day; discovering out how the previous month was. I’m simply gutted, dude. All of us thought you had this factor beat. Fuck, we had been supposed to hang around when i acquired again from tour I really feel so fortunate to have reconnected with you after transferring to LA a number of years in the past. Spending time w you out right here, enjoying music, going to exhibits, hanging at a pool social gathering, rocking the Hell out to FEAR… attending to know you on a deeper lever was an actual privilege. You had been a REAL one! So gifted, so rad.
Gone too quickly my good friend. I’m glad you might be at peace and now not in ache.A lot like to you.
RIP Allen Blickle“
