Shane Rimmer - d. March 29th 2019

Up, into the capsule,
up, blasting through 
the swimming pool,
wings opening out.
Here it comes: death, 
the ultimate rescue.

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'Ranking' Roger Charlery - d. March 26th 2019

I heard your song, 
Rude Boy.
You moved my little feet,
and I had to come around.
Top ranking indeed,
full stop.

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Scott Walker - d. March 25th 2019

The orchestra plays
a symphony of pain.
Then, your voice,
rich with regret, 
deep as a cello,
the sound
of an empty ship,
a setting sun.



Read about Scott Walker here

Dick Dale - d. March 16th 2019

Guitar,
like a corkscrew of surf,
like a crossfire of drums,
like a cracking of bones,
then reverb, reverb, reverb.

read about Dick Dale here

Jan-Michael Vincent - d. March 8th 2019

Where did you go?
The daydream of youth,
salt-caked, sun-bleached
lost in some Great Swell,
cut to tatters in the chop
of distant rotor blades.

read about Jan-Michael Vincent here

Magenta Devine - d. March 6th 2019

Saints and martyrs
are leafing through features
in old issues of The Face:

• How are youth wearing celestial raiment this season? 
• Death: this year's must-have accessory

In the byline, a picture of you: 
edgy, resolutely on-trend.


Read about Magenta Devine here

Keith Flint - d. March 4th 2019

You were the trouble starter, 

snarling intimidator,
the beat addicted, 

punk blowback liquidator,

fire-eating terminator.

 

Read about Keith Flint here