Sky Saxon (The Seeds, Yahowi 13) dead

The Seeds were an influential American Garage Rock band from the 60's. Their bassist and lead singer, Sky Saxon, died today at the age of 63, the cause of death is suspected to be of an intestine infection, although this has not been confirmed.

Sky Saxon (born Richard Marsh, 1946) was as mentioned before, best known for his work in The Seeds, who in turn were best known for songs like Pushin' Too Hard and Can't Seem to Make You Mine. The latter has been covered by such band's as The Ramones, Alex Chilton, Johnny Thunders, Garbage and Yo La Tango. Following the demise of The Seeds, Saxon joined the Yahowa religious sect, and collaborated in a Psychadelic Rock band called Yahowa 13. In the 80'S, he would collaborate with such Garage and Punk bands such as Red Kross and The Chesterfield Kings. The Seeds would reform for a brief tour in 1989 and stay dormant until yet another tour in 2003.

He died on June 25th, 2009. The same day as pop musician Michael Jackson and actress Farrah Fawcett.

RIP Sky Saxon, your music touched the world.
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