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Pierre Kezdy, bass player for influential punk rockers Naked Raygun, other Chicago bands, dead at 58

 

Sad news to read this weekend....

Condolences to Pierre's family, so many musical friends and worldwide fans of Naked Raygun, and Pegboy and Pierre!

 

Pierre was the brother of our old neighbors....John Kezdy and his family. Both musical brothers...John was in another 80's Punk band "The Effigies"

 

Senseless Things singer Mark Keds dies at 50 as band pay tribute

 

Sad news, I loved and played their Easy To Smile and Hold It Down 45s a lot back in the day. Money was tight though and I didn't get the album or anything else. I didn't know he co-wrote The Libertines Can't Stand Me Now, but it does have a Senseless Things style to it.

Edit: reading more it seems The Libertines took a line from one of Mark Keds songs and that's why he has the credit.

 

I looked him up a while ago having not seen a picture of him in years. I couldn't get over how different he looked. Years of hard drugs really took its toll.
RIP.