Jerry Fuchs dies

[MalaCloudy Black]

http://pitchfork.com/news/37054-rip-jerry-fuchs-drummer-for-juan-maclean-maserati-turing-machine/

Jerry Fuchs, drummer for several bands, including !!!, the Juan MacLean, Maserati, and Turing Machine, died Saturday night after a fall down a Brooklyn elevator shaft, the New York Post reports. He was 34 years old.

According to the Post, Fuchs was attending a benefit party in Williamsburg when he and a friend became stuck in an elevator between floors. The two opened the elevator doors and attempted to jump across the elevator shaft to the nearest floor. The friend made it; Fuchs didn't.

In a post on his website, Juan MacLean writes, "Jerry was one of my best and most loyal friends. He was hands-down the best drummer I have ever played with or seen for that matter."

A post on the Maserati website reads, "We are humbled to have been able to create music with you for all these years, Jerry. You will be missed more than words can express. We love you, bro."

Man, that's awful. I bet his friend that made the jump feels shit.

[King.]

Wonder who jumped first.

[Emperor Fuckshit]

What an odd way to die. Just press the "help" button and wait it out, man.

I have a couple of !!! albums. I was never hugely into them -- they were a bit right-wing and "brah"-ish for my tastes, but "Me and Guiliani..." is a fantastically danceable single. Anyway, he was a young guy, and still widely active at the time of his death. So I can imagine that this is a real and material loss for people that were into Maserati in particular.

[YI]

Wow, fucked up way to go. I quite liked !!! but I'm really into Maserati...never really the drummer was the same guy until now, shitty way to find out.

Edited November 9, 2009 by YI