Posted on 06/04/2014 2:03:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
David Brockie, frontman for the Grammy nominated "extraterrestrial" metal band Gwar, died of an accidental heroin overdose in March, the Virginia State Medical Examiner's Office said on Tuesday.
Brockie, 50, who gained an international fan base performing as a 43bn-year-old alien vocalist for the satirical band, was found by his roommate on 23 March dead in his Richmond home.
Brockie died from "acute heroin toxicity and the manner of death is accident," Arkuie Williams, administrator of the medical examiner's office, said in an email.
US deaths from heroin have soared as prescription painkiller abusers turn to the drug because it is cheaper. Across the United States, the number of fatal opiate overdoses increased 45% from 2006 to 2010.
...Brockie helped found Gwar, billed on its website as "Earth's only openly extra-terrestrial rock band," in the 1980s with fellow art students at Virginia Commonwealth University.
The Grammy nominated group gained a worldwide following for its mix of thrash metal, grotesque costumes and outrageous stage shows...
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Hmmmm.... I never thought about the differences between “manner” and “cause” in that context.
Art students.
Well at least it wasn’t an “on purpose heroin overdose”.
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