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Weezer ex-bassist Mikey Welsh dead
AFP via Breitbart ^ | Oct 9, 2011

Posted on 10/09/2011 2:41:58 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

Mikey Welsh, the former bassist for the American rock band Weezer, has died in Chicago of a suspected overdose, authorities said Sunday. He was 40. Welsh, who played with the alternative rock group from 1998 to 2001 before leaving the band and starting a second career as a painter, was found unconscious in his hotel room on Saturday.

Weezer said in a statement on its website that Welsh was in the city for the Chicago RiotFest to see his former band play.

Welsh, who performed on the album "Weezer" (better known as the "Green Album") including hits "Hash Pipe" and "Island in the Sun," had left the band after suffering a nervous breakdown, according to the band's statement.

On September 26 Welsh wrote an ominous message on his Twitter feed, saying: "dreamt i died in chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). need to write my will today."

Weezer described their former bassist as "a unique talent, a deeply loving friend and father, and a great artist" who channeled his energy and enthusiasm into his painting after emerging from his nervous breakdown.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: mikeywelsh; weezer
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1 posted on 10/09/2011 2:42:01 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

Anyone know why he was the “former bassist?”


2 posted on 10/09/2011 2:45:38 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: Jet Jaguar
"dreamt i died in chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). need to write my will today."

Chilling.

3 posted on 10/09/2011 2:46:14 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: ColdOne

1st paragraph.


4 posted on 10/09/2011 2:46:57 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (welcome dies irae)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Drugs are bad, Mmm’kay.


5 posted on 10/09/2011 2:50:48 PM PDT by MAKOTHEDOG
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To: Jet Jaguar
Island in the Sun

Great song & cute video. Prayers for his family.
6 posted on 10/09/2011 2:51:47 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant...better left unstirred.-PG Wodehouse)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Never heard of him or the band Weezer...nevertheless RIP and may God comfort his family. Age 40 with children is way too young to croak out.


7 posted on 10/09/2011 2:53:30 PM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: ColdOne
Mental breakdown and exit from Weezer
8 posted on 10/09/2011 2:53:32 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: ColdOne

He had a nervous breakdown, as per the article.


9 posted on 10/09/2011 2:53:48 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: InvisibleChurch
1st paragraph. thanks, I hate it when that happens...;) I read a article on him yesterday so didn't read this one, SHOULD HAVE!
10 posted on 10/09/2011 2:56:39 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: stylecouncilor

Oh wow I hear this song as bumper music quite often on the Laura Ingraham Talk Radio.


11 posted on 10/09/2011 3:00:33 PM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: tflabo
Millions of us (including me) were introduced to Weezer via a strangely anachronistic mashup video that was included in every CD copy of Windows 95. Based on this, I would classify them as straight rock, not alternative.

Weezer/Happy Days Video "Buddy Holly"
12 posted on 10/09/2011 3:00:57 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (It's fun to play with your vision, but don't ever play with your eyes.-1970's PSA)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Hash Pipe Lyrics
13 posted on 10/09/2011 3:04:03 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: ColdOne

that’s ok. I do the same thing.


14 posted on 10/09/2011 3:09:53 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (welcome dies irae)
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To: windsorknot

Sounds like suicide to me. He was thinking about it, got his affairs in order, and checked out.


15 posted on 10/09/2011 3:18:09 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Dr. Sivana

One of my favorite music videos. The drummer looks like the Beaver with that wig.


16 posted on 10/09/2011 3:19:54 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Jet Jaguar

Dead? I never knew he was alive


17 posted on 10/09/2011 3:22:38 PM PDT by Figment ("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Push th' little daisies youtube 2:56
18 posted on 10/09/2011 3:33:46 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (It is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; ~Vattel's Law of Nations)
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To: MAKOTHEDOG

Big fan of the show....

19 posted on 10/09/2011 3:36:20 PM PDT by Paradox (The rich SHOULD be paying more taxes, and they WOULD, if they could make more money.)
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To: ColdOne

Probably for the same reason he’s dead.


20 posted on 10/09/2011 3:36:20 PM PDT by Jonty30
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