Saturday, March 11, 2006

This day in music history.

March 11, 1998, At the age of 32 Stacy Guess of the Squirrel Nut Zippers dies of a heroin overdose. A trumpeter, Bass player, vocalist and guitarist, Stacy played with a succession of North Carolina bands before joining the Squirrels. Because of his addictions Stacy was thrown out of Squirrel Nut Zippers just before they hit with their second album ("Hot") in 1997.
Hell by The Squirrel Nut Zippers
In the after life
You could be headed for the serious strife
Now you make the scene all day
But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay
People listen attentively
I mean about future calamity
I used to think the idea was obsolete
Until I heard the old man stamping his feet.
This is a place where eternally
Fire is applied to the body
Teeth are extruded and bones are ground
Then baked into cakes which are passed around.
Beauty, talent, fame, money, refinement
Top skill and brain
But all the things you try to hide
Will be revealed on the other side.
Now the D and the A and the M
and the N and the A
And the T and the I-O-N
Lose your face, lose your name
Then get fitted for a suit of flame