Jigsaw9 6783 Posted December 29, 2017 Metal percussionist / industrial musician / soundtrack composer 石川忠 (Chu Ishikawa) has passed away on 2017/12/21 after battling a lengthy illness, with a funeral held shortly afterwards among close relatives. He was 51 years old. He was the founding member of short-lived '80s industrial unit ZEITLICH VERGELTER and founding member of industrial / metal percussion band DER EISENROST with whom he remained active until recently. What he was more famous for was his soundtrack work, having provided the music to most of Shinya Tsukamoto's movies in particular, like the cult hit "Tetsuo: The Iron Man". He was working on new music which he planned to unveil in 2018. (source) May he R.I.P. Goddamn, I'm devastated, he seemed like a really cool guy and all his stuff is amazing. Gonna blast this big boy today for sure. 5 Zeus, Himeaimichu, togz and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeus 7997 Posted December 29, 2017 Unbelievable! I Was listening to grpyhis glaucus the other day! RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted December 29, 2017 I'm not familiar with his music, but it's always sad to hear someone losing a battle with an on-going illness. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwsm 24 Posted December 30, 2017 Well, that sucks :/ I didn't even know he was ill... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
finnthesubhuman 26 Posted December 31, 2017 Tetsuo remains my favourite movie of all time and the soundtrack plays a large part in making it as memorable as it is. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimHarper 28 Posted January 20, 2018 I was heartbroken by this news. Ishikawa was one of the most talented and original industrial artists of his generation, and his soundstracks have been on constant heavy rotation with me. A great loss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
