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Riot: morto Mark Reale

News inserita da: Marco Manzi

1/26/2012

All’etá di 56 anni, é morto ieri Mark Reale, chitarrista e fondatore dei Riot. Il musicista era ricoverato in coma da un paio di settimane in ospedale per via di alcune complicazioni con la sua malattia, il morbo di Crohn.

Segue il comunicato della band:

"To friends and fans of Mark Reale and RIOT, we are deeply saddened to confirm that Mark has lost his battle with a lifelong illness. Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated by Mark’s family, friends, and bandmates at this difficult time.

Upon learning of Mark’s passing, Brian Slagel, founder and CEO of Metal Blade Records, said, "I was a huge fan of RIOT’s ’Fire Down Under’ album and got to interview them for my fanzine. Great guys and I was lucky enough to finally reissue ’Fire Down Under’ and the other early RIOT albums on Metal Blade. We signed the band for their second run, so to speak, and put out some records in the ’90s that did well, especially in Europe and Japan. It was a pleasure working with them and Mark was always a kind soul — an AMAZING player who really has a big time place in the history of metal. One of the really nice guys who put out some incredible stuff."