Sky Saxon

Almost unoticed in the media wildfire of coverage of Michael Jackson and the death of Farah Fawcett was the death on the same day of the proto psychedelic garage rocker, Sky Saxon.
Sky was born Richard Marsh in 1937 in Salt Lake City, though differnt dates are given which make him almost 10 years younger. he did start performing doo wop under the name of Little Richard Marsh in 1960. In 1962, he changed his nbame to Sky Saxon and formed a band called The Electra-Fires.

In 1965, he formed The Seeds which were one of the classic proto punk bands which have inspired kids to play music in their garages for generations. Their big hit was "Pushin'Too Hard". A classic anthemn of atttitude.

Though he recorded little and as the 60's tapered off into the 70's, Sky became stranger, joining a communal religious sect and releasing albums of tribal psychedelic music under the name Ya-Wo-Ha. There is a 13 CD set of the music.
He kept releasing records through his lifetime and in 2006, he reformed The Seeds and colaborated with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins.
The reformed Seeds have been playing for the last few years and reviewers said that Saxon looked suprisingly youthful and sounded great.

He died unexpectedly on Wednesday of what seems to be an infection. So far his age is either listed as 63 or 72, his birthdate has still never been confirmed.