Frankly it's a miracle he lasted this long, having overdosed himself into a coma in 2004, and not exactly having been a paragon of carrot juice guzzling fitness and health.
No other figure incites such mixed feelings from grindcore fans, on the one hand he contributed hugely to the evolution of the genre, charged down the walls of acceptable behaviour and outraged music's moral guardians. On the other hand he seemed so institutionalised by his own image that he was an unrepentant, uncomprehending racist homophobe. But you all knew that, and already have an opinion.
Thoughts go to his friends and family, especially Dan from PATAC Records who galvanised him into action over the last few years and handled the vast majority of the press for the last Anal Cunt release, hustling coverage in Bizarre in the UK at the very least. The Bizarre piece was pretty funny just because they really didn't understand what they were getting and chopped about half of it out for being homophobic and racist, which is like pulling a Jeff Walker interview because it's too bitter.
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