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R.I.P. Daisy Berkowitz, Founding Member of Marilyn Manson, AC/DC Producer George Young
Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, has died, according to the San Antonio Current.
Putesky was best known for co-founding and playing guitar in Marilyn Manson up until halfway through the recording of 1996’s Antichrist Superstar when he left over creative differences with vocalist Marilyn Manson.
After leaving Marilyn Manson, Putesky played in a number of other bands including Jack Off Jill, Godhead and his own project Three Ton Gate.
In 2013 the guitarist revealed he was battling stage four colon cancer, but according to a post on Jack of Jill’s Facebook page, Putesky passed away on Sunday, October 22.
CoS also reports, via the band’s Facebook page that George Young, an Australian musician and record producer who guided his younger brothers Malcolm and Angus in the early years of their band AC/DC, has died at the age of 70.
In the early 1960s, Young played rhythm co-guitar in the Australian rock band The Easybeats and also co-wrote nearly all of the band’s songs, including international hit “Friday on My Mind”. He also penned John Paul Young’s chart-topping song, “Love Is in the Air”, adds the site.
Following the dissolution of The Easybeats in 1970, George started his own production company and worked closely with his younger brothers, Malcolm and Angus, as they launched their own band in AC/DC. George co-produced and played bass guitar on several of the band’s earliest and most successful albums, including High Voltage, T.N.T., Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Let There Be Rock, and Powerage.
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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