i heard he died the other day
sucks if its trueBDx13 - 2-1-2006 at 02:38 AM
that better be the medication talking, mister bad vibes.
i've tried to see them at least a half dozen times, and have failed in every attempt. (usually because they cancel).
*falls to knees*
please god ...or whoever... for the love of all that is good music, please let pig champion live. *struggles to get back up, then eats sandwhich while listening to the ian mackaye 12"*BDx13 - 2-1-2006 at 02:40 AM
i hope it aint true
i have an email in to my boy phil who knows pig so we'll seeBDx13 - 2-1-2006 at 03:00 AM
finding anything online is tough cause "Tom Roberts" isn't a very unique name.
I guess I could search for "Pig Champion obit".gavin - 2-1-2006 at 04:07 AM
duane he's dead dude
i just saw something on al from suburban voices myspace pageXHonusWagnerX - 2-1-2006 at 07:13 AM
That Sucks!!JawnDiablo - 2-1-2006 at 08:08 AM
shitty. poison idea was a great bandSpoiler - 2-1-2006 at 09:06 AM
RIP brother
Former POISON IDEA Guitarist PIG CHAMPION Found Dead - Feb. 1, 2006
Thomas "Pig Champion" Roberts, guitarist for POISON IDEA, died at his home in Portland, Oregon, Monday night (Jan. 30). A founding member of the
seminal punk band, he continued to appear with POISON IDEA throughout the late Nineties and into the new millennium, despite officially quitting the
band in 1993. Variously described as "spectacularly fat," and "the single largest man in hardcore history," Roberts crowned himself "Pig Champion"
after hitting an impressive 450 lbs. on the scales. The highly regarded guitarist was revered by a devoted following worldwide. No further information
is available at this time.
According to the Taang! Records web site, POISON IDEA was formed in 1980 in Portland, Oregon by frontman Jerry A., Roberts, bassist Chris Tense, and
drummer Dean Johnson. The group debuted three years later with the EP "Pick Your King", cramming 13 songs into a 16-minute time frame; the "Record
Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes" EP followed in 1985, fine-tuning the band's blistering sound and fatalistic worldview. Thanks to their
notoriously insatiable diet of drugs, alcohol, and junk food, the members of POISON IDEA all ballooned past the 300-pound mark by the time of the 1986
full-length "Kings of Punk". Tense and Johnson were then dismissed from the lineup, although the former returned in time for 1987's "War All the
Time", recorded with second guitarist Eric "Vegetable" Olsen and drummer Steve "Thee Slayer Hippy" Hanford; Tense was then replaced by bassist Mondo
for 1988's "Filthkick" EP. Both the "Darby Crash Rides Again" and "Ian MacKaye" EPs followed a year later, another period of roster tumult which made
way for the addition of guitarist Kid Cocksman (soon replaced by Aldine Striknine) and bassist Myrtle Tickner. POISON IDEA returned in 1990 with "Feel
the Darkness", with a series of live releases (the "Official Bootleg" EP, the "Live in Vienna" EP, and the "Dutch Courage" LP) preceding 1992's "Blank
Blackout". A collaboration with Jeff Dahl appeared a year later, concurrent with the covers album "Pajama Party"; however, in the wake of Pig
Champion's subsequent departure POISON IDEA disbanded, releasing their June 6, 1993, farewell gig at Portland's La Luna as "Pig's Last Stand".tireironsaint - 2-1-2006 at 09:49 AM
This is bad bad news. Poison Idea has been one of my top five favorite bands forever. R.I.P. Pig Champion.BDx13 - 2-1-2006 at 09:59 AM
fuck.BDx13 - 2-1-2006 at 10:17 AM
can i get a link to this story?XHonusWagnerX - 2-1-2006 at 10:31 AM
Discipline - 2-1-2006 at 01:08 PM
That really fucking sucks. Poison Idea fucking rule.tireironsaint - 2-1-2006 at 07:13 PM
At least I got to see them play once. Too many bands I like either never make it out to a place I can see 'em or they break up or die before I get a
chance. This is still really depressing although I recently heard Jerry was moving to New York so they were finally breaking up for good anyway. It's
sad news that such an amazingly talented guy has left this world.RomanticViolence - 2-1-2006 at 08:31 PM
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Originally posted by Discipline
That really fucking sucks. Poison Idea fucking rule.
Yes they do...tireironsaint - 2-1-2006 at 10:15 PM
I'm hearing now that it was kidney failure, or at least that's supposed to be the official word.Discipline - 2-2-2006 at 03:03 AM
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Originally posted by RomanticViolence
Quote:
Originally posted by Discipline
That really fucking sucks. Poison Idea fucking rule.
Yes they do...
Glad ya liked the disc.GOLD GRILL - 2-3-2006 at 01:23 AM
Glad I saw them, New Years eve '01 in Austin Texas (with pig champion) then again this past year in Houston (without pig champion). Sux he died.tireironsaint - 2-3-2006 at 07:21 PM
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Originally posted by GOLD GRILL
Glad I saw them, New Years eve '01 in Austin Texas (with pig champion)
Shit man, I was at that show. Tell
me that wasn't fuckin' amazing.Todd - 2-3-2006 at 07:32 PM
