Howie Pyro
Howie Pyro | |
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Birth name | Howard Kusten |
Born | New York City, U.S. | June 28, 1960
Died | May 4, 2022 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 61)
Genres | Punk rock, heavy metal |
Occupation(s) | Musician and disc jockey |
Instrument(s) | Bass |
Howie Pyro (born Howard Kusten, June 28, 1960 – May 4, 2022) was an American bass player. He was a founding member of The Blessed, Freaks,[1] D Generation,[2] and PCP Highway.[3] Pyro was also the bass player in Danzig from 2000–2003.
Biography
Pyro was a DJ at Green Door parties as well as The Blackeyed Soul Club.[4] He was the host of Intoxica Radio with Howie Pyro, an internet radio show, where he played "50s and 60s rock and roll, psycho surf, garage, rockabilly, hillbilly horrors, voodoo r & b, insane instrumentals, religious nuts, and teenage hell music."[5] Pyro was also friends with Sid Vicious and was one of the last people to see the former Sex Pistols bassist alive; Pyro was there the night he died from a heroin overdose.[6]
In December 2021, it was announced that Pyro was fighting for his life and in recovery following a
He died on May 4, 2022, from COVID-19-related pneumonia after suffering from liver disease.[8]
Discography
With The Blessed
- "Deep Frenzy" / "American Bandstand" (1979)
With Freaks
- Pippi Skelter: A Rock Opera in Five Movements (1988)
- Potter's Field - EP - (1988)
- In Sensurround (1989)
- "Freakout Song" - Single - (1990)
With Action Swingers
- More Fast Numbers (1992)
With D Generation
- "No Way Out" - Single - (1993)
- Re-released in 1994 and 1996.
- "Wasted Years" - Single - (1993)
- "No God" / "Degenerated" - Single - (1994)
- D Generation- (1994)
- No Lunch - (1996)
- "She Stands There" - Single - (1996)
- "Capital Offender" - Single - (1997)
- "Prohibition" - EP - (1998)
- "Helpless" - Single - (1998)
- Re-released in 1999.
- Through The Darkness - (1999)
- Nothing Is Anywhere - (2016)
With Joey Ramone
- Christmas Spirit... In My House (2002)
With Genesis P. Orridge / Splinter Test
- Electric Newspaper: Issue Four (1997)
With Danzig
- Live on the Black Hand Side - (2001)
- I Luciferi - (2002)
References
- ^ Howie Pyro, D Generation and Danzig Bassist, Dies at 61
- Allmusic. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ Big Wheel Magazine - Interview with Howie Pyro
- ^ https://crossfadr.com/2012/03/30/la-blackeyed-soul-club-all-60s-all-vinyl-all-the-time/
- ^ "Intoxica Radio With Howie Pyro". self published. n.d. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Sid and Nancy: A Punk Rock Murder Mystery". AETN UK. 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Howie Pyro's Friends Show Up". laweekly.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ Hudak, Joseph (5 May 2022). "Howie Pyro, D Generation Co-Founder and Eclectic DJ, Dead at 61". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
External links
- Howie Pyro discography at Discogs