Someone has already posted this info in one of the threads, but I think it deserves its own thread in tribute to this great singer.
It is hard to believe but Eric Wagner (being 62 young) passed away on Sunday, August 22 from COVID-19's induced pneumonia. The HEAVY certainly lost one of the most characteristic and great voices in the genre. He will be sorely missed, I will sorely miss him ... Although he was known mostly from his band Trouble, I was looking forward to the new music from his "new" (with other members from Trouble) band The Skull ... not coincidentally the title of Trouble's 2nd album. Still remember when Trouble's debut album (on vinyl) was released. It was so refreshing to hear actually a band playing very heavy music with a positive spin and with no lack of great riffs and melodies ... and then, from all the places, Chicago
Rest in peace Eric and thank you for all the great music ...
There is a nice biographical tribute to him in Monster Riff with some music clips:
https://monsterriff.com/2021/08/26/b...o-eric-wagner/
Then below is the link to You Tube clip (seems it is restricted to be played only on YT), with the title track Psalm 9 from Trouble's debut album and I guess from (or around) the time album was released:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-sj2RINqF4
The Psalm 9 may be still my favorite Trouble album, but all of them are great and worth exploring. Below is the bandcamp website for Psalm 9 and three other early albums by Trouble, incidentally all four just got remastered and released (official release date Oct 8th, 2021):
https://troubleofficial.bandcamp.com/music
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