Jack Russell, the previous frontman of Eighties and ’90s glam rockers Nice White, has died at age 63.
The information comes from the Instagram web page for Jack Russell’s Nice White, which is the band identify the frontman toured below after the group disbanded in 2001.
“With large disappointment, we announce the lack of our beloved Jack Patrick Russell — father, husband, cousin, uncle, and pal,” the assertion begins, including that the singer “handed peacefully” surrounded by his spouse Heather Ann, son Matthew Hucko and different household and pals. “Jack is liked and remembered for his humorousness, distinctive zest for all times, and unshakeable contribution to rock and roll the place his legacy will perpetually reside and thrive.”
The household is asking for privateness and shared that particulars of a public memorial can be introduced at a later date.
On the Instagram web page for Nice White, Russell’s authentic bandmates shared their “deepest condolences to the household of Jack Russell. We hope they take consolation in figuring out Jack’s unimaginable voice will reside on perpetually.” The ended the assertion: “Relaxation In Peace, to one in every of rock’s greatest champions.”
Nice White landed six songs on the Billboard Scorching 100 within the late ’80s and early ’90s, together with the highest 5 smash “As soon as Bitten Twice Shy,” which peaked at No. 5 in 1989 and whose music video was in heavy rotation on MTV. The music’s album, 1989’s …Twice Shy, was a prime 10 hit on the Billboard 200 chart, peaking at No. 9.
Following the group’s finish in 2001, the lead singer hit the highway as Jack Russell’s Nice White — most infamously headlining Rhode Island’s The Station nightclub in 2003, when pyrotechnics began a hearth that killed 100 individuals, together with bandmate Ty Longley, and injuring 230. Russell’s tour supervisor, Daniel Biechele, pleaded responsible to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter in 2006 and served two years in jail of a 15-year sentence. The house owners of The Station, Jeffrey and Michael Derderian, pleaded no contest, with Michael serving virtually three years in jail and Jeffrey being sentenced to neighborhood service. The band additionally reached settlements with victims in a number of lawsuits.
Final month, Russell’s Instagram web page had introduced his retirement from touring after diagnoses of Lewy Physique Dementia and A number of System Atrophy. “Phrases can not categorical my gratitude for the various years of reminiscences, love, and assist,” the retirement announcement learn. “Thanks for letting me reside my desires.”
Discover the household and band statements beneath.