Passing Thoughts

Jhonn Balance 1962-2004

Its been a kind of weird day. I found out this morning that Jhonn Balance of Coil died over the weekend. Coil have been one of my favourite groups of late and I find his death effecting me quite profoundly. The guy was one of those people who was way out there and lived his art, heart and soul, rather than being a part time visitor. Sacrilegious as it might seem to some I can't say that I even have time for some of the weird nonsense he believed in but I did connect deeply to his art and music despite that. Coil have been at the height of their powers of late and Jhonn's loss is all the more tragic because it's clear that he had much much more to say.

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