Cheetah Chrome RIP

 

I’ve just read the news that Eugene Richard O’Connor, better known as Cheetah Chrome, passed away on Sunday. Cheetah was the guitarist in the legendary Cleveland rock band Rocket From The Tombs, which he founded in the mid-1970s together with David Thomas, who later made history with Pere Ubu. Even back then, his guitar playing was extraordinary and distinctive. Later, he formed the Dead Boys with Stiv Bators, one of the first punk bands to be called such.

Rest easy Cheetah