Pierre Kezdy, the bassist for the influential Chicago punk band Naked Raygun, has died at the age of 58
The cause of death was cancer, and Kezdy reportedly died at a hospice in Glenview, Illinois. In September, Kezdy’s family and friend/Naked Raygun manager Lou Lombardo, launched aAlong with his tenure in Naked Raygun, Kezdy played with an array of other punk and hardcore bands, including Pegboy, Strike Under, Arsenal and Trial By Fire
Naked Raygun formed in the early Eighties, though Kezdy didn’t join the band until 1985. He first played on the group’s second album of that year,, and stayed with them until they split in 1992. Naked Raygun reunited for a one-off show in 1997, then got together again in 2006 for the annual Chicago punk festival, Riot Fest. They released a series of seven-inch singles the following year.
In 2011, Kezdy suffered a stroke that forced him to leave the group, but he was able to rejoin them a few years later. When he was well enough to take the stage, he frequently played a special bass guitar called a “buitar,” created by his friends, that was lighter, smaller and easier to play.
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