James Stark)’>Johnny Strike, frontman of the influential San Francisco punk band Crime, has died, KQED reports. His writer Michael Lucas confirmed the news, saying that Strike had been battling most cancers. He was 70.
Born Gary John Bassett, Strike co-founded Crime in 1976. That similar yr, the band launched the “Hot Wire My Heart” single. That tune was notoriously coated by Sonic Youth on their album Sister. The band often carried out in police uniforms and as soon as played a show in San Quentin Prison. They launched solely three EPs between 1976 and 1980 earlier than splitting up within the early 1980s. They reunited within the 2000s, enjoying reveals and releasing a brand new album known as Exalted Masters in 2008.
Strike was additionally a author who wrote a collection of novels and brief tales, which had been launched by Bold Venture Press and Rudos and Rubes. Last yr, Strike and his Crime bandmates Hank Rank and Joey D’Kaye launched a self-titled album from their band Naked Beast.
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