Dallas (AP) — Benjamin Curtis, guitarist and co-founder of the popular indie-rock band School of Seven Bells, has died of cancer. He was 35. Brady Brock with New York-based GoldVE Entertainment, which co-manages the band, says Curtis died Sunday evening of lymphoblastic lymphoma at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Curtis was diagnosed just under a year ago. An Oklahoma native, Curtis lived in Dallas, where he played in bands including Tripping Daisy and Secret Machines. Brock says Secret Machines relocated to New York before Curtis went on to form School of Seven Bells with Alejandra de la Deheza. Brock...
- 12/31/2013
- by AP Staff
- Hitfix
The Associated Press reports that Benjamin Curtis, guitarist and co-founder of the indie-rock band School of Seven Bells, died after a long battle with cancer. He was 35. Brady Brock with New York-based GoldVE Entertainment, which co-manages the band, told the AP that Curtis died Sunday evening of lymphoblastic lymphoma at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Curtis was first diagnosed just under a year ago. An Oklahoma native, Curtis lived in Dallas where he played in bands including Tripping Daisy and Secret Machines. Brock says Secret Machines relocated to New York before Curtis went on to form School of Seven Bells with Alejandra de la Deheza. Brocks, s a guitarist, was aslo described as an innovative composer...
- 12/31/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Benjamin Curtis, the Dallas-based indie rock guitarist and drummer who was a part of the Secret Machines during their 2004 breakout “Now Here is Nowhere,” has died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 35. According to the Dallas Observer, Curtis died Sunday night in New York. See photos: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2013 (Photos) Curtis, a native Oklahoman, was a staple in the Dallas music scene, where he and brother Brandon played for local band Ufofu in the mid 1990s. Benjamin played drums for Tripping Daisy for a few years before the Curtis brothers re-teamed with Josh Garza to form Secret.
- 12/31/2013
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
Every once in a while I'll stick my head out of the MTV Newsroom cyber-window just to see what else is going on in the universe. The culture seems obsessed with people who have freakish numbers of children (like that wacky Octomom), and apparently Michelle Duggar — an Arkansas woman who already has 18 kids and who starred with her massive family on the reality show "18 Kids and Counting" — is due for another. That is entirely too many children no matter how you look at it. That's not a family, that's just psychotic.
Unless, of course, the Duggars' plan is to wait until all the kids get older and then band together as a unit to form a massive cult-like band like the Polyphonic Spree. Formed in Dallas in 2000 by former Tripping Daisy frontman Tim DeLaughter, the Spree consists of as many as 24 members when at full strength. They use their numbers to construct huge,...
Unless, of course, the Duggars' plan is to wait until all the kids get older and then band together as a unit to form a massive cult-like band like the Polyphonic Spree. Formed in Dallas in 2000 by former Tripping Daisy frontman Tim DeLaughter, the Spree consists of as many as 24 members when at full strength. They use their numbers to construct huge,...
- 9/1/2009
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
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