NEWS
2020/05/22
Thee Slayer Hippy, the legendary U.S. punk drummer, has died. Best known for playing with Portland’s Poison Idea, his death from a heart-attack was confirmed by his girlfriend and his current label, Blackhouse Records Ltd. Born Steven Hanford in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1969, Hanford began playing drums at the age of 8, and cut his teeth in local thrash bands before joining Poison Idea at the age of 15. Two years later he made his recorded debut with them on the band’s second album, 1987’s crossover classic War All The Time. ‘The title of this record is taken from a book of poems by Charles Bukowski’ proclaimed the back sleeve to War All The Time – confirming Poison Idea’s desire to align themselves with the U.S. author’s sense of brutal realism. Frontman Jerry A’s nihilistic ...
