R.I.P. Charles Gocher / Sun City Girls

sun city girl · 02.21.2007, 04:15 AM

from www.suncitygirls.com:

With deep regret, we must announce that Charles Gocher passed away yesterday in Seattle due to a long battle with cancer at the age of 54. He is survived by the two of us who adopted him as a brother 25 years ago and his many friends around the world. He will be missed more than most could ever know. Our thanks to everyone for their support and encouragement during the past three, very difficult years. Many of you were not aware that Charles was ill and that’s because he wanted it that way. Details of a memorial in his honor will be announced soon.

--Alan and Richard Bishop

Iain · 02.21.2007, 04:42 AM

Oh fuck...fuck, fuck, fuck. All the good ones are dying. This one is the most shocking of all the recent 'bad' deaths. I had no idea he was ill...jesus.

Katy · 02.21.2007, 05:12 AM

Aww..

Tokolosh · 02.21.2007, 07:25 AM

Sad to hear about his death. Great band. Sun City Girls were supposed to play in Belgium on the 3rd of March at the (K-RAA-K)3 FESTIVAL 2007.
Jef's not gonna be happy about this.

GravitySlips · 02.21.2007, 08:12 AM

This is terrible news

pantophobia · 02.21.2007, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Iain

Oh fuck...fuck, fuck, fuck. All the good ones are dying. This one is the most shocking of all the recent 'bad' deaths. I had no idea he was ill...jesus.

I am sure feel better that you got that expensive Sun City Girls LP now

but i was glad to see him play, he was such a enthusiastic drummer

hat and beard · 02.21.2007, 01:49 PM

ai, what a shame. i had no idea.

jon boy · 02.21.2007, 02:20 PM

no no no this is a terrible thing. hope that the rest continue to make good music.

nomadicfollower · 02.21.2007, 10:40 PM

Terrible and quite unexpected news.

hotbutterknives · 02.21.2007, 11:12 PM

this really does suck, i had no idea he had cancer... r.i.p chuck!

Dead-Air · 02.22.2007, 01:25 AM

Charlie dead, that just doesn't seem possible. A drummer like that is so alive seeming, that I can't quite fathom him not being so anymore. I only saw them a handful of times (they played so damn infrequently in recent years), but they were always amazing. I so hoped to see him drum again. I can't imagine they would continue as Sun City Girls without him.

Dead-Air · 02.24.2007, 02:57 PM

I'm doing a tribute to Charlie on my radio show in ten minutes. It streams right here.

I'll post playlist and download information once it's over.

Dead-Air · 02.25.2007, 02:42 PM

Playlist for What's This Called? on KPSU for Saturday, 2/24/2007 from Noon to 1 PM Pacific Time.

A tribute to the late Charles Gocher, drummer of Sun City Girls.

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM OR LISTEN TO STREAM HERE!

1450 AMin the Portland OR/Vancouver WA metro area
98.3 FM on the Portland State University campus

Artist - Song/Track - Album - Recording Label

Pint Sized Sparticus - "Parting the Sea of Tranquility" - Pint Sized Sparticus - Gravel Voice
Sun City Girls - "Metaphors in a Mixmaster" - Valentines from Matahari - Majora
Sun City Girls - "Hit Man Boy/Rappin Head" - This Is Phoenix Not the Circle Jerks - Placebo
Sun City Girls - "Moonflower Power" - Box of Chameleons - Abduction
Eugene Chadbourne w/ Sun City Girls - "I'm Not You/He Was A Boy" - Country Music in the World of Islam Vol. XV - Fundamental
Sun City Girls - "Bullet Through the Last Temple" - Carnival Folklore Ressurection 4: Bullet Through the Last Temple - Adbduction
Sun City Girls - "Electoral Termites" - Cloaven Radio - Abduction
Sun City Girls - "Elvis on a Shoestring" - Carnival Folklore Ressurection 3: Superculto - Abduction
Sun City Girls - "On the Sign" - This Is Phoenix Not the Circle Jerks - Placebo Sun City Girls - "Kasper Hauser" - Sideral Rest - Scratch

nomadicfollower · 02.25.2007, 04:07 PM

I've been trying to get as much Sun City Girls material as possible and yet, I don't believe that I've heard a single song posted on that tracklist.
Thanks, this'll really help me out.

Dead-Air · 02.25.2007, 04:44 PM

Boiling them down to an hour is next to impossible. They certainly don't have any "hits", even compared to somebody like Sonic Youth. I'd imagine if you talked to 10 different SCG fans and asked for their top 10 favorite songs, you wouldn't get that much repetition at all.

Savage Clone · 02.25.2007, 04:45 PM

I tuned in for this.
Great job. Thoroughly enjoyable, and nice coverage of their career.

Everyneurotic · 02.25.2007, 07:25 PM

i've been playing 330003 crossdressers ever since i heard the news. it is really sad.

Dead-Air · 02.25.2007, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

I tuned in for this.
Great job. Thoroughly enjoyable, and nice coverage of their career.

I honestly just grabbed the 5 albums I happen to own (couldn't find Torch of the Mystics, dammit!) and burned a few MP3s from my iTunes onto a cd. Glad you liked it, it really is somewhat coincidental that it covered such a span, but then they tend to put out records with stuff from all over their career (for lack of a better word, "career" seems pretty off talking about a band like this.)

narlus · 02.28.2007, 08:04 PM

Fucking Gutted.

scott v · 03.12.2007, 03:08 PM

From http://www.suncitygirls.com/news/

02/26/07

Our sincerest thanks for the many letters, messages, posts, and tributes all of you have sent to us this past week in support after the passing of Charlie. There were simply too many of them for us to even begin to respond to personally.
We have decided to hold a private memorial in Seattle for close friends only to celebrate his legacy. At a later date, when we can collect our thoughts to properly honor him, we will pay tribute to Charles at a public venue by screening films and displaying some of his drawings and photographs, and possibly perform some of his songs.
As many of you have suspected, Sun City Girls will no longer exist as a performing entity. Nor will any new recording projects be created utilizing the name Sun City Girls. There are many unreleased recordings and videos that will surface when time permits to release them.
-- Alan and Richard Bishop

may Charles music and spirit live forever...

02.21.2007, 04:15 AM	#1
sun city girl the end of the ugly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: finland Posts: 945	from www.suncitygirls.com: With deep regret, we must announce that Charles Gocher passed away yesterday in Seattle due to a long battle with cancer at the age of 54. He is survived by the two of us who adopted him as a brother 25 years ago and his many friends around the world. He will be missed more than most could ever know. Our thanks to everyone for their support and encouragement during the past three, very difficult years. Many of you were not aware that Charles was ill and that’s because he wanted it that way. Details of a memorial in his honor will be announced soon. --Alan and Richard Bishop
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02.21.2007, 04:42 AM	#2
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	Oh fuck...fuck, fuck, fuck. All the good ones are dying. This one is the most shocking of all the recent 'bad' deaths. I had no idea he was ill...jesus.
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02.21.2007, 05:12 AM	#3
Katy the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, UK. Posts: 643	Aww..
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Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	Sad to hear about his death. Great band. Sun City Girls were supposed to play in Belgium on the 3rd of March at the (K-RAA-K)3 FESTIVAL 2007. Jef's not gonna be happy about this.
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02.21.2007, 08:12 AM	#5
GravitySlips children of satan Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 373	This is terrible news
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02.21.2007, 01:49 PM	#7
hat and beard stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan Posts: 457	ai, what a shame. i had no idea. __________________ 言わぬが花
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02.21.2007, 02:20 PM	#8
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	no no no this is a terrible thing. hope that the rest continue to make good music. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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02.21.2007, 10:40 PM	#9
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	Terrible and quite unexpected news.
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02.21.2007, 11:12 PM	#10
hotbutterknives bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MTL Posts: 146	this really does suck, i had no idea he had cancer... r.i.p chuck!
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02.22.2007, 01:25 AM	#11
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	Charlie dead, that just doesn't seem possible. A drummer like that is so alive seeming, that I can't quite fathom him not being so anymore. I only saw them a handful of times (they played so damn infrequently in recent years), but they were always amazing. I so hoped to see him drum again. I can't imagine they would continue as Sun City Girls without him. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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02.24.2007, 02:57 PM	#12
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	I'm doing a tribute to Charlie on my radio show in ten minutes. It streams right here. I'll post playlist and download information once it's over. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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02.25.2007, 02:42 PM	#13
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	Playlist for What's This Called? on KPSU for Saturday, 2/24/2007 from Noon to 1 PM Pacific Time. A tribute to the late Charles Gocher, drummer of Sun City Girls. DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM OR LISTEN TO STREAM HERE! 1450 AMin the Portland OR/Vancouver WA metro area 98.3 FM on the Portland State University campus Artist - Song/Track - Album - Recording Label Pint Sized Sparticus - "Parting the Sea of Tranquility" - Pint Sized Sparticus - Gravel Voice Sun City Girls - "Metaphors in a Mixmaster" - Valentines from Matahari - Majora Sun City Girls - "Hit Man Boy/Rappin Head" - This Is Phoenix Not the Circle Jerks - Placebo Sun City Girls - "Moonflower Power" - Box of Chameleons - Abduction Eugene Chadbourne w/ Sun City Girls - "I'm Not You/He Was A Boy" - Country Music in the World of Islam Vol. XV - Fundamental Sun City Girls - "Bullet Through the Last Temple" - Carnival Folklore Ressurection 4: Bullet Through the Last Temple - Adbduction Sun City Girls - "Electoral Termites" - Cloaven Radio - Abduction Sun City Girls - "Elvis on a Shoestring" - Carnival Folklore Ressurection 3: Superculto - Abduction Sun City Girls - "On the Sign" - This Is Phoenix Not the Circle Jerks - Placebo Sun City Girls - "Kasper Hauser" - Sideral Rest - Scratch __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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02.25.2007, 04:07 PM	#14
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	I've been trying to get as much Sun City Girls material as possible and yet, I don't believe that I've heard a single song posted on that tracklist. Thanks, this'll really help me out.
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02.25.2007, 04:44 PM	#15
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	Boiling them down to an hour is next to impossible. They certainly don't have any "hits", even compared to somebody like Sonic Youth. I'd imagine if you talked to 10 different SCG fans and asked for their top 10 favorite songs, you wouldn't get that much repetition at all. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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02.25.2007, 04:45 PM	#16
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,286	I tuned in for this. Great job. Thoroughly enjoyable, and nice coverage of their career.
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02.25.2007, 07:25 PM	#17
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	i've been playing 330003 crossdressers ever since i heard the news. it is really sad. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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02.28.2007, 08:04 PM	#19
narlus 100% Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 749	Fucking Gutted. __________________ http://www.tinnitus-photography.com
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03.12.2007, 03:08 PM	#20
scott v expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,484	From http://www.suncitygirls.com/news/ *02/26/07* Our sincerest thanks for the many letters, messages, posts, and tributes all of you have sent to us this past week in support after the passing of Charlie. There were simply too many of them for us to even begin to respond to personally. We have decided to hold a private memorial in Seattle for close friends only to celebrate his legacy. At a later date, when we can collect our thoughts to properly honor him, we will pay tribute to Charles at a public venue by screening films and displaying some of his drawings and photographs, and possibly perform some of his songs. As many of you have suspected, Sun City Girls will no longer exist as a performing entity. Nor will any new recording projects be created utilizing the name Sun City Girls. There are many unreleased recordings and videos that will surface when time permits to release them. -- Alan and Richard Bishop may Charles music and spirit live forever...
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