Brent was a lovely, sweet, funny guy and a brilliant engineer who ran a NYC recording studio that was probably the best I was ever fortunate enough to work at. He more or less co-produced every one of the musical projects I've been involved with since 2012 (that's like six or seven albums and two solo singles, if you're keeping score).
He was also a terrific drummer and something of an indie rock star in his native New Zealand, first with the Sonic Youth-ish The Gordons and -- as recently as some gigs down under in 2024 -- with the more shoe-gazey Bailter Space.
I'll say it again -- this death shit is really starting to piss me off. And this time it's personal.
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Brent's work on your projects was wonderful! RIP!
Captain Al
Too young to be gone.
- Paul in DK
Way too young.
My condolences, sir.
I'm so sorry, Steve. He was a good guy.
Please pass along the condolences of the Powerpop blog posse to his family Steve. Too, too young, and we can tell a true friend and talented musician and tech. This is our world now. Let's carry on in his honor.
And a sidebar: I had a 1978 Wine Red Le Paul Custom identical to the one in the photo. A better guitar than I as a musician.
Dave -- I know the feeling. .😎
My condolences. I concur that it has been a very tough run. Maybe it is our age, but I have had enough of it.
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