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- D.H. Peligro was a drummer who played for The Dead Kennedys and different bands.
- He passed distant astatine the property of 63 connected Oct. 28.
- His decease was announced by The Dead Kennedys connected Instagram.
D.H. Peligro, the drummer for The Dead Kennedys, died astatine the property of 63 connected Oct. 28. The set announced the bittersweet quality connected Instagram and revealed his passing took spot successful his Los Angeles, CA home. They besides included a smiling black and achromatic photo of him down his drum set.
“Dead Kennedys’ drummer D.H. Peligro (Darren Henley) passed distant successful his Los Angeles location yesterday, October 28th,” the connection read. “Police connected the country stated that helium died from trauma to the caput caused by an accidental fall. Arrangements are pending and volition beryllium announced successful the coming days. We inquire that you respect the family’s privateness during this hard time. Thank you for your thoughts and words of comfort.”
D.H. playing the drums. (SplashNews)D.H.’s origin of decease has yet to beryllium released but according to TMZ, helium was recovered dormant successful his home’s bath and had deed his head. It’s unclear if the wounded was fatal.
Find retired much astir D.H. and his enactment arsenic a nonrecreational instrumentalist below.
When did D.H. commencement playing with The Dead Kennedys?
He joined the set successful 1981 erstwhile helium replaced their archetypal drummer, Ted. He went connected to grounds his debut with the set connected the EP, In God We Trust, Inc., which was released successful Dec. 1981. The EP led to galore workplace albums, including Plastic Surgery Disasters, Frankenchrist, and Bedtime for Democracy, and the singles/rarities collection, Give Me Convenience oregon Give Me Death, earlier the set broke up successful 1986.
They went connected to reunite successful 2001 and faced a bid of changes successful set members but D.H. remained with them. He took a interruption from touring successful 2008 but returned to play and execute with the set the pursuing year, and stayed until his decease successful 2022.
What different bands did D.H. play for?
D.H. during different performance. (SplashNews)D.H., whose commencement sanction was Darren Henley, had played for a fig of different bands, including the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He replaced drummer Jack Irons from the Chili Peppers successful 1988 aft being friends with the band for years. He adjacent erstwhile had a drama set with vocalist Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea. After helium played with the set for a portion that twelvemonth and helped constitute songs connected their album, Mother’s Milk, the set fired him owed to his struggles with drugs and intoxicant successful Nov. 1988.
Other bands helium concisely played with implicit the years see The Hellations, Jungle Studs, Nailbomb, The Feederz, Lock-Up, The Two Free Stooges, SSI, and more.
D.H. had his ain set astatine 1 constituent successful his career.
The band, called Peligro, released 3 albums, including a self-titled medium successful 1995, Welcome to America successful 2000, and Sum of Our Surroundings successful 2004. The past medium won Rock Album of the Year astatine the American Independent Music Awards.
He erstwhile worked with Moby.
D.H. teamed up with the legendary instrumentalist for the opus “Power Is Taken” and it was included connected Moby’s 2020 album All Visible Objects.
He had a beloved canine named Harry.
D.H. often took to Instagram to stock memorable radical and moments successful his beingness and his dog, Harry, was included successful a batch of them. He called the pooch his “best friend” successful 1 station and successful May, helium shared a cute video of them taking a locomotion together.
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