Sole Remedy - Guitarist Dies In Accident
Mikko Laine, the 30-year-old guitarist of the Finnish progressive metal band Sole Remedy was killed in a traffic accident on October 2nd in the Dutch municipality of Baarlo ? just hours after the band's performance at the ProgPower Europe festival. Here it is the official statement from the band: "Rest in peace Mikko 1981-2011. Mikko has died in a terrible accident while on tour at Netherlands."
According to a spokesperson for the Sjiwa youth center (where the concert took place) the accident occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m. when Laine, who was sleeping next to a fence, was run over by a truck, which was loaded with the backline, instruments and other equipment, as the driver drove backwards and turned onto the road. The 50-year-old driver, a local man, didn't see Mikko, who died at the site.
According to a spokesperson for the Sjiwa youth center (where the concert took place) the accident occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m. when Laine, who was sleeping next to a fence, was run over by a truck, which was loaded with the backline, instruments and other equipment, as the driver drove backwards and turned onto the road. The 50-year-old driver, a local man, didn't see Mikko, who died at the site.
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| Jehan Apathia Records Posts: 14  |
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62008  |
RIP and I did not know such band exist
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675  |
Never heard of him, or the band, but that is terrible thing to happen...  R.I.P. \m/
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| Dark Blood The Avenger Posts: 1435  |
RIP man..
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| Elodie Artour Slania Posts: 1175  |
Jeez, what a horrible way to die!  RIP, man!
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
At least he got to perform one last time, although I'm sure his friends and family would trade that in for another day with him. Shitty way to go too...
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Nefarious Doom Knight Staff Posts: 5548  |
What a horrible way to go RIP
---- "FUCK!!! You're the fucking 5th person asking me in an interview about the woman in the bathtub?The problem is that I AM the fucking person in the bathtub, and I AM a fucking MAN, for fuck's sake! I hate you all!" ~ Herr Morbid
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| venom Posts: 3  |
This is extremely sad thing to happen to such a young and talented guitarist, RIP, i hope the band would fulfill the loss and move on with the musical journey
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