Violinist Eugene Fodor, one of the most famous classical musicians of the ’70s, died on Saturday. Best known for winning the second prize at the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Violin Competition in Moscow, Fodor was a media sensation whose rugged good looks and technical proficiency on the violin made him one of the most recognizable classical musicians to the general public. However, beginning with a highly publicized drug arrest in 1989, Fodor’s success foundered and he struggled to keep his career afloat. After battling both drug and alcohol abuse, Fodor died of cirrhosis at his home in Arlington, Va. He was 60 years old. [
NYTimes.com]
Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy is set to release his ninth solo album on June 7. Fittingly titled
Ninth, the album will be Murphy’s first since 2004’s
Unshattered. Besides
Ninth, there is still no word from Murphy on what, if anything, is going to happen to the tracks he purportedly worked on with recently-passed bassist Mick Karn for the duo’s planned new Dali’s Car album. [
Billboard.com]
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