the of mirror eye

* Charles Gocher: Speak Easy And Forever Hold Your Piece (10.5 mb) | A Constructive Illusion (4.5 mb) | Johnny “The Brain” Torrio : Attorney At Law (8.5 mb) | Dissappearing In A Sea Of Unbridled Personification (7.0 mb)
From Present: Pint Sized Spartacus : Gravelvoice : GVR-0014

Whoa. I was in the process of cleaning up my links on the sidebar when I found out that Mr. Charles Gocher (middle one in the picture up top) of the mighty Sun City Girls just recently passed.

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

Even in a group of weirdo genius musicians (look here and here), it seemed like Charles Gocher distinguished himself as the weirdest of them all. Officially, he played the drums in the group, but he was also largely responsible for some way-out-there spoken word/musical albums, including Dante’s Disneyland Inferno and this one, Pint Sized Spartacus. These tracks pick up in the middle of his supremely surrealist take on Spartacus. It’s very strange, but maybe because I’ve spent so much time with their music, hearing about his passing really floored me.

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