Thirty-three year old Derrick Plourde a.k.a. Hideaki 'Billy' Sekiguchi, committed suicide on March 30, with a gunshot wound to the head. Plourde was the drummer of
Bad Astronaut and formerly of other various So-cal punk-ish bands, including:
The Ataris,
Lagwagon,
Guitar Wolf, and
Mad Caddies.
Kris Roe from The Ataris eulogized Plourde on the band's website, saying among many other things:
"Derrick, I can assure you that tonight in Santa Barbara, Goleta and the rest of the world there are many glasses raised in your honor, Be well and we all love you always. Make sure that when you see Keith Moon and John Bonham up there that you give them plenty of shit and make them laugh like no one else
could do... Party. P.S. It's not my birthday."
Plourde will be remembered fondly for his contribution to So-Cal punk and his irreverent sense of humor.
// posted by Heather Huff @
3:09 PM
