Reed Mullin, baterista de la banda stoner metal Corrosion of Conformity, murió el lunes 27 de enero a los 53 años.

Sus compañeros de banda anunciaron en la red social el fallecimiento del batería, pero no dieron detalles sobre cual ha sido la causa de su muerte.

En una publicación de Instagram dijeron:

"Es con gran pesar que nos despedimos de un amigo, un hermano y un pionero. Reed, eres amado y siempre lo serás. Tomémonos un momento...".

 

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Very sad to hear about Reed. SUPER nice guy, fantastic drummer. MH toured with C.O.C. @coccabal back in 97 and he was great dude to hang with. Their album Animosity and especially the song “Loss For Words” blew my mind back in the day. Blind will be in heavy rotation tmro. Rest In Peace brutha🙏🏻

Una publicación compartida de robbflynn (@robbflynn) el 28 Ene, 2020 a las 12:30 PST

Mullin tocó la batería en los primeros seis álbumes de la banda, incluido su debut en 1984 "Eye for an Eye". La banda se había formado en 1982 en Raleigh, Carolina del Norte.

Tocó con ellos hasta el sexto LP  ‘America’s Volume Dealer" de 2000, y, tras un período de inactividad de 2005 a 2011, la banda regresó con un álbum homónimo, que presentó con Mullin en 2012.

También tocó la batería en los álbumes más recientes de la banda, ‘IX' de 2014 y ‘No Cross No Crown' de 2018.

 

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I got the sad news last night that my friend Reed Mullin passed away. Reed was the drummer for one of my all-time favorite bands, Corrosion of Conformity, & he is also one of the reasons I am a singer in a band today. Back in 1985, C.O.C. put out their ground-breaking hardcore crossover record, “Animosity” & from the first time I heard it I loved it- I wore that freaking tape out. My favorite track on that album is one Reed sang, “Hungry Child.” One day I was going skateboarding with some older dudes in Wilmington, NC (I was around 15 years old at the time) & we were in a car driving to the spot- someone threw “Animosity” into the cassette deck. When “Hungry Child” came on, I started singing along. The driver turned around & said “Damn, kid- you can actually sing like that. You should be in a band one day.” That was the first time anyone had ever told me that, I never forgot it, & I never will. If you listen to the way I scream at times, & you listen to “Hungry Child” you’ll hear Reed in my delivery. I told Reed that story many years later, after we had become friends, & he was super stoked. Reed was an O.G. punk rocker from the American South, a place where it wasn’t easy to be different in back in the day. He booked shows for other bands who came through Raleigh, NC, & was super important to the development of the hardcore scene in general. I met him for the first time in an airport when he came up to me & said “Nice shirt!” (I was wearing a C.O.C. one)- we became friends, I got to interview him for my radio show, & I even sang in his super group, Teenage Time Killers. Once in the 80’s my brother & I went to go see C.O.C.- my brother didn’t have enough money to buy a t-shirt, so Reed (who was selling merch after the gig) traded him one for the Black Flag t-shirt he was wearing- that’s the kinda dude he was. Reed also played at the hands-down greatest gig I ever saw- Bad Brains, C.O.C., & Leeway in VA Beach in the 80’s. I took this photo when my band took out C.O.C. on tour- we played freaking Red Rocks on that run- not too shabby for two dirt bag punk rockers from the South. Rest In Peace, Reed- you’re a legend & an influence & I’ll miss ya, bro.

Una publicación compartida de D. Randall Blythe (@drandallblythe) el 28 Ene, 2020 a las 4:05 PST

Según ha informado Pitchfork, Mullin tuvo serios problemas con el abuso de alcohol y fue despedido de una gira después de una incautación etílica sucedida antes de un espectáculo en Canadá en 2016.

Una gran cantidad de músicos han rendido homenaje al fallecido baterista  después de conocerse su muerte. Entre otros, Mike Patton de Faith No More, David Ellefson de Megadeth, Charlie Benante de Anthrax y la banda Danko Jones.