Post #187262 by tikitortured on Sat, Sep 17, 2005 2:33 PM

Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, the brilliantly unique guitar player for Canada's VOIVOD, died last month from advanced colon cancer. He was one of rocks unsung guitar "gods" and he will be missed so much. If you are not familiar with VOIVOD and Piggy's playing, just listen to "Angel Rat" or "Outer Limits" with its 17 minute opus "Jack Luminous" and 3D cover and inner sleeve drawings by drummer Away. These CD's will blow your mind if you like very high energy and extremely progressive music that at times becomes so beautiful that they deny their metal moniker. Their sci-fi lyrics are based on their clever ideas of alien visitation and robotic world domination. Jason Newsted of Metallica fame played bass on their last CD and says that Piggy recorded at least 25 tracks for their next one, so hopefully there will be one last document to the incredible boldness this guy brought to hard rock. Rest in peace Piggy...you ROCK!

[ Edited by: tikitortured 2005-09-17 14:34 ]