Legendary Free bassist, Andy Fraser has died from complications brought on by AIDS. He was 52. Fraser, who retired a while back, was regarded as one of rock's great bassists.
Andy Fraser alive
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David -
April 12, 2005 at 6:02 PM -
Closed
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sad i asked glenn in the chat and he said that andy fraser was his favorite bass player
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English Rob posted in the DP forums that Stuart Smith said this is false, Andy is still with us. Maybe Glenn can confirm. No news agencies have reported either....just people in bulletin boards. Sheesh what is with people on the net man....Last week their was a rumour that a cuban actor had died....and he's very much alive. These rumours are sick!
John -
I hope he's right John, it would certainly be an untimely death. I found the news over at TotalRock - they're usually reliable, guess we'll have to wait and see the outcome.
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I heard it from a few sources and apparently the rumour has been doing the rounds for a week or so.
Totalrock say that it was a release from his business management.
Stuart Smith told me that he spoke to Andy the day before yesterday and has told him of the rumours....thats all I can add.
Fingers crossed that it is a hoax
Rob -
Somebody posted something similar on the Queenonline forum about a month ago but I couldn't find any news on it on the internet. When I went to the Queen fan club gig at Brixton on 28 March I was in the queue for hours next to a guy who knows Paul Rodgers and who was heavily involved in a Free website and he said that the rumours were not true and that Andy was, as far as he was aware, alive and well.
Hopefully the rumour isn't true. -
Isn't is about Greg Ridley from Humble Pie who died a couple of months ago ? I was listening FREE live this morning and was thinking about how GH liked Andy's bass playing....
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I came home from work last night and checked into the Forum....saw David's thread and was totally bummed...I wanted to write a tribute to Mr. Fraser but it was late and I figured I could take care of it in the morning....
I check in this morning and look on the various news sites and find no info...only to find out here that the rumours of Andy Fraser's demise have been greatly exaggerated.....I am glad I waited or I would have felt like the world's biggest jackass!!:(
And John Harjo nailed it....what the hell are people thinking when they start garbage like this?? Someone out there needs to get a worthwhile hobby...and fast!! -
I just checked a Free and Bad Company fan site and no mention of any death.
http://www.allrightnow.com/fws/news.htm
Most fellow band members would mention a colleague's death on their official sites and no mention here:
http://www.paulrodgers.com/
or here:
http://www.simonkirke.com/news.php
Total Rock have now retracted their story as well. ¡Viva! Andy!
John -
I really hope that's not TRUE!
W Andy!
Rock'n'roll
Matteo -
According to Lucy Piller of the allrightnow.com site this is completely false. Andy Fraser has not died and Ms. Piller should know!!!!!! This rumour was first posted on the Bad Company Yahoo forum a month or so ago by some arsehole and is completely unsubstantial!!
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check out Brian May's site for his comments on this !
under Brian's soapbox .
http://www.brianmay.com -
Some good news to report about all this, Classic Rock journo, Dave Ling, today got word from Andy directly....
Quote....“while many may have considered me dead long ago (artistically or otherwise) and I do confirm I am living with AIDS, I am still very much here, and wish to let my friends and supporters know that I intend to be for quite a while.”
Turns out this vicious rumour was initially started by somone in South Africa of all places!! Read more about this unfortunate "incident" by visiting Dave's diary.
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Thanks David....ok this worked on the DP board:
can you change the thread title please? ....I asked and they changed it and closed the thread. I mentioned every time I see "Andy Fraser Dies" I cringed. Same here.
Thanks
John -
No problem, John - was thinking the same thing myself! So as this sorry saga has somewhat of a good ending, I'm closing it out.
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