Gord Lewis
2022 - 8 - 8
Opinion | Hamilton's Gord Lewis of Teenage Head remembered for ... (TheSpec.com)
Hamilton's Gord Lewis, guitarist for Teenage Head, will be missed by so many, says friend Lou Molinaro. Lewis's body was found in his Hamilton apartment on ...
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Lewis’s body was found in his Hamilton apartment on the weekend. Molinaro says the last time the band performed together was 2019. The band seemed well on its way to international fame in the early ’80s, with a series of concerts set up for New York City, but Lewis was seriously injured in a car accident from which it took him more than a year to recover. ","shortSeoGoogleHead":"Hamilton’s Gord Lewis of Teenage Head remembered for music that defined lives","canonicalUrl":"https://www.thespec.com/entertainment/music/opinion/2022/08/08/gord-lewis-obituary.html","seoDescription":"Hamilton’s Gord Lewis, guitarist for Teenage Head, will be missed by so many, says friend Lou Molinaro. Lewis’s body was found in his Hamilton apartment on the weekend. 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Teenage Head founder Gord Lewis found murdered in Hamilton ... (insauga.com)
Gord Lewis, the ginger-haired guitarist who founded the Hamilton band Teenage Dead, is reportedly the man whose decomposed body was found inside a Corktown ...
Venom is immortalized through a mural painted on the side of a building on Rebecca St. in the Beasley neighbourhood. Lewis and the future Venom were inspired after attending local gigs by the New York Dolls and the Ramones in Hamilton in 1976. While Venom died in 2008, the band continued to perform. A leader in punk and rock and roll from the 1970s onwards, his enthusiasm and tenacity to his craft was astonishing, and well worth remembering.pic.twitter.com/SepjicSlyn Gord Lewis was the founder and a guitarist for Teenage Head, which made a Canadian contribution to the punk rock wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s. (The Hip met while attending Kingston Collegiate, although frontman Gord Downie also attended Ernestown, a rural public high school west of the city.) Investigative steps are being taken to confirm a positive identity, and we are working with the family of the occupant.” Lewis played on nine of the band’s studio albums. The Hamilton Spectator reported Monday that Gord Lewis is the city’s third homicide of the year. Residents and passersby should expected “a continued police presence” around 175 Catharine S. for the next couple of days while investigators work. But CBC Hamilton reported that the accused is the son of Lewis. Gord Lewis, the ginger-haired guitarist who founded the Hamilton band Teenage Head, is reportedly the man whose decomposed body was found inside a Corktown apartment yesterday.
Teenage Head guitarist Gord Lewis reportedly murdered in ... (indie88.com)
Gord Lewis, the guitarist of Canadian punk outfit Teenage Head, has been found murdered in Hamilton, according to the Hamilton Spectator.
Jonathan Lewis has since been charged with second-degree murder, and no other suspects are being looked for, according to the police. The police followed up with a wellness check before confirming that they found a deceased man in his 60s. “But again, until the autopsy is conducted, we won’t know future.”
Teenage Head's Gord Lewis Reportedly Found Dead in Homicide (Exclaim!)
A man has been found dead in Hamilton, ON, and the body is reported to be that of Gord Lewis, guitarist of the classic Canadian punk group T...
A man — Jonathan Lewis, aged 41 — has been charged with second degree murder; investigators believe that the accused is Gord Lewis's son. He was found during a wellness check by officers, who were tipped off by email with information about the deceased. updated their Facebook page with a tributeto Lewis, writing, "We are heartbroken and still trying to process the loss of our friend, bandmate and brother Gord Lewis Our hearts are with his family and all that knew and loved him.
Report suggests Teenage Head guitarist Hamilton's third homicide ... (Globalnews.ca)
A Hamilton, Ont. news outlet says Teenage Head founder Gord Lewis was found dead in a downtown apartment complex during a wellness check.
Police say the accused was a resident at the apartment suite owned by the deceased. In a presser on Monday afternoon, Hamilton Police Det. Sgt. Sarah Beck said positive identification of the body is still pending due to an ongoing autopsy, but did say investigators believe the victim and accused were father and son. She said the body had been decomposing for “several days” estimating perhaps “two to three.”
Body Found in Hamilton Apartment Believed to Be Teenage Head ... (101.1 More FM)
Teenage Head guitarist Gord Lewis believed to be Hamilton's third homicide victim of the year. Some sad news for fans of the band Teenage Head.
According to the Hamilton Spectator, the victim of Hamilton's third homicide of the year is believed to be Gord Lewis, the band's founding guitarist. We are heartbroken and still trying to process the loss of our friend, bandmate and brother Gord Lewis Our hearts are...Posted by TEENAGE HEADon Monday, August 8, 2022 Teenage Head guitarist Gord Lewis believed to be Hamilton's third homicide victim of the year.
Reports suggest Teenage Head guitarist Hamilton's third homicide ... (fm96.com)
Hamilton Police say the victim was found in a downtown apartment complex following a wellness check on a man in his 60s Sunday night.
“We have been in contact with the family members related to the occupant of the apartment and they are aware of the ongoing investigation and we are supporting them at this time.” “A positive identification has not been made of the deceased due to the level of decomposition,” said Beck In a presser on Monday afternoon, Hamilton Police Det. Sgt. Sarah Beck said positive identification of the body is still pending due to an ongoing autopsy, but did say investigators believe the victim and accused were father and son.
Teenage Head guitarist Gord Lewis found dead in Hamilton ... (CBC.ca)
Hamilton police have charged a 41-year-old man with second-degree murder after punk rock band Teenage Head guitarist Gord Lewis was found dead Sunday.
Gord's music was a soundtrack to many people's lives, including mine, so thankfully the legacy will continue." Teenage Head was formed in the 1970s and is considered to be a pioneer in Canada's punk rock scene. The victim is thought to have died two or three days ago, police said. As of midday Monday, police were still at the scene, but said they aren't looking for any other suspects. You were taken from us far too soon." "Our hearts are with his family and all that knew and loved him," the band said on Instagram. "Gord was a force and an inspiration to many.
Teenage Head guitarist Gord Lewis found dead; Jonathan Lewis ... (Toronto Star)
Lewis, the founding guitarist for the iconic punk rock band, was found by police in a Catharine Street South apartment.
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Teenage Head's Gord Lewis found dead in Hamilton apartment ... (CBC.ca)
Hamilton police have charged a 41-year-old man with second-degree murder after guitarist Gord Lewis of the punk rock band Teenage Head was found dead ...
Gord's music was a soundtrack to many people's lives, including mine, so thankfully the legacy will continue." Teenage Head was formed in the 1970s and is considered to be a pioneer in Canada's punk rock scene. The victim is thought to have died two or three days ago, police said. As of midday Monday, police were still at the scene, but said they aren't looking for any other suspects. You were taken from us far too soon." "Our hearts are with his family and all that knew and loved him," the band said on Instagram. "Gord was a force and an inspiration to many.
Gord Lewis, Guitarist and Co-Founder of Canada's Teenage Head ... (Variety)
Gord Lewis, co-founder of Canadian punk band Teenage Head, was found dead in his Hamilton, Ontario apartment of an apparent homicide.
According to the Spectator, on Saturday a reporter there received emails from two accounts in Jonathan Lewis’ name stating that his father was dead. The male had injuries consistent with foul play, and the case was deemed a homicide. Marky Ramone who released an album with Teenage Head in 2008 also reflects on the band’s influence and legacy.
KINSELLA: The rock'n'roll gods now have Teenage Head's Gord Lewis (Toronto Sun)
They were cursed. Frankie Venom, their singer, died suddenly in 2008, and his passing hit me like a lightning bolt. Frankie had given his last-ever performance ...
It is impossible to describe how much of a loss Frankie and Gord’s deaths are to this country’s music scene. The legal system has the son now. They did a wellness check on Gord, and found his body. I was with family on the weekend, so I just deleted the emails without reading them. Lots of people in the GTA music and political scene were. And now, Gord Lewis has been found dead in a Hamilton apartment building. They deserved to be huge, but never really were. He was the rock who anchored Frankie Venom to Earth, supplying riffs that attracted fans from the Ramones to Eddie Vedder. Frankie Venom, their singer, died suddenly in 2008, and his passing hit me like a lightning bolt. Teenage Head, to us Prairie punks who rarely got to experience greatness close up, were gods, and therefore in no need of protection. So we promulgate Cancon rules, and foreign ownership laws, to protect and promote what little we have. Article content
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