(antiMusic) Very sad news today about the passing of J Church founder Lance Hahn. Austin360.com has the report: Austin-based musician, journalist and punk rock icon Lance Hahn died Sunday after a long illness brought on by complications from kidney disease. He was 40.Hahn was best known for the prolific rock band J Church, which since its inception in 1992 produced dozens of singles, EPs, and albums of sharp, melodic songs mixed with punk attitude. As Hahn was quoted in 1995, "A lot of people write trying to keep track of all the records we put out. I can't even remember." (The band was only three years old at the time.)
Hahn also played in the punk band Cringer from 1984 to 1991, played guitar for the rock musician Beck in 1994, owned and operated the Honey Bear record label, was a long-time contributor to the international punk rock magazine "Maximum Rock n Roll," and published the zine "Some Hope and Some Despair." Many unfamiliar with Hahn's music knew him as a manager at the Vulcan Video store on South Congress. - more on this story
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