Gerhardt (known as Jerry) Fuchs, the 34-year-old drummer who has played for a range of bands including The Juan MacLean, Maserati, MSTRKRFT, Holy Ghost! and formerly LCD Soundsystem, !!!, The Turing Machine and more, died in New York on Saturday night after falling five storeys down a lift shaft.
Fuchs, born in Athens, Georgia but based in Brooklyn, had been attending a benefit party on the seventh floor of the building in Williamsburg, when the lift he and a friend was travelling in became stuck between floors. The two men tried jumping across to the fourth floor lobby, but while Fuchs’ companion made it, the drummer’s jacket got caught and he fell to the bottom. He was later pronounced dead in hospital.
Yesterday, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem released a statement reading, “We’re all totally stunned and shocked here. We lost a dear friend Sunday morning, and we’re devastated. Jerry, drummer for Turing Machine, The Juan MacLean, !!!, Maserati and 10,000 other lucky bands also played drums with LCD for some of the first LP tour, but that doesn’t matter. Jerry was more a great friend than… anything, and that includes how truly incredible of a drummer he was. We miss him horribly.”
A statement from his bandmates in Maserati said, “We are humbled to have been able to create music with you for all these years, Jerry. You will be missed more than words can express. We love you, bro.”
And John MacLean (of The Juan MacLean) added, “Jerry was one of my best and most loyal friends. He was hands-down the best drummer I have ever played with or seen for that matter.”
R.I.P.
Posted on: 27th January 2010
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