Sources, including the Orange County Register and Punknews.org, report that Nekromatix drummer and La Habra resident Andy DeMize, born Andrew Martinez, died early Sunday, Jan. 11, in a car accident in Fullerton that also claimed the life of another passenger. He was 25.Martinez joined the long-running psychobilly band--fronted by Kim Nekroman, also lead guitarist for the Horrorpops--in May 2006, appearing on their latest album, 2007's Life Is A Grave and I Dig It!. Before that, he had stints in
The MUSINK Tattoo Convention and Music Festival at the Orange County
Fair & Exposition Center in Costa Mesa is a little more than a month away (Feb. 20-22), and now we know the full slate of bands scheduled to perform--including these dudes, Story of the Year. (Y'know, "Until the Day I Die." You remember that song, right? RIGHT?!)