Dash Snow’s death was confirmed earlier today by his grandmother, Christophe de Menil, an art collector and philanthropist.

He was a hard-living soul who will was already an underground legend thanks to his muse-like status in photographer Colen McGinley’s drug addled and intimate work.

Dash often made collages that he assembled from found images and also used video and his own photography in exhibitions in NYC, Los Angeles, and London.

New York Magazine ran a feature about Dash and his crew titled “Warhol’s Children” January 7, 2007.

In 1988 Jean-Michel Basqiuat, modern art’s graffiti genius (and friend of Andy Warhol), died from a drug overdose aged 27 as well.

Samadhi Creations’ award-winning non-fiction graphic novel “The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll,” which was published to great acclaim earlier this year, retells the history of rock & roll seen through the lives and legacies of the three-dozen musicians who each died at the age of 27.

Find your local NPR station here and spin your favorite Nirvana tracks in the meantime.

“This Rock Epistle goes from cool to creepy and back to cool.”

“The tone of the book is magical and modern, a little sad but goes to the wealth of material these artists produced and applauds their passion.”

“Hendrix did Carson? Yes! Some amazing facts come to light in this amazing new book.”

Read the review and check out Sugarbuzz here.

Thanks Victoria!

“Hello!

Well I want to thank you for taking the time to read this!
As you know I have a Cancer Charity organised called “The
Shirt Off My Back”. This started purely as the name suggests
as a way of bidding for my stage shirts and the money going
to UK Cancer Research Charity.

However as often happens with these things it has grown a
little and we are auctioning items like stage shirts,
guitars, UH memorabilia etc and many more exciting things. I
hope that in 2009 we can raise some more money for this
worthy cause as I do not know one person who has not been
touched young or old in someway by this awful disease.

As my good Mother who passed away in 1987 to Cancer used to
say “every little bit helps Mick”, so with the kind help of
Dave White we have set up this webpage to start off the
auctions for 2009. Once again I thank you for reading this
and for those of you that participate my heartfelt thanks go
to you as we continue to fight to make the world a better
place and find a cure.

‘Appy days!”

For more information, to get involved or to make a donation visit Mick’s site here:

http://www.mick-box.net/shirtoffmybackauctions/

Exceptions: The 27s will be distributed by John Reed Books in Australia and New Zealand. The release date for our friends down under is slated for June 2009.

The United Kingdom release is slated for July, 2009, where The 27s will be distributed by Publishers Group UK.

Where still waiting for a South African release date, but expect to know more about that one soon.

Thanks for everybody’s support. We read all the email, so keep dropping those notes our way!
J&E

We’re also very excited to offer the first t-shirt in our Wearable Art line. Only 144 King of Rock Bass shirts will be available; be sure to participate in our poll to decide which artist should be next in line.

Thanks for all your support!