RIP
Pete Franklin
October 28, 1961 – October 2, 2021
East Londoner Pete Franklin was the frontman/guitarist with hard rockers Dirty Deeds. Before that band, and again afterwards, he played with cult heroes Chariot. A gregarious man, Franklin liked to have fun and generated it among all those that knew him. He was 59 when he succumbed to pancreatic cancer.
Tom Leighton
March 11, 1988 – October 10, 2021
The New Wave Of Classic Rock scene was shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Tom Leighton, the singer and guitarist with Cannockbased trio Wolf Jaw. The Rob Halfordapproved group had just launched a Kickstarter campaign for their third album. Father-of-two Leighton, who was 33, was described by his bandmates as “an incredible, talented musician and an all-round good guy”.