Sunday, April 1, 2012

ITP V.012: ONLY ONE PER COFFIN: R.I.P. ARMAND CRUMP (GUITAR TECH FOR SLAYER)

ARMAND CRUMP, veteran guitar tech for SLAYER and many quality extreme metal tours passed away 3/31/2012.
FROM KERRY KING (SLAYER): "Holy shit. Never thought I'd be writing this. The world lost a great man yesterday. It was an incredibly rough day for me, I can't imagine what it was like for his family and Cassie. Needless to say, no one saw this coming. I thought I had a great guitar tech until the day I retire. LIFE IS SHORT enjoy what you have while you have it.I was one of the few lucky ones. I saw him Friday, played him some new Slayer and watched him bang his head and play air guitar. What a great dude!! I even got what may have been his last man hug. Love ya buddy.

                                                                                                                                                                 FROM Dave Lombardo (SLAYER): "SLAYER and the metal road crew community is mourning the loss of a hard worker and dear friend Armand Butts Crump III. He was the best, he had to be to work for Kerry King. I'm going to miss him fucking with me from stage left. I still can't believe it. We are deeply saddened.

                                                                                                                                                                  Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- R.I.P. ARMAND