RICK CIMATO, drummer for NYC, New York stoner doomsters THINNING THE HERD passed away in a car accident (12/26/2012, Connecticut) during his trip home from Maine to New York.
THINNING THE HERD recorded "Freedom From the Known" produced by STEVE ALBINI (NIRVANA) as the release was set to be unleashed early FEBRUARY 2013 via ST. MARKS RECORDS.
RICK CIMATO FACEBOOK MEMORIAL PAGE:
https://www.facebook.com/RickCimatoMemorial
FROM THINNING THE HERD (GAVIN):
I just found out my best friend and drummer Rick was killed in a car accident this weekend.
I don't think I can continue with Thinning the Herd anymore.
Being in a band is about being friends.
In shock and in tears over the loss of my friend and bandmate, I have to think of the band. I named the band Thinning the Herd when my father Steven A. Spielman passed, to cope with the loss.
Rick would want me to keep writing for Thinning the Herd. If stop, I would not be doing his legacy service. His drumming on the new record is some of the best rock I have heard, and I want you guys to hear it.
Thank god for this guy, what a gift as a friend, brother and band mate. For anyone who jams with others, anyone who lets another into that higher conscious world - you might understand the depth of how one can integrate and nurture the spirit.
-Gavin
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-