Ikey Owens found dead

2014-10-14 by user static | 38 Comments
Ikey Owens, former The Mars Volta keyboardist amongst other various musical projects, was found dead in his hotel room in Mexico. The musician was 38 years old.

This marks the second death of the The Mars Volta collective, following sound manipulator Jeremy
Michael Ward's passing in 2003 from an apparent heroin overdose.

The cause of death is currently unknown.


---UPDATE---

Cause of death ruled to be heart attack.

Tagged: The Mars Volta

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Jots
Emeritus
October 14th 2014
7562 Comments


just saw the guy play a couple weeks ago :[ sad to see him go

Canuck1286
October 15th 2014
10 Comments


Wow, bummer. RIP.

PostMesmeric
October 15th 2014
779 Comments


Very sad. :[

XingKing
October 15th 2014
16149 Comments


This is sad news. Guy was a great musician

Taxt
October 15th 2014
1605 Comments


Apparently it was a heart attack.
I'm so fuckin sad, dude was an incredible musician and an inspiration.

RIP Ikey

Greyvy
October 15th 2014
5866 Comments


mexican hotel room

wat

johnnyblaze
October 15th 2014
3405 Comments


damn

RIP

ExplosiveOranges
October 15th 2014
4408 Comments


Damn, RIP

Snake.
October 15th 2014
25249 Comments


RIP

XingKing
October 15th 2014
16149 Comments


He was on tour in Mexico, hence being in a Mexican hotel room. Not that weird

ConcubinaryCode
October 15th 2014
7541 Comments


Rip

Greyvy
October 15th 2014
5866 Comments


well he changed the article to be worded properly which is why i pointed it out

Alkemest
October 15th 2014
316 Comments


everything makes me want to do opiates

but that aside, this sucks. stay away from that cocaine

tacos n stuff
October 15th 2014
3181 Comments


well fuck

emester
October 15th 2014
8271 Comments


never really liked the mars volta but still tragic to see the guy go so young.

RIP

Torii
October 15th 2014
844 Comments


Goddamnit. 38 is way too young to die. RIP

botb
October 15th 2014
17791 Comments


super super hard rip, love this guys work. rest in power ikey.

Comatorium.
October 15th 2014
5043 Comments


Saw him a month or so ago backing Jack White. Love the Volta's whole discography... This is sad. RIP.

Dancedrewdance
October 15th 2014
1169 Comments


Wrf

Veldin
October 15th 2014
5245 Comments


honestly one the saddest things I've heard all year is always so happy and enthusiastic when he performed.

DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
October 15th 2014
18253 Comments


This sucks

fromrows
October 15th 2014
455 Comments


This sucks so much, RIP man.

beachdude
October 15th 2014
849 Comments


Hard RIP

henryChinaski
October 15th 2014
5014 Comments


RIP Ikey

MrMatt767
October 15th 2014
559 Comments


RIP

CrownOfMagnets
October 15th 2014
2334 Comments


incredibly sad news...

Totengott
October 15th 2014
4252 Comments


Rest in peace.

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
October 15th 2014
6173 Comments


this is terrible news...RIP

BMDrummer
October 15th 2014
15096 Comments


rip hard

Mythodea
October 15th 2014
7457 Comments


r.i.p. A death that will unfortunately go mostly unnoticed by the audience.

DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
October 15th 2014
18253 Comments


Bit of a bias opinion

LordHugoThePoet
October 15th 2014
42 Comments


another death...does this mean we can actually get a good album?

Mythodea
October 15th 2014
7457 Comments


@DrGonzo1937 Just saying that in contrary to other musicians' deaths (e.g. Dio, Paul Gray, Jon Lord, etc) this one will go unnoticed by the majority of the audience, even if this guy was a noticable musician.

DjentyNerdo
October 15th 2014
258 Comments


RIP

Dancedrewdance
October 15th 2014
1169 Comments


Scary I don't want to to die that young

tequileros97
October 16th 2014
55 Comments


fucking RIP

LepreCon
October 16th 2014
5481 Comments


Major bad buzz, saw him play literally three months ago, brings me back to when The Rev died. I'm bad luck for musicians :/

ultradevilgod
October 19th 2014
285 Comments


RIP 38 years old is too young to fucking die, but then again I want Justin Bieber dead!



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