Munetaka Higuchi – Big Drum Thump https://bigdrumthump.com Drum and Drummer News and Photos Wed, 22 May 2024 16:21:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://bigdrumthump.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-Small-Fist-Thump-32x32.jpg Munetaka Higuchi – Big Drum Thump https://bigdrumthump.com 32 32 62312745 Loudness Drummer Is Dead https://bigdrumthump.com/loudness-drummer-is-dead/ https://bigdrumthump.com/loudness-drummer-is-dead/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:04:41 +0000 http://bigdrumthump.com/loudness-drummer-is-dead/ Munetaka Higuchi, the drummer for ’80s metal band Loudness, died today at a hospital in Osaka, Japan. He had been battling liver cancer since April of this year. Sadly, Higuchi was only 49 years old.

]]> https://bigdrumthump.com/loudness-drummer-is-dead/feed/ 0 1087 Loudness Drummer Diagnosed With Cancer https://bigdrumthump.com/loudness-drummer-diagnosed-with-cancer/ https://bigdrumthump.com/loudness-drummer-diagnosed-with-cancer/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:43:59 +0000 http://bigdrumthump.com/loudness-drummer-diagnosed-with-cancer/ Whoa, remember Loudness, Japan’s contribution to ’80s crotch rock? We’d completely forgotten the group even existed until Blabbermouth reported yesterday that drummer Munetaka Higuchi is fighting liver cancer. After finishing up a few gigs this week with a replacement drummer, the band will go on hiatus until Higuchi gets back to stick-wielding shape. We wish him a speedy recovery…and send him and all the Loudness guys a hearty thanks for this side-splitting trip down leather-studded lane:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkIIScXJt3I

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