W.G. Young Funeral Home Grade and Somehow Hollow guitarist Kent Abbott died…
Kent Abbott Dead: Grade & Somehow Hollow Guitarist Passes at 32
- Posted on Jan 10th 2013 11:00AM by Jason MacNeil
W.G. Young Funeral Home
He was 32.
The news of the hardcore guitarist's death quickly lit up Twitter with the official @GradeHC posting, retweeting and responding to various messages.
Shocked and saddened to hear that friend and Grade/Somehow Hollow guitarist Kent Abbott passed away. All our thoughts are with his family.
- Grade (@GradeHC) January 9, 2013
The band followed that up this morning with this message:
We will miss your energy, laughter and kind spirit. RIP Kent Abbott. Truly one of a kind.
- Grade (@GradeHC) January 10, 2013
The sad news resulted in a string of tweets from other musicians and bands regarding Abbott.
@strungoutmusic Thank you Strung Out! I know somewhere up in heaven he is smiling about this.
- Mike Casarin (@CasarinMike) January 9, 2013
Remembering all the great times i had with kent from @gradehc and S.H.the streets of london england will never be the same
- mercedes lander (@love_instereo) January 9, 2013
Abbott joined the band in the early 2000s and told publication The Appalachian he was thrilled to have the opportunity.
"I was a fan of Grade before I started playing with them, and to me they always created their very own sound," he said in a 2002 interview while the band toured behind Headfirst Straight to Hell. After Grade split up in 2002 the musician joined Somehow Hollow and would later go on to play with the .45 Goodbye.
"Kent had a passion for music and had played at venues around the world," Abbott's obituary reads. "He acquired a super sense of humour, was always attracted to people and would make them laugh."
A funeral service will take place for Abbott on Saturday morning (Jan. 12) at the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Stratford, Ontario.
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Who cares? Just another drug addict waste of skin
January 10 2013 at 10:01 PM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down ReplyWoah dude..... bite your tongue. Did you know Kent personally? Do you even have a CLUE how his life was lost (if your cold heart even cares)? This is a human being you are trashing, who has family and friends who love and will miss him dearly.... this news hit a lot of people hard, and even people like myself who went to school with him for many years are affected by his passing. Have some respect. Kent is a son, a brother, a friend (to many).....
January 13 2013 at 4:12 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyYou my friend are the waste of skin. How do you comment on someone and something you know nothing about. Kent had more talent in his pinky finger than you'll ever dream of having. Go bury your head in shame that you didn't get the chance to talk with him.
January 27 2013 at 11:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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