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MITCH LUCKER: Suicide Silence warns of bootleg T-shirts, memorial fund

Suicide Silence is warning fans to stay away from bootleg merchandise to honor its singer Mitch Lucker, who died Thursday, Nov. 1, after sustaining injuries in a motorcycle crash in Huntington Beach on Halloween night.

The Riverside/Corona-rooted metalcore band announced via Facebook that an official t-shirt and memorial fund is being set up.
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AUDIO FILES: Listen to Finch, The Used

The Used (Contributed Image)

Tickets for the second Finch reunion show at the Glass House in Pomona in February go on sale Monday, Nov. 5 at 9 a.m. Set your alarm–they’re going to go fast.

The band, which comes from Temecula, is playing the album “What It Is to Burn” in its entirety, which means you can hear this song, “Letters to You.”
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MITCH LUCKER: Fans remember Suicide Silence frontman

I just received an email from Juan Plascencia of Santa Ana with some photos and words about singer Mitch Lucker from Suicide Silence.

Lucker died Thursday after sustaining injuries in a motorcycle crash in Huntington Beach Halloween night. (Huntington Beach Police are asking anyone who witnessed the crash on Main Street to call 714-536-5666.)
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MITCH LUCKER: Fans attend singer’s Huntington Beach vigil

A candle is lit for Mitch Lucker, the lead singer of Suicide Silence, during a candle light vigil at Back to the Grind in Riverside on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (Rodrigo Peña/Freelance Photographer)

I just returned from a vigil for Suicide Silence singer Mitch Lucker in Riverside that was put on by a close friend in which a number of longtime friends attended at Back to the Grind.
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RIVERSIDE: Longtime friends honor Mitch Lucker

Riverside vigil for Mitch Lucker

Friends of Suicide Silence singer Mitch Lucker gathered for a candle light vigil at Back to the Grind in Riverside on Tursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (Rodrigo Peña/Freelance Photographer)

I just returned from a vigil at Back to the Grind in Riverside that honored Mitch Lucker, Suicide Silence’s dynamic lead singer who died Thursday morning after sustaining injuries in a motorcycle crash in Huntington Beach Wednesday night.
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MITCH LUCKER: Fans, music community mourn Suicide Silence frontman

Mitch Lucker, center, singer for Riverside’s Suicide Silence, died Thursday, Nov. 1 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.

Music fans all over the world have been expressing their condolences for Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker, who died Thursday, Nov. 1 after sustaining serious injuries in a motorcycle crash in Huntington Beach Wednesday night.
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PHOTOS: Suicide Silence’s Mitch Lucker, 1984-2012

I’m still rattled from the news of Mitch Lucker’s passing. The last interview I did with him was just before the kickoff of the 2011 Mayhem Festival.

The first date for that jaunt was in Devore/San Bernardino at San Manuel Amphitheater (previously known as Glen Helen Pavilion), just when Suicide Silence’s most recent full-length, “The Black Crown” was coming out.
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