{"id":1717297,"date":"2022-10-30T14:48:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T18:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717297"},"modified":"2022-10-30T14:48:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T18:48:41","slug":"dead-kennedys-drummer-d-h-peligro-dead-at-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dead-kennedys-drummer-d-h-peligro-dead-at-63\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Kennedys Drummer D.H. Peligro Dead At 63"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdead-kennedys-drummer-d-h-peligro-dead-at-63%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717297&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>D.H. Peligro, the drummer of the punk rock band Dead Kennedys, is dead at the age of 63, the band announced on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Peligro, whose birth name was Darren Henley, died after a head injury sustained in an accidental fall in his California home on Friday. TMZ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/10\/29\/dead-kennedys-drumer-dh-peligro-dead-dies-falls-head-bathroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> the drummer was found on a bathroom floor in his San Fernando Valley residence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDead Kennedys\u2019 drummer D.H. Peligro (Darren Henley) passed away in his Los Angeles home yesterday, Oct 28th. He died from trauma to his head from an accidental fall,\u201d the band\u2019s Twitter account revealed on Saturday. \u201cThank you for your thoughts and words of comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dead Kennedys&#8217; drummer D.H. Peligro (Darren Henley) passed away in his Los Angeles home yesterday, Oct 28th. He died from trauma to his head from an accidental fall. Arrangements are pending will be announced in the coming days. Thank you for your thoughts and words of comfort <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PC7sF87f6c\">pic.twitter.com\/PC7sF87f6c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dead Kennedys (@DeadKennedys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeadKennedys\/status\/1586433597325512704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The longtime drummer had toured as recently as this month with the Dead Kennedys in European concerts, according to the artist\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dhpeligro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<p>Peligro also performed with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bassist Flea leaving words of tribute following the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDH Peligro forever and ever. The funnest, kindest and the rockingest. My dear brother I\u2019m so grateful for our time I love you forever,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DH Peligro forever and ever. The funnest, kindest and the rockingest. My dear brother I\u2019m so grateful for our time I love you forever.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Flea (@flea333) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flea333\/status\/1586447915731460096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flea also shared a touching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CkT1BkmST2U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tribute<\/a> to Peligro on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dear friend, my brother I miss you so much. I\u2019m devastated today, a river of tears, but all my life I will treasure every second. The first time I saw you play with the DK\u2019s in \u201881 you blew my mind,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe power, the soul, the recklessness. You became my beloved friend, so many times of every kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peligro was a well-known musical artist over the years, touring with several bands, including Lock-Up, Nailbomb, and the Two Free Stooges. He also released albums under his own name, Peligro, with one album, \u201cSum of Our Surroundings,\u201d receiving Rock Album of the Year from the American Independent Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1959, Peligro discovered his passion for playing drums at a young age. He moved to San Francisco as a teenager and met many of the city\u2019s up-and-coming artists during the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Peligro joined the Dead Kennedys in 1981 and made his album debut on \u201cIn God We Trust, Inc.\u201d He appeared on five additional albums with the group until its breakup in late 1986.<\/p>\n<p>The drummer then joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1988, contributing to songwriting and setting the beat behind the drums for their 1988 album \u201cMother\u2019s Milk.\u201d He left the band shortly afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Peligro reunited with the Dead Kennedys in a 2001 reunion tour, remaining with the band in most of its later tours and albums.<\/p>\n<p>A coroner\u2019s exam is expected to help determine the cause of death, according to authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D.H. Peligro, the drummer of the punk rock band Dead Kennedys, is dead at the age of 63, the band announced on social media. Peligro, whose birth name was Darren Henley, died after a head injury sustained in an accidental fall in his California home on Friday. 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