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Posted: **Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:01 pm**

<a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking/news_breaking/20080806_Robert_Hazard__Philly_rocker__dies_at_59.html">A sad day for Philly new wave.</a>

Posted: **Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:22 pm**

A sad day indeed. Some newer material on his My Space page.

http://www.myspace.com/roberthazardmusic

Posted: **Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:28 pm**

... what?!

Crap!

Posted: **Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:25 pm**

Yes, this is a shame. Escalator of Life and Chain Reaction were all over the Philly stations in 1982-83. Saw him a couple of times in concert as well. He will be missed. RIP Robert!!

Posted: **Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:51 pm**

That's sad.
He got strong play on WLIR too

We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression.
-Johnny Ramone-

Posted: **Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:50 pm**

It actually made the CNN front page ... I'm impressed:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/0 ... index.html

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:02 am**

Wow. Can't say I knew much of his stuff other than the hits, but still a bit of a shocker.

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:07 am**

it is always sad to see a struggling song writer die, while other "popular "song writers throw their careers into the ground time and time again and are loved by the media.RIP Robert Hazard.

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:56 am**

I liked Change Reaction a lot, and remember seeing the Escalator video a lot on MTV and TV-61 in Phoenix. Always sad to see a familiar face pass on.

1002

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:53 am**

Sad news indeed. I was fortunate to see RH perform a couple times back in the day. He was always one of my fav Philly acts.

[:(]

Posted: **Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:54 pm**

RIP. Sad news. "Change Reaction" is such a fab tune.

Posted: **Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:20 pm**

I dont get by here too often lately and popping in today to see this news really sucks. Escalator Of Life and She's Hot are two of my all time favorites. He will be missed.

Posted: **Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:25 pm**

Damn it.

-~Obscene dreams in rusty beds.~-

Posted: **Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:26 am**

In his honor, here's the song that started it all:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/16836932e1588409/

Posted: **Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:38 am**

[quote][i]Originally posted by rsgonzalez[/i]
<br>In his honor, here's the song that started it all:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/16836932e1588409/
[/quote]

Where is Ollie Stench???
rsgonzalez, Ollie Stench has been looking for this song for a long time! You will make his day with your post. [:)]