hermitologist:

Shit. This is just horrible, horrible news.

Tony Sly’s sense of melody and harmony was a cut above most other Fat Wreck/Epitaph/New-School punk bands that I listened to almost exclusively in the early-to-mid 90s, and he and No Use For A Name provided a ton of inspiration for early Thrice material. They were the tightest punk band I’d ever seen. Tony’s vocals were always spot-on, his guitar-playing always locked in and solid, and his onstage demeanor was honest and endearing.

RIP.