Denis "Piggy" D'Amour of Voivod Dies...

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Wednesday Aug 31, 2005

From Metal Blade Records...

"This morning we got to learn the devastating news that VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour passed away Friday night.

Another tragic loss for the World of Metal. We at Metal Blade send our condolences to his family, friends and band mates Away, Snake and Jasonic.

Piggy's work with and for VOIVOD is beyond what words can express. He found his own style of shredding the guitar and inspired thousands of others with his spacey sound. Albums like Killing Technology, Dimension Hatröss, Nothingface or Negatron will forever be some of my favourite metal albums.

I am glad I had the chance to hang out with Piggy and the Voivod gang for a night in the late nineties. Piggy was just a nice person and very funny in character. He will be missed!

Andreas Reissnauer

on behalf of Metal Blade"

Damn...I have the Nothingface album and it f*cking rocks. That's sad.

Bert|Evil · Post by **Bert|Evil** » Wednesday Aug 31, 2005

Do you remember their remake of Pink Floyd’s Astronomy Domine? Good stuff!!!

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Wednesday Aug 31, 2005

Great band and great guitarist. I think I'm going to listen to Angel Rat right now.

orangekick · Post by **orangekick** » Friday Sep 02, 2005

I was just listening to The Outer Limits in the car. This is very sad. Voivod was one of the bands that made me realize that you could play crazy chords in metal.