Jerry Fuchs

Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs
Background information
Birth name	Gerhardt Fuchs
Also known as	Jerry Fuchs
Born	December 30, 1974(1974-12-30)
Died	November 8, 2009(2009-11-08) (aged 34)
Occupations	Musician, graphic artist
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1997–2009
Associated acts	Maserati !!! LCD Soundsystem MSTRKRFT Turing Machine The Juan MacLean Massive Attack
Website	http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p681593

Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs (December 31, 1974 – November 8, 2009) was an American indie rock drummer, writer and graphic artist. Fuchs was a member of the bands Turing Machine, The Juan MacLean, !!! and Maserati and performed drums live with the groups MSTRKRFT and LCD Soundsystem.^[1][2][3]

Career

Fuchs attended college at the University of Georgia, where he studied graphic design and drummed in the local Athens bands The Martians and Koncak. In 1996 he moved to New York to join Vineland, a four-piece led by Bitch Magnet guitar player Jon Fine. After touring and recording with Vineland for two years, he began to play with Justin Chearno and Scott DeSimon, two former members of the band Pitchblende; this band would later become Turing Machine.^[4]

Fuchs's disco and Motorik-influenced style^[5] led to his becoming associated with DFA Records, joining the dance-punk group !!!, performing on their album Myth Takes. He was a recording and touring member of The Juan MacLean, and also played live and/or on the recordings of other outfits including Holy Ghost!, LCD Soundsystem, Moby, Cloudland Canyon, and MSTRKRFT.^[6] He then joined Maserati, playing on their albums Inventions for the New Season (2007) and Passages (2009). He completed a U.S. tour with Maserati opening for Mono in September–October 2009.^[7]

Fuchs also did graphic design work for the magazine Chunklet^[4] and wrote articles as a freelance writer for Entertainment Weekly.^[2]

Death

Early in the morning on November 8, 2009, Fuchs was caught in a broken elevator in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, and when he attempted to jump out of the elevator car, he accidentally fell to his death down the elevator shaft.^[3][8] He was attending a benefit to raise education funds for underprivileged children in India.^[9]

References

1. ^ Allmusic performance credits page
2. ^ ^{a b} Jerry Fuchs, drummer with LCD Soundsystem, !!!, Juan McLean, dies after elevator shaft fall. Entertainment Weekly, November 9, 2009
3. ^ ^{a b} R.I.P. Jerry Fuchs, Drummer for !!!, Juan MacLean, Maserati, Turing Machine Pitchfork Media, November 8, 2009
4. ^ ^{a b} Jerry Fuchs RIP. Chunklet.com, November 8, 2009.
5. ^ "Primal, Feral, and Mobile – On the Paleolithic clockwork of Brooklyn drummer Jerry Fuchs" – Village Voice article
6. ^ Gerhardt Fuchs, Drummer, Falls to Death in Elevator Shaft. New York Times, November 8, 2009.
7. ^ Brooklyn Drummer Dies After Fall Down Elevator Shaft in Williamsburg. Gothamist, November 8, 2009.
8. ^ Maserati/Juan MacLean Drummer Killed in Elevator Accident. Exclaim!, November 8, 2009.
9. ^ Indie-rocker tragedy New York Post, November 9, 2009

Persondata
Name	Fuchs, Jerry
Alternative names	Fuchs, Gerhardt
Short description	American indie rock drummer, writer and graphic artist
Date of birth	December 31, 1974
Place of birth
Date of death	November 8, 2009
Place of death	Williamsburg, New York