R.I.P. Brian Doherty, Huge Wreck guitarist dies at 51

Brian Doherty, the founding guitarist of Canadian-American rock band Huge Wreck, handed away Wednesday on the age of 51 after a battle with most cancers.

Doherty fashioned Huge Wreck with frontman Ian Thornley within the early ’90s at Berklee Faculty of Music in Boston, they usually went on to attain a pair hits on the mainstream and different rock charts within the late ’90s, in addition to quite a few hits in Canada.

A press release from the band learn as follows:

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we share the information that our brother, Brian Doherty, handed away peacefully yesterday after a chronic and courageous battle with most cancers. Brian began Huge Wreck with Ian of their dorm in Boston and his passing is a profound loss to us all. Our deepest condolences exit to Brian’s household. He was a superb soul who shall be missed by all who knew him personally or by means of the attractive music he carried out.”

Among the many band’s greatest recognized songs is their first hit, “The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted)”, which climbed to No. 9 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock chart, in addition to “That Music” and their comeback single “Albatross”, a #1 rock hit in Canada.

Huge Wreck broke up in 2002, and frontman Ian Thornley went on to type the band Thornley. In 2010, Ian requested Doherty to fill in as guitarist in Thornley, and ultimately they started touring and recording once more as Huge Wreck. The band’s new album, However for the Solar, is due later this yr.

Our condolences exit to Doherty’s household, mates, and bandmates throughout this tough time.