Yahoo! Music, Nov 20, 2001 8:00 pm PST
(11/20/01, 8 p.m. ET) -- Michael Karoli, guitarist for the German rock band Can, died at the age of 53 due to unknown causes on Saturday (November 17) in his home country.
According to the website of bandmate/bassist Holger Czukay, czukay.com, Karoli died "unexpectedly" while playing the guitar.
Can included Czukay (Karoli's former teacher), keyboardist Irmin Schmidt, and drummer Jaki Liebezeit. The band earned notoriety with vocalist Malcolm Mooney, but it also featured Damo Suzuki on vocals in later years.
The band's Monster Movie is considered by many to have opened the door for bands like Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, and Brian Eno.
-- Darren Davis, New York
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