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cast as it was suspected that he contributed to John
Belushi's death by giving him his first taste of heroin. To make matters worse Derf did an interview with Bob Woodward for the book "Wired" in which he exposed a lot of the rampant drug use in John's circle of friends. On the night John Belushi
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During the last 5 years of Derf's life he developed an interest in art, he began painting in 1994 alongside of his wife Tammy who was an artist creating original jewelry pieces that she sold under the name Rita
Blackwood. Derf produced a series of "Legs" works which he was planning to exhibit, he
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played bass, as they had been doing the song live). Scratch also co-wrote one song with Ving on the album, "Fresh Flesh", and wrote and sang lead vocal on another, "Getting The Brush" which was about his struggle to get his songs put on the album. Derf claimed that Lee would use up all the record
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did one final performance with the original lineup of Fear before putting together a new version of Fear containing no original members other than himself. Lee instead decided to use unknown "hired guns" to perform and record with Fear in order to maintain all the publishing rights and keep the
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was the first of its kind and sets itself apart from other punk recordings of that era, in that the production value was incredibly high for this type of recording. The album was recorded and engineered at the same studio that
Fleetwood Mac was recording at and was given the same attention and
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a fine example of Derf's clever song writing, Derf
Scratch and Friends, and The Werewolfs (which also featured Butch Patrick who played as the son in the TV show The Munsters). As a member of The Werewolfs, Scratch was seriously injured in a car accident after a show in Los Angeles.
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Scratch was a real estate agent who had passed his test during his early days with Fear. He shared a desk with his parents at the realtor and would tell them he was going to look for properties, but would go to Lee Ving's place to brainstorm ideas for the band.
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space with his songs as 70% of the publishing and royalty proceeds went to the writer of the song, leaving only 30% to split with the rest of the band members. Scratch was also seen with the band in the movie
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technical talent that was given to this major super group. Scratch not only played bass on most of the record, he played saxophone on the song "New York's
Alright If You Like Saxophones" (while lead singer
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Scratch met his wife Tammy in 1992 who at the time called herself "Rita
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Scratch later resurfaced in several other groups, including groups such as the eponymous
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