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‘Deliverance’ frontman ‘Jimmy P. Brown’: A Musing About Chris Hyde… (More Memories)

Posted by thrashboy on February 22, 2015 at 13:40 No Responses »

Feb 222015

As previously reported, Chris Hyde aka DrJekyl former drummer of Vengeance Rising (1991) and Deliverance (1985–1990) has died last wednesday (feb. 18) at age 50. Here is another post by Deliverance frontman Jimmy Brown about our brother Chris Hyde.

‘Memories have been flooding over the past few days since Chris’ passing… Brian Khairullah and I spent hours on the phone the other day as well as countless others… But Brian and I knew Chris so well as we were with each other 4/5 days a week for several years… So many stories, but I have to share these because they are quite amusing…’

‘So, in 1986, I began to tell Chris, Brian and Larry that we needed to go in another direction musically. I showed them two new songs I had written “Attack” and “Stand Up and Fight”. Continue reading »

In Memoriam ‘Chris Hyde’ (by Deliverance frontman Jimmy P. Brown)

Posted by thrashboy on February 20, 2015 at 17:10 No Responses »

Feb 202015

As previously reported, Chris Hyde aka DrJekyl former drummer of Vengeance Rising (1991) and Deliverance (1985–1990) has died wednesday at age 50. Here is a beautiful post by Deliverance frontman Jimmy Brown about our brother Chris Hyde.

‘I met Chris Hyde in 1985 when auditioning drummers to start a band. Chris showed up to my parents house with this huge double bass Gretsch kit and Paiste cymbals. Before he even played, I was like “he’s in!” LOL… He told me he played in the band Holy Soldier, but had recently left the band and was looking for something new… We warmed up with a Stryper song, then I asked if he knew anything secular. We both cowardly admitted that we like Sabbath. So I broke into Mob Rules, and Chris followed suit and just owned it!’

‘We met again except this time, I showed him my own material. Without even planning it, Chris just started coming over and we would jam. We played our first show, only 3 songs. We opened for a band called 99 Times. We didn’t have a name, so we went out under the name “anointed”. We later changed the name to Deliverance, and away we went…’

‘Chris Hyde’ former Drummer for ‘Vengeance Rising’ & ‘Deliverance’ Dead at 50

Posted by thrashboy on February 19, 2015 at 13:01 No Responses »

Feb 192015

Chris Hyde aka DrJekyl former drummer of Holy Soldier (1985), Vengeance Rising (1991) and Deliverance (1985–1990) has died at age 50. Chris was dealing with a long-term illness, and he went home to be with the Lord at 11:45 (Wednesday, February 18, 2015) last night with a family friend by his side. So has released the news a few hours ago, through the social network Facebook. There are many people who are writing their condolences on the facebook profile of Chris.

Below some reactions from Chris friends and former bandmates:

Larry Farkas (Vengeance Rising): ‘A great man and Brother left us today. Love and miss you Chris, You always made me laugh, And i had some of the greatest times of my life with you. Thank you for being my Brother, Friend and Band mate in both Holy Soldier and Deliverance. Welcome to Eternity. Rock on.’

Doug Thieme (Vengeance Rising): ‘Rest in peace brother! Cancer didn’t kick your ass you kicked its ass and went to the next level!’ Continue reading »