Japanese singer Damo Suzuki died on Friday at the age of 74. He was part of the Cologne band Can, who had him improvise onomatopoeically on three albums.
His shaman-like demeanor made Can's live performances an event. The band The Fall dedicated a song to Suzuki in 1985: “I Am Damo. Suzuki’s imaginary language, interspersed with bits of English, Japanese and German words (...) brought tears to the eyes of SPIEGEL.de author Jan Wigger"