D Generation bassist and New York rock mainstay Howie Pyro died May 4 after a long battle with liver disease.
died yesterday due to complications from COVID-19-related pneumonia, following a long struggle with liver disease that necessitated a transplant. The musician, whose real name was Howard Kursten, was 61.
Pyro began playing in bands such as The Blessed as a teenager at storied New York venues such as CBGB’s and Max’s Kansas City. In the early ‘90s, he was a co-founding member of punk band D Generation, and later co-founded the beloved East Village rock club Coney Island High with bandmate Jesse Malin.
Pyro was also a longtime DJ at New York parties such as Greendoor and hosted his own online radio show,, where he played early rock’n’roll from the 1950s and ‘60s. Beyond his work in D Generation, he recorded and performed with artists such as Joey Ramone, Danzig, Ronnie Spector, Debbie Harry, Alan Vega, Genesis P-Orridge, Rancid and Johnny Thunders.. “From Whitestone, Queens to Madison Square Garden and every crazy, dirty little place in between. I learned so much from him.
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