Former Overkill + Anvil Guitarist Sebastian Marino Dies at 57

Sebastian Marino, former guitarist for each Overkill and Anvil within the ’90s, has died on the age of 57. Marino reportedly handed away early on January 1 after being rushed to the hospital whereas he was working a New 12 months’s Eve job establishing sound tools for an occasion in Florida, in accordance to a number of experiences.

Anvil singer-guitarist Steve “Lips” Kudlow confirmed the information, posting on Twitter January 1, “Condolences to my good friend Sebastian Marino’s household and mates. Seby was a pricey good friend and I’ll miss him profoundly!! Definitely worth the Weight was an especially particular Anvil album and it’ll preserve Seby alive by way of our historical past endlessly! RIP SEBASTIAN MARINO.”

Overkill additionally commented on Marino’s demise on January 2, writing on Twitter, “It’s with heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of our good good friend & nice musician, Sebastian Marino. Seb was an asset within the studio in addition to on the stage for the three releases he did with us. The music world has misplaced one of many good ones.”

As Kudlow referenced in his assertion, Marino appeared on the Canadian steel act’s 1991 album Definitely worth the Weight and remained with Anvil from 1989 by way of 1995. Marino then joined East Coast thrashers Overkill in ’95 and stayed with them by way of 1999, contributing to 3 albums: 1996’s The Killing Form, 1997’s From the Underground and Under (1997) and 1999’s Necroshine.

Within the years since, Marino went on to personal and function his personal A/V firm Audio Pictures and likewise was a part of the touring crew for the bands Sure and Asia based on former colleague and good friend Bruce Pilato who posted concerning the information on Fb. “He was like a greatest good friend to any working musician or highway tech’s who interacted with him. He at all times handled them pretty and infrequently working for lower than he ought to have simply so the music might survive,” mentioned Pilato.

RIP.