Vancouver punk pioneer Randy Rampage rocked so hard, members of the city91裸聊视频檚 music scene say he helped define the hardcore genre.

As the original bassist of influential Canadian punk outfit D.O.A., the peroxide-blond headbanger lived up to his musical moniker on stage, thrumming his instrument as if the high-octane songs were coursing through his veins.

It sometimes seemed like he spent most of a performance in mid-air, whipping the crowd into a frenzy with his acrobatic stunts as he leapt off of a stack of speakers, launched into splits or bounced with abandon to the beat.

But those closest to Randall Desmond Archibald, as the musician was legally known, say he will be remembered as a hell-raiser with a 91裸聊视频渉eart of gold.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淩andy was a founding member of the original punk scene in Vancouver. He lived for the moment, and he gave everything for the moment,91裸聊视频� said Susanne Tabata, his partner of more than a decade.

91裸聊视频淗e gave of himself, and he was completely selfless, as a person and as a performer.91裸聊视频�

A funeral for Archibald will be held at the Christ Church Cathedral on Sept. 29. Tabata said the 58-year-old died in their Vancouver home on Aug. 14 of an apparent heart attack.

She said musical luminaries are expected to attend the memorial service to celebrate his life with eulogies and songs.

And with a life like Archibald91裸聊视频檚, there91裸聊视频檚 a lot to celebrate, said on-again-off-again D.O.A. band-mate Joe Keithley.

91裸聊视频淩andy would be known as a pioneer of the scene and well known around the world too,91裸聊视频� Keithley said. 91裸聊视频�(He was) the wild man of punk rock. A crazy guy that lived life hard and took a lot out of it.91裸聊视频�

Archibald91裸聊视频檚 reign as Randy Rampage began in 1978 after he responded to a newspaper ad calling on musicians to join Keithley91裸聊视频檚 new band. There was only one caveat, Keithley recalled: 91裸聊视频淣o wimps need apply.91裸聊视频�

While the fledgling punk group had no wimps, it did have two too many drummers, said Keithley. So he took up the guitar and became the lead singer, while the bass was a natural fit for Archibald91裸聊视频檚 sense of rhythm.

Touring across Canada and the U.S., D.O.A. combined obstreperous vocals, onstage antics and politically inflected lyrics to hone an uncompromising sound that distinguished the band from the punk styles of New York or London.

With their 1981 album, D.O.A. coined a term for this emerging punk offshoot: 91裸聊视频淗ardcore 91裸聊视频�8191裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淣o one had really thought about using that word for music,91裸聊视频� said Keithley. 91裸聊视频淭hat kind of sprung that whole genre of music.91裸聊视频�

Keithley said his relationship with Archibald could at times be contentious, and the bassist parted ways with the band several times.

During these leaves of absence, Archibald served as the lead singer for thrash-metal band Annihilator, and briefly teamed up with The Clash as the runner on their American tour, Keithley said.

91裸聊视频淲e had our differences. We didn91裸聊视频檛 get along all the time,91裸聊视频� said Keithley. 91裸聊视频淭hat doesn91裸聊视频檛 stop the guy from being like a friend and brother. We kind of grew up together on the road.91裸聊视频�

Tabata said she came to know Archibald during her days as a radio DJ in the 1970s.

She decided to feature D.O.A. in a documentary she was directing about Canada91裸聊视频檚 punk scene, portraying the band91裸聊视频檚 body of work as the 91裸聊视频渃ornerstones that laid the foundation for hard-core punk in the world.91裸聊视频�

But as her relationship with Archibald deepened, she found there was much more to the man than his punk persona.

She learned that he read three books a week, was trained as a sous chef at Benihana and used to be a competitive swimmer.

He was a longshoreman of 32 years, and even after an injury left him with chronic pain, she said he would still go out of his way to help his 91裸聊视频渂rothers and sisters91裸聊视频� on the docks of north Vancouver.

91裸聊视频淚 always felt as though Randy would try to give people wings when he might have had a broken wing himself,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淭he odd thing is that despite his 91裸聊视频� rage-against-the-machine, burning-in-hell exterior, I91裸聊视频檓 pretty sure Randy91裸聊视频檚 an angel.91裸聊视频�

The Canadian Press

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