From Stevie Rachelle, Metal Sludge | It is with a heavy heart that we report that rock drummer Ace Finchum has died. The classic era TigerTailz drummer passed away over the weekend according to former band-mate Steevi Jaimz.
Jaimz took to his official Facebook this morning writing the following message: “I know many of you really cared for Ace, and I am sorry to be the bearer of tragic, heart-breaking news… But sadly. Ace passed away at the weekend. Thoughts and prayers to Danny, Rob, Donna and Scott.”
Metal Sludge reached out to Jaimz who confirmed his friend’s passing, and added that Finchum‘s brother didn’t have the heart to break the news, so Jaimz elected to do so for his long time band-mate and friend.
Sadly, Finchum last posted on his Facebook wall on Saturday October 4th, in the early evening, and his message was the following: “I wish all my friends a great weekend! I don’t know if I will come back as I hoped I would. Times are hard and I’m trying to hold on!”
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Read more about Mr. Finchum here:
https://metalsludge.tv/rip-ace-finchum-former-tigertailz-drummer-dead-at-62/
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OTHER NOTABLE MUSICIANS’ DEATHS
Posting for my Veteran/singer/songwriter/musician friend Troy Hoss: Heavy on my heart so here goes: This is a very real problem … 22 Veterans a day surrender to their demons. #SuicideAwareness | Call Veteran’s Hotline: 988 #1 or 844-647-1354
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From Care2 via Jock Bartley on Facebook: Trump shut down our LGBTQ+ suicide and mental health hotline, but CANADA opened a US toll-free number to theirs… so our citizens can get help anytime, at no cost: 1-877-330-6366
Kindness & empathy have no borders.
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Warning Signs of Suicide – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or if you want to discuss, call the old numbers at 800-273-TALK or 800-273-8255 for English and 888-628-9454 for Spanish. Learn the signs of someone who may be contemplating suicide.
If you want to know more about any of the musicians we lost, please check them out at http://www.wikipedia.com
October 2025
8: Ace Finchum, 62, British drummer (Tigertailz, Marseille, Tokyo Blade); Rajvir Jawanda, 35, Indian singer and actor, injuries from a traffic collision; Marius Ke eri, 60, Romanian drummer.
7: Halid Bešlić, 71, Bosnian-Croatian folk singer.
6: Theo Jörgensmann, 77, German jazz clarinetist.
5: Ken Parker, 73, American luthier (Parker Fly), founder of Parker Guitars, cancer; Véronique Vincent, 68, Belgian singer (The Honeymoon Killers, Aksak Maboul).
4: Paul Van Bruystegem, 66, Belgian musician (Triggerfinger). Chris Dreja, 79, guitarist for the Yardbirds; Ike Turner, Jr., 67, musician and music producer.
3: Dame Patricia Routledge, 96, English actress (Keeping Up Appearances, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Darling of the Day) and singer, Tony winner (1968); Ruslan aranu, 72, Moldovan guitarist.
2: Henry Martínez, 75, Venezuelan musician and songwriter; Chhannulal Mishra, 89, Indian Hindustani classical singer.
1: Bohdan Bohach, 50, Ukrainian singer (Pikkardiyska Tertsiya); Th Hi n, 69, Vietnamese singer and musician, lung cancer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2025
Photo: Ace Finchum | From his Facebook page – no credit is given
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=675701118850653&set=pb.100092323110785.-2207520000&type=3