Collapsed in the driveway of his brand new home in Newport Beach,
California. Pronounced dead at Hoag Memorial Hospital at 10:29 am.
Original guitarist of the seminal punk rock band Social Distortion. He remained with the band until his death and is replaced by their current guitarist Jonny "2 Bags" Wickersham.
He appears on Social Distortion's first five studio albums. Those albums are called "Mommy's Little Monster", "Prison Bound", "Self-Titled", "Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell" and "White Light, White Heat, White Trash".