Former 3 Colours Red / Skyclad drummer Keith Baxter dead at 36
According to Kerrang! magazine, former 3 Colours Red / Therapy? / Skyclad drummer Keith Baxter has passed away.Baxter, who shot to fame with 3 Colours Red in the '90s, died of liver failure in hospital on January 4, 2008, surrounded by family and friends. He was 36 years old.
Baxter was born in Lancaster, Lancashire, Uk. As a teenager he became a founding member of Skyclad, recording five albums with them before leaving in 1995 to join 3 Colours Red, with whom he recorded two Uk top 40 albums ("Pure" and "Revolt") which included six Top 40 singles.
Following 3 Colours Red's split in 1999, he formed Elevation with former 3 Colours Red bandmate Pete Vuckovic. The group signed with Sony but was dropped a year later. He briefly played with the Northern Irish band Therapy? in 2002.
3 Colours Red reunited to record a third album ("The Union of Souls") in 2004, but split up again the following year.