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Cleveland, Ohio singer, songwriter, guitarist, and occasional journalist. Born 22 August 1952 in Bay Village, Ohio, USA / d. 22 June 1977, aged 24 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, of acute pancreatitis.
Best known for being in the "classic" late period lineup of Rocket From The Tombs (1974-75) and also co-founding Pere Ubu in September 1975 after Rocket's split that July. Laughner was dismissed from Ubu in mid-1976, after appearing on two 45's with them.
Laughner started his first band, The Fifth Edition, in 1965 while he was in middle school. In 1967, The Fifth Edition became Mr. Charlie and lasted until 1970. Bands that followed include a 1971-72 stint in the Mr. Stress Blues Band as well as his own bands The Original Wolverines (1972), Space Age Thrills (1972), Cinderella Backstreet (1973), Blue Drivers (1973), Cinderella's Revenge (1974), Fins (aka The Finns) (1974), Peter & The Wolves (which featured Adele Bertei, 1975-76), Friction (1976-77), Cleveland Blues Underground (1977), and his final band Wolves (1977) (not to be confused with the earlier Peter & the Wolves).
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