Jerry Fuchs died he was 34

Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs died he was 34. Fuchs was an American indie rock drummer, writer and graphic artist. Fuchs was a member of the bands Turing Machine, The Juan Maclean, !!! and Maserati and performed drums live with the groups MSTRKRFT and LCD Soundsystem.^[1][2][3](December 31, 1974 – November 8, 2009)

Fuchs attended college at the University of Georgia, where he studied graphic design and drummed in the local Athens bands The Martians and Koncak. In 1996 he moved to New York to join Vineland, a four-piece led by Bitch Magnet guitar player Jon Fine. After touring and recording with Vineland for two years, he began to play with Justin Chearno and Scott DeSimon, two former members of the band Pitchblende; this band would later become Turing Machine.^[4]

Fuchs's disco and Motorik-influenced style^[5] led to his becoming associated with DFA Records, joining the dance-punk group !!!, performing on their album Myth Takes. He was a recording and touring member of The Juan Maclean, and also played live and/or on the recordings of other outfits including Holy Ghost!, LCD Soundsystem, Moby and MSTRKRFT.^[6] He then joined Maserati, playing on their albums Inventions for the New Season (2007) and Passages (2009). He completed a U.S. tour with Maserati opening for Mono in September–October 2009.^[7]

Fuchs also did graphic design work for the magazine Chunklet^[4] and wrote articles as a freelance writer for Entertainment Weekly.^[2]

Early in the morning on November 8, 2009, Fuchs was caught in a broken elevator in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, and when he attempted to jump out of the car, he accidentally fell to his death down the elevator shaft.^[8][3]He was attending a benefit to raise education funds for underprivileged children in India.

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