Wade Allison, guitarist for Texas hardcore band Iron Age, has died

Wade Allison of Iron Age has died
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Wade Allison, guitarist for Texas hardcore band Iron Age, has died.

20 Buck Spin, the label that reissued Iron Age’s final album, The Sleeping Eye, last year, wrote on Instagram: “RIP Wade. So very grateful to you for giving me an opportunity to be a small part of the @realironage lore. Condolences to all his friends and family. Iron Age’s impact is huge and will reverberate in hardcore and metal for a long time to come.”

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Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.