Warrior Soul Drummer is Murdered
Published February 02, 2005
Total News is reporting the sad news of the death of the former Warrior Soul, Mark Evans.
Mark Evans, who was Warrior Soul's drummer on their first three albums, has been murdered in London. His body was found dumped in a car park. Three people have been charged with the crime. They are Anthony Aldis, Steven Fullerton and Leanne Terry.
It is good to see that someone has been arrested in relation to this tragedy. While I never really liked the band WS's music, I had great respect for the band for doing what they wanted against the grain.
Update: Hard News has more on this sad affair.
According to BBC News, two men and a woman from Essex have been charged with the murder of former WARRIOR SOUL drummer Mark Evans, whose burnt body was found in a wheelie bin in an east London car park last week. Evans, 48, from Dagenham, was strangled and transported in a wheelie bin to Electric Parade, Ilford. Anthony Aldis, 38, of Goodmayes, Steven Fullerton, 28, of Gants Hill, and Leanne Terry, 26, of Seven Kings, have all been charged with his murder. All three were scheduled to appear at Waltham Forest magistrates court on Saturday (January 29). They also face charges of perverting the course of justice. A member of the public discovered the burning body on Wednesday morning (26th) after finding his garden fence on fire. Anyone wishing to send a card for Mark's family in London can do so at this address (cards will be forwarded to the family): Johnny Ricco, Attn: Mark Evans, P.O Box 129 Radio City Station, New York, NY 10101-0129, USA. Evans appeared on the following Warrior Soul albums: Drugs, God & The New Republic (1991), Salutations From The Ghetto Nation (1992) and Chill Pill (1993).
- Warrior Soul Drummer is Murdered
- Published: February 02, 2005
- Type: News
- Section: Music
- Filed Under: Music: News
- Writer: Marty Dodge
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warrior soul was the only band who stuck to their beliefs about what a rock band should be. they were never meant to worshiped,idolized like many of the bands today.the world was never ready for them and the world will never be ready for a band that is brutally honest like the soul. i hope like many to see the soul back together but you know what, atleast we have the great music they produced. i send my deepest sympathy to evans family & warrior soul.
Keeping up to date on this situation and talking with WS fans, as well as friends of Mark can be done at:
http://www.koryclarke.com
im @ a loss
i just happen to look @ korys page to see whats been goin on....and had to read it twice.
i cant beleive this travisty.
my guts are wrenched!!
what the FUCK is wronge with this world
including to what happens to all the ppl we dont know.
id like to here more info on this if someone knows why?
our prayers go out to all the family ,freinds and fans
just think about it? what a rock show theres gonna be in the after life!!!!!!
hi. my name is courtney. and the reason that i am writing this is because i know the victims family. infact in know them very well. shannon evans who is mark evans daughter has been my best friend in the entire world scince first grade. she doesent know what really happened to mark but god help us she wont find out. every time called mark would tell me what a great phone voice i had. i knew he had problems but he never showed it atleast not in front of me. shannons mom brandee (marks wife) split up about 2 years ago. she always said good things about him and how he wore flava flaves clock. when i found out what happened i cried for a while and realized how much shannon must be hurting. we always used o have dad talks. i dont bing it up anymore. my parents are divorced so i see my dad for a couple hours on the weekend. trust me we have had are fair share of problems. after what happened i realized how much i love my dad. i can see me saying well my dad did drugs, and i see shannon saying well my dads dead. i want to justsay hey to the guys i really wanna meet thats you johnny rico and the rest of warrior soul. hope to meeet yo guys soon
scincerly,
courtney shipley
I can not belive that he has gone!!!!! Another waste of a damn fine musician. R.I.P. Mark. I Love all your work.
mark was a fine drummer and and salt of the earth
Warrior Soul were always a little ahead of their time. A beleive that all of the members were better than average musicians, including Mark Evans. Although not all their songs were masterpieces, a few of them were. Mark's drumming was a true asset to the band and while I never knew him personally, I will definitely miss his presence in the music industry.
So Sad, I knew Mark from school & band we played in together, Good Thinking, from about 1973-1977. A fine drummer even then, his committment to his drums was total, he always tried to improve whatever number we were working on. Remember his Double Bass-Drum Red "Shaftesbry" kit well. RIP
I remember meeting Mark in Toronto @ one of the WS concerts. Fucking great guy. While the openning band was on, he was talking to me and my friends for hours. After the show he saw us hanging around and brought us back stage to hang out with band.
Hello, my name is Glen Huttenlocker, President Musiclord, I wanna to contact to you in your website. It's been a pleasure listening to your music for over a decad. i don't know if you remenber me but i just wanna to let you lnow that i remembr you. And if ever u need help on amps or spekears cabs let me know.
Yours truly.
"I wanna to contact to you"??? Oh yeah, he's the president of a company alright.


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What were those first three albums Marty? I saw them in support of, I think Aerosmith, at the Hammersmith Odeon.