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Damo Suzuki, Can Singer, Dead at 74

Damo Suzuki, the Japanese-born vocalist who served as lead singer on a string of classic albums by krautrock legends Can, has died at the age of 74.

By chance, he was performing on a street in Munich, Germany when he was spotted by Liebezeit and Czukay and invited to join Can onstage that night; Can’s original singer Malcolm Mooney — who appeared on their 1969 debut Monster Movie — had already left the experimental rock band. In 1970, Suzuki officially joined Can, first appearing on their Soundtracks song “Don’t Turn the Light On, Leave Me Alone” before serving as lead vocalist on the group’s now-classic run of albums: 1971’s Tago Mago, 1972’s Ege Bamyasi, and 1973’s Future Days. “Damo Suzuki mumbles, chants, and shrieks his way through engulfing Kraut-boogie workouts like ‘Vitamin C’ and ‘I’m So Green,’” Rolling Stone wrote when Ege Bamyasi landed on our list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

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