(Donna Ward / Getty Images)Long before a pandemic divided the nation, Arthur was a well-regarded musician with some famous benefactors. First earning attention in the 1990s as a key member of Peter Gabriel’s label Real World, Arthur has issued more than a dozen albums, most recently a 2018 collaboration, Arthur Buck, with R.E.M. We’re crazy,” Arthur told Marc Maron on Maron’s “WTF” podcast in 2016, adding later that he was “alive because of alcoholism. I feel like, ‘Man, where’s he going?’”Arthur has always been an extremist in his actions, notes one former member of Arthur’s music team, who declined to be identified to protect their friendship. 's Buck finished recording the second Arthur Buck collaboration, but New West Records, which released the first album, did not pick it up.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 10, 2021 12:00 UTC