Steve Almaas of the Suicide Commandos has passed, ending a 50-year run of torching Twin Cities stages, igniting a punk/indie scene here (see also: Husker Du, Replacements) and making some pretty fiery records as Beat Rodeo and under his own name.
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One of “the godfathers of the alternative rock scene in the Twin Cities,” he also led the New York band Beat Rodeo and issued solo albums.
